The First Americans

The first peoples who entered, and subsequently inhabited, the Americas during the final glacial episodes of the late Pleistocene period.

• Paleo

• Mississippian

• Woodland

• Innovative

Who lived in America first?

• American Indians

• Pilgrims

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• people from England

Who celebrated the first Thanksgiving?

• Pilgrims and Native Americans

• Romans and Pilgrims

• Native Americans and Romans

• Pilgrims and Europeans

The First Americans were known for their use of which type of tool technology?

• Clovis points

• Iron tools

• Bronze tools

• Steel tools

Which scientific method is used to date the artifacts left by the First Americans?

• Carbon dating

• Dendrochronology

• Thermoluminescence

• Potassium-argon dating

The migration of the First Americans is believed to have occurred during which geological period?

• Pleistocene

• Holocene

• Miocene

• Eocene

Which of the following is a hypothesis about how the First Americans arrived in North America?

• Bering Land Bridge

• Atlantic Crossing

• Pacific Island Hopping

• Antarctic Route

What type of environment did the First Americans primarily inhabit?

• Tundra

• Desert

• Rainforest

• Savanna

Which animal was commonly hunted by the First Americans?

• Mammoth

• Elephant

• Bison

• Horse

The First Americans are believed to have migrated from which continent?

• Asia

• Europe

• Africa

• Australia