Prehistoric Native Americans Vocab and Comprehension

An object or artifact that was made and existed during the time being studied.

• Secondary Source

• Primary Source

• artifact

• history

Answer explanation

PRIMARY means FIRST. It was made AT that time in history.

The oldest cultural group that lived in early North America.

• Hopewell

• Archaic Indians

• Paleo Indians

• archeologist

The second oldest cultural group in North America. It means "old"

• Adena

• Paleo Indians

• archeologist

• Archaic Indians

A long cold period of time where glaciers covered much of the Earth

• Ice Age

• Beringia

• Nomad

• Primary Source

When the members have to find and follow their own food from nature we say they are

• Archaic

• Adena

• Hunter Gatherers

• Archaic Indians

A scientist who learns about the past through artifacts

• Geologist

• Archeologist

• Paleontologist

• Biologist

An object made by a human from an earlier time

• Archeologist

• History

• Nomad

• Artifact

A large elephant like mammal living during the Ice Age that Paleo Indians hunted with rocks

• Giant Sloth

• Mammoth

• Beringia

• Deer

A land bridge that existed during the Ice Age and connected Asia with North America

• Beringia

• Pangea

• mammoth

• History

a time BEFORE written history

• Secondary Source

• History

• Prehistoric

• Primary Source