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Mercer Social Studies Native Americans
Liz B
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Social Studies
5th Grade
02/14/2013

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What is an origin story?
Definition
Tells where native American ancestors came from
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What do origin stories explain?
Definition
How the earth and its people came to be
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What is a natural environment?
Definition
Includes what surrounds us such as water, sun, animals, insects, and plants
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According to the Hopis, where did people live at first?
Definition
inside the earth
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What game did the first Americans hunt?
Definition
Mammoths, bison, and caribou
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How did migrating American Indians adapt to their new land?
Definition
They had to use what was in nature
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Where did most American Indians chose to settle?
Definition
where there were more rich natural resources
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What are some things that Inuits made for survival?
Definition
snow goggles, igloos, sealskin floats, and tents
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What natural resources did the Sioux use to record their history?
Definition
buffalo hide for pictographs
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From what continent did the first Americans come?
Definition
Asia
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Describe using latitude and longitude where the first Americans began their migration
Definition
130 degrees East and 60 degrees North
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What continents did people migrate to?
Definition
Ugh more bad grammar! North American and South America
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Define migration
Definition
movement of people from country or area of the world to a new home in another country or area
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Define environment
Definition
everything surrounding you
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Define adaptation
Definition
a change or adjustment in a way of life that allows people to survive in a particular environment
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