First People in America

When did the first people begin to populate the Americas?

• 10,000 years ago B.C.E.

• 20,000-40,000 years ago B.C.E.

• 40,000-60,000 years ago B.C.E.

• 70,000 years ago B.C.E.

Communities of people who moved from place to place in search of food were known as....

• Hunter-gatherers

• Cavemen

• Migrant-caravans

Which term can be defined as the movement of people or animals usually to establish a new homeland?

• Nomadic

• Displaced

• Migration

Which new land emerged at the end of the Ice Age, and connected the Northeast tip of Asia and present day Alaska?

• Beringia

• Pangea

• Gondwana

What are the America's two migration theories?

• World Systems and Out of Africa

• Great Migration and Neoclassical

• Land Bridge and Coastal Route

Which migration theory believes that Hunter-Gatherers migrated across the Beringia in search of food?

• Land Bridge Theory

• Out of Africa Theory

• Coastal Route Theory

Which migration theory believes that people migrated to the Americas by boat and settled along the Pacific coast?

• Out of Africa

• Land Bridge

• Coastal Route

What is another word for land bridge or a narrow strip of land connecting two larger pieces of land?

• Island

• Peninsula

• Isthmus

Which crops did early Native Americans learn to survive off of and farm?

• Corn, Squash, and Peas

• Corn, Squash, and Potatoes

• Corn, Squash, and Beans

What name did the Native Americans give to their staple crop of corn, squash, and beans?

• Three Sisters

• Three Amigos

• Three Staples