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CHAPTER 2, LESSON 1
First Settlers
People Arrive in the Americas
Scientists believe that people came to the Western
Hemisphere during the last Ice Age. They may have
followed the migration of large animals, such as woolly
mammoths and reindeer, across the land bridge called
Beringia. They may also have come by boat from Asia or
Europe. Early people were hunter-gatherers. To
understand them, scientists study the artifacts they left
behind. These artifacts include spear points, digging sticks,
and the bases of wooden houses.
People and the Environment
The first people in the Western Hemisphere adapted to the
places in which they settled. They learned new skills to use
the natural resources around them. As the climate warmed,
plant-life changed and large animals became extinct.
People adapted by gathering different foods and hunting
smaller animals. They also experimented with agriculture.
In some places, people raised guinea pigs, llamas, turkeys,
and other animals for food or for wool.
ARCTIC
OCEAN
Beringia
North
Pole
According to scientists,
how did people probably
come to the Western
Hemisphere? Circle the
sentences that tell the
answer.
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40
°N
20
NORTH
AMERICA
°N
ATLANTIC
OCEAN
Reading Maps
What two continents did
Beringia connect? Circle the
names of the continents.
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°N
Bering
Sea
PACIFIC
OCEAN
migration noun, the
movement of groups of
animals or people from
one place to another
hunter-gatherer noun, a
person who lives by
hunting animals and
gathering plants for food
artifact noun, an object
made by human hands
agriculture noun, farming,
or planting and
harvesting crops
What kinds of animals did
early people raise? Highlight
the sentence that tells the
answer.
LAND ROUTES OF EARLY PEOPLE
ASIA
Find and underline a form of
each vocabulary word.
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LEGEND
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Migration route
0°
SOUTH
AMERICA
Beringia land bridge
Glaciers
2000
W
20
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40
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