First Americans Study Guide

people who followed a trail of kelp from Japan

One of the new theories about how the Americas were first populated, as discussed in “The First Americans” video, was:

that it builds on prior models

One of the important points regarding early technologies discussed in “The First Americans” video, was:

that there were no transitions in the development of the skulls of early Americans

One of the mysterious findings by physical anthropologists in “The First Americans” video was:

death by warfare

Many of the older skeleton found in North America show signs of:

were capable pioneers

“The First Americans” video concludes that the first settlers of this hemisphere:

densely populated

In 1501, nearly all European accounts describe the east coast of North America as:

all of the above

At contact, Native Americans describe Europeans as:

the Indians were fashion victims

The pilgrims disliked native dress because:

90

Starting in 1616, viral hepatitis is thought to have killed as many as __% of the Native American population in New England:

Peru

It is thought that the earliest large-scale human societies arose where there is a wide range of altitudes and topographies within a short distance. An example of this is found in:

the most densely populated area on earth

Cook and Borah state that in 1491 Central Mexico was:

13,500

Traditionally, Native Americans are thought to have colonized the America’s by crossing the Bering Straits land bridge and walking down an ice corridor approximately __ years ago:

Cortes

The European who conquered the Aztec was:

3

Cook and Borah estimate that after the European conquest only __% of the population of central Mexico survived: