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Any object made by human beings |
artifact
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A person who studies human behavior and culture through the recovery and analysis of objects made by humans
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Archaeologist
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The recovery of material data remaining from the past
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archaeology
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The natural world; the air, water, plants, animals, weather, and other things in an area
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environment
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Spread out and scattered
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dispersed
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Data presented to prove the facts of an issue
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evidence
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To have gathered crops such as grains, vegetables, fruits, or other plants for the purposes of eating or using them in some way
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harvested
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The average weather for a region over a long period of time
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climate
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To have occupied or lived in an area
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inhabited
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A climate that is bitter cold in temperature
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arctic
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Very dry climate with very little rainfall
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arid
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Anything we use for survival; may be natural, economic or human
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resources
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What type of resources come directly from nature?
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natural
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What type of resource is a person working to produce goods and services?
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human
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What type of resource are goods produced and used to make other goods and services?
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capital
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List some examples of natural resources the American Indians used?
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rivers, animals, crops
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List some examples of human resources the American Indians used?
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People who hunted, fished, and made clothes
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List some examples of capital resources the American Indians used?
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canoes, bows, spears
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What type of resource is listed below? Canoe
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capital
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What type of resource is listed below? Bow
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capital
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What type of resource is listed below? Spear
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capital
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What type of resource is listed below? Hunter
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human
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What type of resource is listed below? Fisherman
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human
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What type of resource is listed below? Person making clothing
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human
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What type of resource is listed below? Rivers
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natural
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What type of resource is listed below? Animals
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natural
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What type of resource is listed below? Crops
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natural
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Where is Cactus Hill located?
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on the Nottoway River is southeastern Virginia
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How long ago was evidence of humans found at Cactus Hill?
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18,000 years ago
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What did scientists find at Cactus Hill?
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artifacts that proved that human lived there 18,000 years ago
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What is the study of human behavior through the recovery and analysis of artifacts?
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Archaeology
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WHO studies human behavior the recovery and analysis of artifacts?
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Archaeologists
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Where did scientists find evidence that humans lived in the Western Hemisphere as early as 18,000 years ago?
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Cactus Hill
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True or False…Scientists are not in agreement as to when and how people entered the Western Hemisphere.
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True
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What river is Cactus Hill located near?
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Nottoway River
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What part of Virginia is Cactus Hill located in?
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Southeastern Virginia
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True or False…Scientists agree as to when and how people entered the Western Hemisphere?
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False
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What do archaeologists study?
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human artifacts
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Where was evidence found from 18,000 years ago making it the oldest site in North America with living humans?
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Cactus Hill
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Which First Americans lived in Arctic areas with temperatures below freezing?
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Inuit
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Which First Americans lived in a rainy, mild climate?
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Kwakiutl
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Which First Americans lived in desert areas and areas bordering cliffs and mountains?
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Pueblo
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Which First Americans lived in an area characterized by dry grasslands?
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Lakota
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Which First Americans lived in a heavily forested area?
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Iroquois
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Who lived in Plank Houses?
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Kwakuitl
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Who lived in Igloos?
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Inuit
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Who lived in Teepees?
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Lakota
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Who lived in Longhouses?
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Iroquois
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Which First Americans inhabited the Southwest in present-day New Mexico and Arizona?
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Pueblo
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Inhabited the interior of the United States called the Great Plains?
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Lakota
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Which First Americans inhabited the Pacific Northwest coast?
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Kwakuitl
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Which First Americans inhabited northeast North America, the Eastern Woodlands?
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Iroquois
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Which First Americans inhabited present-day Alaska and northern Canada?
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Inuit
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Who lived in adobe (clay) homes?
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Pueblo
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Where do members of American Indian tribes live today?
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They live in their homelands and many areas of North America today.
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True or False…Prior to the arrival of Europeans, American Indians were dispersed across North America?
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True
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What 3 things did the American Indian tribes do for food?
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1. Fished 2. Hunted 3. Harvested
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What did American Indians use to obtain food, clothing, & shelter?
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resources found in their environment
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What determined what each American Indian group used for food, clothing, and shelter? Ex. Pueblo didn’t build igloos!
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Geography & Climate
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What did the American Indians use for clothing?
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animal skins and plants
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What did the American Indians use for shelter?
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resources found in their environment
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What did the Pueblo do for food?
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farmed using irrigation ditches
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What did the Inuit do for food?
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hunted & fished
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What did the Lakota do for food?
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hunted |