1. The Ice Age And The First Americans

2. Huge Sheets of ice that formed over the land.

3. glaciers

4. Scientists who study the cultures of people long ago.

5. archaeologists

6. To continue to work on one job that you do well.

7. specialize WHAT YOU DO WELL

8. Farming can also be called what?

9. agriculture

10. A great movement of people.

11. migration

12. Wandering people who have no settled home.

13. nomads No Settled Home

14. The way of life developed by particular groups.

15. culture

16. A small group of people who work to do things together, like hunting.

17. band Work Together!

18. A group of animals that are dying off.

19. extinct

20. Objects early people have left behind.

21. artifacts

22. Large mounds or hills of earth built by the early people.

23. earthworks

24. Groups of Anasazi homes later named by the Spanish.

25. pueblos

26. Having more than you need of something.

27. surplus MORE THAN YOU NEED!

28. A culture with well developed forms of government, religion, and learning.

29. civilization Government Religion Education

30. A group of people who share a common culture and land.

31. tribe

32. When different cultures meet and exchange ideas, it is called what?

33. Cultural diffusion

34. Underground rooms used by the Anasazi for religious services.

35. kivas

36. A long period of time without rain.

37. drought NO RAIN!!

38. Sandy clay used to make bricks for houses.

39. adobe

40. To honor their gods, the Olmecs built great stone places of worship called what?

41. temples

42. The land bridge that connected Asia to North America.

43. Beringia

44. What were the early people following across Beringia that led them into the Americas?

45. Large mammals like the woolly mammoth

46. What new technology did the early people learn that made it possible for them to settle down in one place?

47. farming

48. What group of people was called the “mother civilization?”

49. The Olmecs

50. The Olmecs developed a system of numbers and writing and the calendar. Because of this they were called the ___________ civilization.

51. Mother Civilization

52. The Adenas built mounds in the __________ river valley, which makes them very important to us.

53. Ohio

54. What evidence do we still have of the Adenas (mound builders)?

55. Serpent mound The great Serpent Mound built by the Adenas is located in Cincinnati, OH.