Mesoamerica

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Fill in the blank: ________ is the region that includes central and southern Mexico and Central America.

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Mesoamerica

Front

What do many early Native American cultures center around?

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A connection to the natural world and the environment.

Front

Current scientific evidence suggests that the first humans arrived between ______ and ______ years ago.

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15,000 and 30,000

Front

Anthropologists believe the first people to develop a civilization in Mesoamerica were the ______.

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Olmec

Front

Around A.D. 200, which civilization emerged in the Yucatán Peninsula and expanded into what is now Central America and southern Mexico? Options: Olmec, Maya, Aztec, Inca

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Maya

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When do scientists believe early peoples migrated to the Americas?

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15,000 to 30,000 years ago, based on DNA and other evidence

Front

The factor that allowed them to migrate was: Availability of land bridges, Lack of food sources, Development of agriculture, Invention of the wheel

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Availability of land bridges

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Fill in the blank: People came from ______ during the Ice Age.

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northeast Asia

Front

Fill in the blank: They crossed ______, a land bridge between Asia and North America.

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Beringia

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Fill in the blank: They migrated by following ______ prey.

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