Brainscape's Knowledge GenomeTM


Top Flashcards (Certified)
All Flashcards

U.S. HISTORY > Migration to America > Flashcards

Migration to America Flashcards

(71 cards)

Start Studying
1
Q

Migration to America is the study of the ___?____ past.

A

Distant

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

Archaeology is the Scientific study of the physical remains of _____?_______ ___?______ ____?_____.

A

past human life

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

What do Physical remains include ???

A

artifacts, fossils, and living areas

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

an object, such as a tool left behind by a human being of an earlier time is called an ______?______ ??

A

Artifact

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

Physical remains are often ___?____ and must be dug up, identified, and dated

A

buried

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

who uses different methods to estimate the age of physical remains ??

A

Scientists

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

Remains can be very ___?____ to find

A

Difficult

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

Archaeologists develop __?___ , or explanations of ___?___ , based on the evidence they find.

A

theories or explanations of events

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

sometimes more than one __?__ fits the evidence.

A

theory

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

new ___?___leads to new theories

A

evidence

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

what can change how scientists interpret evidence?

A

new technology

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

different scientists support different __?___

A

theories

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

suppose you are an archaeologist trying to answer this question : when did the first people migrate to north America ?
what might scientists do to figure out the answer

  1. scientists might find new sites with human artifacts, thus providing new evidence.
  2. scientists might develop new technology that helps them assign different ages to existing artifacts
  3. scientists might come up with new theories using existing evidence
  4. scientists might learn more about the conditions in the world in which prehistoric humans lived
A

all of them are correct

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

when did people migrated to north America ?

A

the first people migrated to north America sometime between 30,000 and 13,000 years ago.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

the movement of people from one region to another is called __?__

A

migration

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

most scientists believe that the first people to migrate to America came from ____?____

  • Africa
  • Europe
  • Asia
  • South America
A

Asia

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
17
Q

population pressure, climate change, changing landscape and new technology are all reasons…..

A

why people migrated to north America

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
18
Q

true or false

There are no written records of the first migrations of humans to the Americas.

A

true

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
19
Q

true or false

archaeologists have not discovered any sites or artifacts of early humans.

A

false

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
20
Q

true or false

archaeologists are now certain when the first migrants reached north America.

A

false

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
21
Q

what did scientists believe connected Asia and north America during the most recent ice age ?

A

a land bridge

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
22
Q

many scientists believe the first __?__ walked across this land bridge into north America.

A

migrants

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
23
Q

the land bridge existed from about _ _,000 to _ _,000 BCE

A

28,000 to 10,000 BCE

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
24
Q

what are the strengths of the land bridge theory ?

A
  • people would not need special technology to walk across.

