Arrival of the Ancestral native Americans Paleoindian period in the Americas North Americas Archaeic period Early woodland societies Agricultural revolution in the Americas
100
Beringia
What is the land bridge that theorist think most groups arrived from?
100
False, it was cooler and moister than it is today
North Americas Climate was considerably hotter and dryer than it is today, true or false?
100
The climate became drier and megafauna disappeared
What happened to the climate and megafauna in centuries that followed?
100
Pottery
Smelting of metals was never learned by Native Americans but ______ had appeared along coastal areas as early as 2500 B.C.E and spread to inland areas during this period. (what goes in the blank?)
100
agriculture began independently in México and Peru
what began independently where in 6000 to 5500 B.C.E?
200
The Amerindians Ne, Asia
Who were most likely the first migrants to arrive in Mesoamerica And where were that from?
200
Giant Wooly Mammoth, Giant Sloth, Giant
BisonExamples of Megafauna found?
200
Folsoma
What replaced the Clovis spear heads?
200
Woodland Civilization
What were the societies that helped give rise to the Neolithic Revolution?s
200
In arid zones instead of using oxen and cattle to plow they depended on plantimg sticks and foot hoes. In swampy zones they created artificial islands by digging ditches to channel water, then dreged and piled luck into mounds of new and nutrient-rich topsoil
.Ways Native Americans achieved many things in agriculture without many technology advancements name 1
300
Paleolithic hunters and gatherers
All of the________ lived as late as?
300
The Clovis
what culture was among the earliest known hunting cultures (specified in book)?
300
Hunting, gathering wild plants, and fishing
what were the best choices of food sources?
300
Farming
What was the most important advancement by Woodland Civilizations, even though it did not fully replace hunting and gathering until the late Woodland Period?
300
They raised guinea pigs and ate llama meat
What did Andean people raise and what did they eat?
400
3-4 waves probably between 20,000 and 10,000
B.C.ELinguistic, genetic, and dental studies suggest Native Americans came in...(how many waves and when)?
400
Cooking, skinning, tanning
hidesWhat were smaller stone implements that Paleoundians used, used for?
400
Cultural and language differences
What happened because of the isolation of groups?
400
Their burial practices and pottery styles because they did not include pottery in funeral arrangements and their pottery was plain or marked with cord or fabric like motifsWhat distinguished the Adena from other Woodland
Civilizations and why?
400
Pit Houses
Consisted of wood pole framework thatched with tree branches and leaves or animal hides, they were built over shallow pits(name of what is being described)
500
The Western Hemisphere is oriented along a North-to-South axis unlike the Eastern Hemisphere which is East-to-West axis
What is difference between the Western Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere?
500
Hunter-gatherer campsites
Regions like the Amazon rainforest forest yeaild evidence of what?
500
Climate became warmer and dryer and in American Southwest and Northern Mexico grasslands were replaced by desert conditions
What happened in the North American Archaic Period?
500
Deer, elk, bear, woodchuck, beaver, porcupine, grouse, turkey, along with wild plants
What did early Woodland Civilizations rely on for food?
500
The Olmec Civilization in Mesoamerica and the Chavín Civilization in South
AmericaWhat were 2 of the most complex societies (specified in book)






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