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THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO MOVE FROM PLACE TO PLACE AND HAVE NO SETTLED HOME.

WHAT ARE “NOMADS”

THIS “LAND BRIDGE” CONNECTED NORTH AMERICA AND ASIA.

WHAT IS “BERINGIA”

THIS IS A SMALL GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO WORK TOGETHER TO DO THINGS SUCH AS HUNT.

WHAT IS A “BAND”

THIS IS A SCIENTIST WHO STUDIES THE CULTURES OF PEOPLE WHO LIVED LONG AGO.

WHAT IS AN “ARCHEOLOGIST”

THE OCEANS BECAME MORE SHALLOW AS A RESULT OF __________ BEING FORMED.

WHAT ARE “GLACIERS”

THIS TOOL WAS USED TO THROW A SPEAR.

WHAT IS AN “ATLATL”

DEVELOPED WHEN PEOPLE BEGAN TO PLANT AND GROW THEIR OWN FOOD. ALSO KNOWN AS FARMING.

WHAT IS “AGRICULTURE”

THESE ARE STORIES INDIAN PEOPLES TELL OF THEIR BELIEFS ABOUT THEIR WORLD AND THEIR PLACE IN IT.

WHAT ARE “ORIGIN STORIES”

THEY HAD RAZOR-SHARP POINTS, MAKING THEM THE BEST WEAPONS THE HUNTERS EVER HAD.

WHAT ARE “CLOVIS POINTS”

THIS WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT FOOD GROWN IN THE AMERICAS. IT IS NOW KNOWN AS “CORN.”

WHAT IS “MAIZE”

THE OLMECS BUILT GREAT STONE _________, OR PLACES OF WORSHIP.

WHAT ARE “TEMPLES”

THE OLMECS LIVED HERE.

WHAT IS PRESENT DAY “MEXICO”

THIS TAKES PLACE WHEN PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT CULTURES BEGIN TO EXCHANGE IDEAS AND GOODS.

WHAT IS “CULTURAL DIFFUSION”

A CULTURE THAT HAS WELL- DEVELOPED FORMS OF GOVERNMENT, RELIGION, AND LEARNING. THE OLMECS WERE ONE OF THE EARLIEST.

WHAT IS A “CIVILIZATION”

BECAUSE THE OLMECS INFLUENCED SO MANY LATER CULTURES, THEY WERE KNOWN AS THE __________________.

WHAT IS THE “MOTHER CIVILIZATION”

LARGE MOUNDS, OR HILLS, THAT PEOPLE BUILT.

WHAT ARE “EARTHWORKS”

NAMED FOR ITS SHAPE, WHAT IS THE NAME OF THIS EARTHWORK?

WHAT IS “THE SERPENT MOUND”

MONK’S MOUND (PICTURED BELOW) WAS BUILT BY WHICH MOUND BUILDER CIVILIZATION?

WHO ARE “THE MISSISSIPPIANS”

THIS WAS A SHINY, HARD, BLACK STONE USED TO MAKE SPEAR POINTS AND KNIVES.

WHAT IS “OBSIDIAN”

THESE ARE THE THREE MOUND BUILDER CIVILIZATIONS.

WHO ARE THE ADENA, HOPEWELLS, AND MISSISSIPPIANS.

THE ANASAZI PEOPLE BUILT __________, OR VILLAGES.

WHAT ARE “PUEBLOS”

THIS IS A SANDY CLAY THAT CAN BE DRIED INTO BRICKS AND USED FOR BUILDING.

WHAT IS “ADOBE”

THESE WERE SPECIAL UNDERGROUND ROOMS USED FOR RELIGIOUS SERVICES.

WHAT ARE “KIVAS”

PICTURED BELOW, THESE HIGH, FLAT TOPPED HILLS ARE FOUND IN THE SOUTHWESTERN PART OF THE UNITED STATES.

WHAT ARE “MESAS”

A LONG, DRY SPELL.

WHAT IS A “DROUGHT”

ACCORDING TO SOME SCIENTISTS, THIS THEORY SUGGESTS THAT THE FIRST PEOPLE TO SETTLE IN THE AMERICAS ARRIVED EARLIER THAN 12,000 YEARS AGO.

Final Jeopardy Answer WHAT IS “THE EARLY ARRIVAL THEORY”