- they would have been following the animals they haunted.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
25
what are challenges to the theory?
- ice might have blocked further migration south into the rest of north America until 14,000 BCE - there may be evidence that people were settling the rest of north America before 14,000 BCE
26
why do many scientists support the land bridge theory of migration? (which are correct) - there is a land bridge connecting Asia and North America today - a land bridge connected Asia and North America thousand of years ago - a land bridge would have allowed the first migrants to spread rapidly across North America - crossing the land bridge would have been simple for the first migrants - people might have crossed a land bridge while hunting animals
- a land bridge connected Asia and North America thousand of years ago - crossing the land bridge would have been simple for the first migrants - people might have crossed a land bridge while hunting animals
27
the first people migrated to North America by boat, sailing down the __?__ __?__. (this is hard to prove)
West Coast
28
Why is the statement "the first people migrated to North America by boat, sailing down the west coast." hard to prove or disprove ?
- climate change after the ice age raised sea levels - the original coastline is under water - early human sites cannot be found
29
what are the 3 strengths of the costal crossing theory ?
- there was plenty of foods for the migrants along the way - early humans had boats - there was no barrier to moving south into the rest of North America
30
what are the challenges to the costal crossing theory?
- the crossing would have been more difficult | - no physical evidence to support theory has been discovered yet
31
which of the following statements are correct? - Some scientists think the first migrants to the Americas came by boat. - Some scientists claim migrants could not come by land because there was no land bridge. - Some scientists think the first migrants to the Americas came by crossing a land bridge. - Most scientists believe the first migrants came to North America from Asia. - Most scientists believe the first migrants came to North America from South America. - Scientists have no theories about how the first migrants came to the Americas.
- Some scientists think the first migrants to the Americas came by boat. - Some scientists think the first migrants to the Americas came by crossing a land bridge. - Most scientists believe the first migrants came to North America from Asia.
32
the first __?__ ___?___, prehistoric American Indians, were the Clovis people.
Paleo Indians
33
when and where was the first site discovered ??
the first site was discovered in Clovis, New Mexico, in 1929.
34
sites were discovered throughout ___?__ | ___?___
North America
35
the Clovis Culture may have lasted from about ___?__ to ___?___ BCE
9500 to 8800 BCE
36
the Clovis people..... -were farmers who made stone tools -lived in large groups and hunted with metal tools - were hunter-gatherers who made tools from stone and bone - tended to settle in one place in stone buildings
were hunter-gatherers who made tools from stone and bone
37
evidence of past cultures are found..
in the ground
38
over time, settlements are ___?___ and ___?___ beneath newer settlements, forming layers of artifacts in the ground.
destroyed and buried
39
why is the Clovis called the first Paleo-Indian culture ??
because there is no artifact layer below it
40
why aren't Clovis artifacts present in newer layers ?
because Clovis culture ended
41
what are the three different theories about what happened to Clovis culture?
- the Clovis killed all the big animals they haunted for food - big animals died and culture changed as weather got drier and the seasons became more extreme - people developed better tools and shelters and create small settlements
42
One way archaeologists identify Clovis sites is by the ___?___ that they find there. - clothes - tools - buildings
tools
43
Evidence suggests that the Clovis people were _____?_____ - farmers - good hunters - poor hunters
good hunters
44
The Clovis people may have disappeared due to ___?____ - a new ice age - migration - overhunting
overhunting
45
Clovis culture was replaced in many areas by ___?___
Folsom culture
46
the Folsom culture developed from the Clovis culture as people....
adapted to a new environment and created new tools
47
Folsom culture influenced the ___?___ | that came after it
Plano culture
48
how long did the Clovis last (BCE) ??
between 9500 and 8800 BCE
49
how long did the Folsom last (BCE)
between 9000 and 8000 BCE
50
how long did the Plano last (BCE)
between 8000 and 6000 BCE
51
which order did the cultures come in? - Plano, Clovis, Folsom - Clovis, Plano, Folsom - Folsom, Plano, Clovis - Plano, Folsom, Clovis - Clovis, Folsom, Plano - Folsom, Clovis, Plano
Clovis, Folsom, Plano
52
Folsom artifacts were found at a site in __?__ ___?___, as Clovis artifacts had been.
New Mexico
53
Folsom culture developed from ___?___ ??
Clovis culture
54
the Folsom people settled in.... ??
the Great Plains of North America
55
Folsom culture is believed to have lasted from ___?___ BCE to ___?___ BCE
9000 BCE to 8000 BCE
56
the Folsom were hunter - gatherers who hunted an extinct type of giant of bison like the ___?___
Clovis
57
Folsom developed new __?___ methods
hunting methods
58
Folsom developed more advanced tools, such as the ____?____ ____?____.
Folsom point
59
What was one difference between the Clovis and Folsom culture groups? - The Clovis used stone tools but the Folsom did not - The Folsom lived mainly on the Great Plains and the Clovis were more widespread - The Folsom were hunter-gatherers and the Clovis were farmers. - The Clovis came after the Folsom culture.
The Folsom lived mainly on the Great Plains and the Clovis were more widespread
60
The __?__ were the last of the major Paleo-Indian cultures
Plano
61
the Plano developed from the __?__ culture
Folsom
62
the Plano lived mainly on the ___?___. from southern Canada to the gulf of Mexico
Great Plains
63
the Plano believe to have lasted from _____ BCE to 6000 BCE
8000
64
the Plano shared many ___?___ with the Clovis and Folsom
traits
65
the Plano were hunter-gatherers who hunted modern ___?____ along with other animals
bison
66
the Plano lived in smaller areas but had a __?__ population than the Clovis or Folsom
higher
67
Plano developed the most advanced __?__ __?_ of the three culture groups
stone tools
68
true or false All three were hunter-gatherers
true
69
true of false All used stone tools.
true
70
true or false All three cultures lived mainly on the Great Plains
false
71
true or false All three cultures lived at about the same time
false

U.S. HISTORY (1 decks)

Brainscape helps you reach your goals faster, through stronger study habits.
© 2025 Bold Learning Solutions. Terms and Conditions