Unit 1 Lesson 1, Settling the Americas

Settled in the Midwest river valleys, buried their dead under hills

Changed the paths of rivers to their fields using irrigation

Those scientists who study tools, bones, and remains of ancient people are called ___.

Used hieroglyphs, built pyramids and temples, outgrew their food supply

What made the city of Cahokia different from other early North American civilizations?

Scientists believe the first people to arrive in North America crossed a land bridge from ____.

Used a method called dry farming to survive in the desert Southwest

Developed a calendar, used the concept of zero, made chocolate from cacao

The first people to arrive in North America survived by: