| A | B |
|---|
| land bridge | where two pieces of land meet |
| Asia | continent FROM which the first Native Americans came |
| North America | continent TO which first Native Americans came |
| Bering Strait | the area where Asia and North America almost meet |
| archaeologist | a person who studies past cultures |
| artifacts | the things that old cultures left behind |
| adapt | to change in order to survive |
| culture | way of life of a group of people |
| nomads | people who wander in search of food |
| river valleys | where early people settled to be close to water |
| Iroquois | Native Americans of New York State |
| Algonquins | Native Americans of Long Island |
| longhouse | where the Iroquois live |
| Iroquois Confederacy | when the tribes of the Iroquois joined together for peace and safety |
| Hiawatha | a great Iroquois leader |
| Long Island | part of New York and home of some Algonquin Indians |
| New York State | where we live, part of the United States |
| Europeans | people from Europe who wanted colonies in America |
| Age of Exploration | the time when Europeans explored the rest of the world |
| trade | a way of getting things you need |
| Christopher Columbus | an explorer who "discovered" America |
| New World | what Europeans called North and South America |
| John Cabot | an explorer working for England who explored the coast of New York |
| Giovanni da Verrazano | an Italian explorer who explored the coast of New York |
