The First Americans

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Where did the earliest Americans come from?

  • Asia
  • Siberia (correct)
  • Europe
  • Africa

What are the two theories about how the Native Americans came to North America from Siberia?

  • Pacific Ocean Route Theory and Atlantic Ocean Route Theory
  • Bering Land Bridge Theory and Coastal Route Theory (correct)
  • Bering Land Bridge Theory and Pacific Ocean Route Theory
  • Atlantic Ocean Route Theory and Coastal Route Theory

What does the Bering Land Bridge Theory state?

  • The First Americans migrated from Europe to North America.
  • The First Americans crossed over a land bridge that connected Siberia and Alaska. (correct)
  • The First Americans traveled by small boats along the western coast of the Americas.
  • The First Americans migrated from Africa to North America.

What does the Coastal Route Theory state?

<p>The First Americans traveled by small boats along the western coast of the Americas. (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Do we know for sure how the First Americans arrived?

<p>No, it is archaeologist's greatest mystery. (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How many Native Americans are believed to have lived in the Americas before the Europeans arrived?

<p>60 million (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What caused the death of 90% of the First Americans over a 200 year period?

<p>Diseases brought by European explorers (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is culture?

<p>A way of life for a group of people that includes behaviors, beliefs, and values (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the study of the Earth's surface called?

<p>Geography (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a person who studies geography called?

<p>Geographer (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following are examples of landforms?

<p>Mountains, lakes, rivers (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How do landforms affect culture?

<p>They make communication easier (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is an example of how landforms can affect people's lifestyles?

<p>People who live in mountains have to be stronger (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are natural resources?

<p>Materials from the Earth that are used to meet people's needs (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How do natural resources affect culture?

<p>They affect the types of tools a culture may have (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How does climate affect culture?

<p>It determines the type of clothes people wear (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the culture iceberg?

<p>A metaphorical representation of culture (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How does the soil in a place affect culture?

<p>It affects the ability to grow food or crops (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are examples of buildings that can be made depending on available resources?

<p>Mud houses, brush houses (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is climate?

<p>The type of weather you expect in a particular area over many years (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Landforms can make communication between groups of people easier or ______

<p>harder</p> Signup and view all the answers

Places where it is easier to travel and trade have influence on each other’s ______

<p>culture</p> Signup and view all the answers

Landforms can ______ peoples lifestyles

<p>effect</p> Signup and view all the answers

People who live in mountains have to be stronger and in better shape to endure the ______

<p>altitude</p> Signup and view all the answers

People who live by the beach wear light clothes, and ______ for activity

<p>swim</p> Signup and view all the answers

Natural Resources are materials from the Earth that are used to meet people's ______

<p>needs</p> Signup and view all the answers

The soil in a place affects whether people can grow food or ______

<p>crops</p> Signup and view all the answers

The types of minerals can affect the types of ______ a particular culture may have

<p>tools</p> Signup and view all the answers

Plants and animals can affect the type of ______ you can make

<p>buildings</p> Signup and view all the answers

Climate affects culture because it determines what kind of clothes ______ wear

<p>people</p> Signup and view all the answers

The Bering Land Bridge Theory states that the First Americans crossed over a land ______ that connected Siberia and Alaska.

<p>bridge</p> Signup and view all the answers

The Coastal Route Theory states that the earliest Americans traveled by small ______ from Eastern Asia to Alaska.

<p>boats</p> Signup and view all the answers

Do we know for sure how the First Americans ______?

<p>arrived</p> Signup and view all the answers

A way of life for a group of people that includes behaviors, beliefs, and values is called ______.

<p>culture</p> Signup and view all the answers

The study of the Earth’s surface is called ______.

<p>Geography</p> Signup and view all the answers

A person who studies geography is called a ______.

<p>Geographer</p> Signup and view all the answers

The Bering Land Bridge was ______ miles wide.

<p>620</p> Signup and view all the answers

The Coastal Route Theory is sometimes called the Kelp Highway Theory because kelp forests are found ______ the route.

<p>along</p> Signup and view all the answers

Culture is influenced by natural resources, ______, and geography.

<p>climate</p> Signup and view all the answers

It is believed that 60 million Native Americans lived in the Americas before the Europeans ______.

<p>arrived</p> Signup and view all the answers

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