The document discusses the origins of the first Americans. During the last ice age, around 30,000 years ago, lower ocean levels exposed a land bridge between Asia and North America called Beringia. Animals and early humans crossed this land bridge and migrated throughout the Americas. As the ice age ended and ocean levels rose, the land bridge disappeared, leaving groups isolated in different environments across North and South America. These groups developed diverse cultures and ways of life adapted to the natural resources available in their regions.

1. America In The Beginning Who were the first Americans? This land bridge is known as __Biringia________. Animals like mammoths crossed the bridge or _migrated__________ to the America's. This caused ocean levels to ___drop_____ and expose ___land_______. In the Bering straight a _____land bridge__________ appeared connecting ___sibera or asia& americas____________ _______________ 30,000 years ago During a period of low temperatures called an ____ice age______ The world was covered in ___glaciers______ or sheets of ice. How and why did they come here?

2. America In The Beginning What happened when they came to America? The ice age ended __coverd__________ up glaciers causing water levels to _rise_________ covering up the __land bridge_______ ________. Some animals died off like mammals____________. Living in many different parts of the Americas the Natives needed to adjust or __adapt_______ to every thing in the new surrounds that made up each of their own ____enviroment_________ in order to __survive________. How did they meet their new needs? Hunter's in Asia who moved from place to place to find food or ______nomads_______ followed the mammoths and spread out or ____migrate_______ to the America's

3. How did Native Americans adjust to the new environments? America In The Beginning Many Native American have these things in common. 1. Nature has a _spirit and belive in many gods_____. 2. No one can own __land________. 4. Only use what is __needed (no waste)________. 5. _Trade_________ was important to most societies Different groups in different environments developed their own beliefs and ways of life or __culture_____________. Groups in the same environments adapted similar life styles, and language creating _cultural______ ____region_____. Living in many different parts of the Americas the Natives used the different natural _resources__________ in their own different environments for food, clothing, and shelter. What did they have in common?

4. 8 Cultural Regions California Great Basin Great Plains South East North West Coast Plateau Eastern Woodlands South West

5. 8 Cultural Regions

7. North West Coast Weather: long cold winters cool summers heavy rainfall Natural Resources: ocean/beaches thick forests of fir, spruce, and cedar rugged mountains seafood/salmon deer, moose, bear, elk, beaver, mountain goats 1F

8. California Weather: rainy winters hot dry summers Natural Resources: ocean/coast foothills valley's deserts mountains acorns, oak trees grass, and plants redwood trees salmon/seafood/shellfish deer, rabbits, ducks, roots berries, pine nuts 1A

9. Great Basin Weather: little rain hot during the day cold at night Natural Resources: mostly dessert low areas surrounded by mountains at the edges with valleys that had seasonal lakes and streams plants that need little water like grasses, sagebrush, pinon trees, at the outer edges pine trees, and willow small animals rabbits, lizards, grasshoppers, snakes sometimes ducks , duck eggs during certain seasons seeds,berries pine nuts, roots, cattail 1G

10. Plateau Weather: long cold winters comfortable summers Natural Resources: mountains with dense forests in areas flatter in the center with drier grass lands rivers driftwood, mud, dirt, grass and sage brush fish, antelope, deer, seeds onions, carrots, camas roots, salmon 1h

11. Great Plains Weather: cold winters hot summers Natural Resources: mountains surrounding edges treeless grasslands in the center east more water and softer soil west drier dense grass Buffalo and smaller animals 1B

12. South West Weather: high temperatures little rain dry/arid Natural Resources: mountains, canyons desserts, flat top mesas rivers, little water clay, brightly colored plants, cotton corn, beans, squash, peppers, rabbits 1C

13. South East Weather: long warm humid summers mild winters Natural Resources: rivers, ocean/coast Fertile coastal plains mountains, swamps Trees, clay, shells, corn, beans, squash, pumpkins, sunflowers, sweet potatoes squirrels, rabbits, turkeys, deer, alligators, turtles, wild rice, persimmons 1E

14. Eastern Woodlands Weather: snowy winters , rain Natural Resources: rivers, ocean/coast lots of lakes and streams Forests, plants, maple trees, elm, deer, bears, beavers, birds, fish corn, sunflowers, tobacco, vegetables, nuts, berries 1D