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archaeology |
the recovery of material evidence remaining from the past
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archaeologist
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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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artifact
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any object made by human beings
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environment
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the natural world; the air, water, plants, animals, weather, and other things in an area
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dispersed
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spread out and scattered
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evidence
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data presented to prove the facts of an issue
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harvested
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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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climate
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the average weather for a region over a long period of time
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inhabited
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to have occupied or lived in an area
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arctic
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a climate that is bitterly cold in temperature
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arid
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a very dry climate with very little rainfall
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resources
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anything that we use for survival; may be natural, economic, or human
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Which First Americans lived in arctic areas where temperatures are 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 plank houses?
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Kwakiutl
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Which First Americans lived in a heavily forested area?
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Iroquois
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Which First Americans lived in igloos?
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Inuit
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Which First Americans lived in teepees?
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Lakota
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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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Which First Americans lived in longhouses?
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Iroquois
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Which First Americans inhabited the Great Plains?
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Lakota
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Which First Americans inhabited the Pacific Northwest coast?
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Kwakiutl
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Which First Americans inhabited northeastern North America?
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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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Which First Americans lived in adobe homes?
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Pueblo
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What three things did First Americans do for food?
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fished, hunted, harvested crops
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What two things determined what the First Americans did for food, clothing, and shelter?
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their geography and climate
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What type of resource comes directly from nature?
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natural resource
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What type of resource is a person working to produce goods and services?
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human resource
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What type of resources are goods produced and used to make other goods and services?
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capital resource
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What type of resource is a canoe?
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capital
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What type of resource is a bow?
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capital
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What type of resource is a spear?
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capital
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What type of resource is a hunter?
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human
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What type of resource is a fisherman
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human
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What type of resource is a seamstress?
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human
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What type of resource is a river?
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natural
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What type of resource is an animal?
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natural
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What type of resource are crops?
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natural
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Where is Cactus Hill located?
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in southeastern Virginia on the Nottoway River
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Evidence that humans lived there ________ years ago was found at Cactus Hill.
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18,000
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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/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
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What part of Virginia is Cactus Hill located in?
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southeastern |