The First Texans

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Scientists believe that the American Indians who first lived in North America arrived during an _______________.

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Ice Age

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These ancient Americans were _____________________, or people who collected plants and hunted animals for food.

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hunter-gatherers

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DESCENDANTS means...

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relatives who live after, or later in history

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This is a flint spear point. It is an _________________ because it was an object made and used by people long ago.

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artifact

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Scientists called ___________________ study the culture and artifacts of early people.

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archeologists

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This is a paleontologist. He studies the history of life on Earth as based on fossils. Fossils he might find that would be evidence of an Ice Age would be bones from

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wooly mammoths or mastodons.

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This is the Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument in Texas. Tools made from this area have been found in different parts of the country, showing that...

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early people traded Texas flint far and wide.

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A quarry is...

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an open pit where people mine, or dig up rocks.

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As the Ice Age ended, the culture of early Texans changed. They turned more to ________________ for food.

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plants

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About 2,000 years ago, people began to grow more...

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corn, beans, and squash.