Unit 1: Earliest Americans

Strip of land that used to connect Alaska and Russia

• Bering Land Bridge
• Panama Canal
• Suez Canal
• English Channel

first Americans who crossed from Asia into North America

• Paleo-Indians

• Hopewell

• Kivas

• Mississippian

the movement of people from one region to another

• Transportation

• Migration

• Evaporation
• Condensation

A person who hunts animals and gathers wild plants to provide for his/her needs

• Nomadic Hunter

• Agriculturist
• Hunter-Gatherer

• Industrial worker

the climate and landscape that surrounds living things

• Atmosphere

• Ecosystem
• Biosphere
• Environment

common values and traditions of a society, such as language, government, and family relationships

• Culture
• Economy
• Geography
• Climate

an above-ground house made of heavy clay called adobe that was built by Native Americans of the southwestern US

• Adobe House
• Igloo
• Pueblo

• Longhouse

underground ceremonial chambers at the center of Anasazi communities

• Pueblos

• totems

• Kivas

• teepees

images of ancestors or animal spirits; carved onto tall wooden poles by Native American peoples of the Pacific Northwest

• Totem

• Dreamcatchers
• Teepees
• War Bonnets

cone-shaped shelters made of buffalo skins used by Native Americans in the Plains region

• Igloo
• Teepee
• Yurt
• Hogan