The First Americans

Question 1

First wave

Answer 1

13,000 B.C. - 7,000 B.C.

Question 2

Second wave

Answer 2

6,000 B.C.

Question 3

Third wave

Answer 3

3,000 B.C.

Question 4

How did the first Americans travel to America?

Answer 4

They were East Asian nomads who went across a land bridge during the last Ice Age, connecting Siberia to Alaska

Question 5

What did the first Americans do after they arrived?

Answer 5

They over time dispersed further throughout North and South America

Question 6

What was the most dense population of the first Americans

Answer 6

Central Mexico

Question 7

What was the population of the natives at first contact with Europeans

Answer 7

Central Mexico - 20 million
Andes Mountains - 12 million

Question 8

When did Native Americans in Mexico and Peru first start to raise domesticated crops?

Answer 8

6,000 B.C.

Question 9

What were Native Americans’ (Mexico + Peru) first domesticated crops

Answer 9

Mesoamericans - maize
Peru - potato

Question 10

How did domesticated crops affect Native Americans’ lives?

Answer 10

They had an increase in population growth

Question 11

Where is Mesoamerica?

Answer 11

The lower half of Mexico