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The First Americans(Chapter 2)

5th grade, "We Build Our Nation"

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ArchaelogistsStudy bones, tools, artifacts to find out how ancient people lived
Native Americans are believed to have arrived on foot from this continentAsia
Native Americans could arrive on foot because of this reasonOceans were frozen during the Ice Age
Water between Alaska and Russia which was frozen when the first Native Americans arrivedBering Strait
The first American settlers, the Native Americans lived in theseCaves and huts
Early Native Americans were mainly thisHunters
After the Ice Age ended, Native Americans changed from hunters tofarmers
This activity lead to the beginning of civilizationAgriculture
SurplusExtra food(or anything)
CivilizationA culture with cities, government and a variety of jobs
MesoamericaSouthern part of North America
Maya and AztecsCivilizations of Mesoamerica
TikalMajor center of Mayas
AztecsWarriors
EmpireLand and people controlled by one ruler
Capital city of AztecsTenochtitlan
North American civilizationsAnasazi and Mound Builders
KivaCeremonial center of Anasazi's.
PuebloSpanish word for town
Anasazi were also called thisCliff dwellers
Mound BuildersNorth American civilization of the Eastern Woodlands
Mound builders got their name from thisThe way they buried their dead
PotlatchCelebration by North West Indians



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