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13 Cards in this Set
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How did climate allow the first humans to come to the Americas from Asia?
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A cold climate lowered ocean levels, creating a land bridge.
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Spanish Conquest Era
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Is not one of the three periods of prehistory in Texas
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How did the atlatl help Native Americans hunt?
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They could throw spears with more force.
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What happened to the mammoths that early Native Americans hunted?
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They disappeared due to climate change.
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What formed part of the diet of hunter-gathers in early Texas?
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small game animals, nuts, and berries
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picture drawn or painted on cave walls, ledges, and cliffs
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pictograph
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large room used for meetings and religious ceremonies
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kiva
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passed from parent to child
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hereditary
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carving made on rock
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petroglyph
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alliance of people or groups who unite for a common purpose
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confederacy
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extended family
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unit of society made up of parents, children, and grandchildren
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people who wander from place to place in search of food
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nomads
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picture drawn or painted on cave walls, ledges, and cliffs
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pictograph
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