Social Studies Chapter Two Study Guide - Test on Wednesday 11/12
First people -
Walked across a land bridge from Asia to Alaska
The land bridge was called Beringia
The people were hunters and gatherers
The Aztec people controlled central Mexico
People of the Southwest -
Climate- dry and desert
Need irrigation to grow crops because there is no rain
People of the East -
Families lived together with other families inside a longhouse
People of the east lived next to the Atlantic Ocean
Hunted and farmed for their food
People of the Plains -
Worked on farms and hunted buffalo
The Comanche tribe traveled around and were fierce warriors
Horses were used to travel around and hunt buffalo
Vocabulary -
Migration: the movement of a group of people or animals
Potlatch: feast that lasts for several days
Nomad: people who move from one place to another
