Native American Migration and Settlement

The video explains how Native Americans migrated to North, Central, and South America. During the Ice Age, a land bridge formed due to lower ocean levels, connecting Asia and North America. People from Asia, who were hunter-gatherers, followed migrating animals across this bridge into North America. Over time, these groups spread across the continent, settling in areas that met their needs.

How did historians believe Native Americans first arrived in the Americas?

• By walking across a frozen ocean

• By flying in primitive aircraft

• By sailing across the Atlantic Ocean

• By crossing a land bridge

What major climatic event helped expose the land bridge?

• The Great Flood

• A volcanic eruption

• A massive earthquake

• The Ice Age

What caused the ocean levels to drop during the Ice Age?

• Melting glaciers

• Increased rainfall

• Tectonic plate movements

• Water freezing into ice

Which continents were connected by the land bridge?

• Africa and South America

• Asia and North America

• Europe and Asia

• Australia and Antarctica

Why did hunter-gatherer people follow the animals across the land bridge?

• To escape predators

• To explore new cultures

• To find new lands

• To find food

Where did the hunter-gatherer people eventually settle?

• Only in North America

• Only in South America

• In various regions across North and South America

• Only in Central America