| A | B |
|---|
| Beringia | land bridge connecting Asia and North America |
| archaeologist | scientists who study cultures of people long ago. |
| nomad | people who wander from place to place, no settled home. |
| band | small group of people working together. |
| Olmec | mother civilization because they influenced cultures of later groups |
| B.C. | this is the symbol for before Christ |
| pueblos | the type of house that the Anasazi built using adobe bricks |
| agriculture | allowed for a regular surplus of food |
| time line | 1) in chronological order 2) BC comes before AD 3) divided into equal periods of time |
| atlatl | tool used to throw a spear |
| adobe | 1) sandy clay 2) dried into brick for building |
| clovis points | razor sharp spear tips |
| cultural diffusion | when people of different cultures exchange ideas/goods |
| origin stories | Indian people would tell of their beliefs about the world and their place in it |
| Anasazi | built pueblos |
| maize | early people grew what crop that helped to make a surplus of food? |
| late arrival theory | 1) migrated from Asia to North America 2) migrated across Beringia 3) occurred at 12,000 years ago |
| early arrival theory | 1) migrated from Asia to North America 2) used Beringia or boat? 3) over 12,000 years ago |
| specialized jobs | when people settled into villages they were able to stay in one place for longer periods of time and develope? |
| Mississippians | the largest mound building culture |
| shallow oceans | because ice age locked up all the water |
| glaciers | oceans were shallower because water was locked up in |
| kiva | 1) underground room 2) used for religious services |
| wooly mamoths | hunters killed these animals for food, clothing, and shelter |
