FIRST AMERICANS JEOPARDY

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FIRST AMERICANS JEOPARDY
The Olmecs
Anasazi
Early Peoples
Ancient Indians
Mound Builders
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Final Jeopardy
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THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO MOVE FROM PLACE TO PLACE AND
HAVE NO SETTLED HOME.
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WHAT ARE NOMADS
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THIS LAND BRIDGE CONNECTED NORTH AMERICA AND
ASIA.
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WHAT IS BERINGIA
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THIS IS A SMALL GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO WORK TOGETHER
TO DO THINGS SUCH AS HUNT.
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WHAT IS A BAND
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THIS IS A SCIENTIST WHO STUDIES THE CULTURES OF
PEOPLE WHO LIVED LONG AGO.
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WHAT IS AN ARCHEOLOGIST
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THE OCEANS BECAME MORE SHALLOW AS A RESULT OF
__________ BEING FORMED.
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WHAT ARE GLACIERS
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THIS TOOL WAS USED TO THROW A SPEAR.
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WHAT IS AN ATLATL
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DEVELOPED WHEN PEOPLE BEGAN TO PLANT AND GROW
THEIR OWN FOOD. ALSO KNOWN AS FARMING.
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WHAT IS AGRICULTURE
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THESE ARE STORIES INDIAN PEOPLES TELL OF THEIR
BELIEFS ABOUT THEIR WORLD AND THEIR PLACE IN IT.
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WHAT ARE ORIGIN STORIES
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THEY HAD RAZOR-SHARP POINTS, MAKING THEM THE BEST
WEAPONS THE HUNTERS EVER HAD.
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WHAT ARE CLOVIS POINTS
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THIS WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT FOOD GROWN IN THE
AMERICAS. IT IS NOW KNOWN AS CORN.
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WHAT IS MAIZE
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THE OLMECS BUILT GREAT STONE _________, OR PLACES
OF WORSHIP.
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WHAT ARE TEMPLES
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THE OLMECS LIVED HERE.
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WHAT IS PRESENT DAY MEXICO
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THIS TAKES PLACE WHEN PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT
CULTURES BEGIN TO EXCHANGE IDEAS AND GOODS.
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WHAT IS CULTURAL DIFFUSION
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A CULTURE THAT HAS WELL-DEVELOPED FORMS OF
GOVERNMENT, RELIGION, AND LEARNING. THE OLMECS
WERE ONE OF THE EARLIEST.
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WHAT IS A CIVILIZATION
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BECAUSE THE OLMECS INFLUENCED SO MANY LATER
CULTURES, THEY WERE KNOWN AS THE
__________________.
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WHAT IS THE MOTHER CIVILIZATION
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LARGE MOUNDS, OR HILLS, THAT PEOPLE BUILT.
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WHAT ARE EARTHWORKS
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NAMED FOR ITS SHAPE, WHAT IS THE NAME OF THIS
EARTHWORK?
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WHAT IS THE SERPENT MOUND
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MONKS MOUND (PICTURED BELOW) WAS BUILT BY WHICH
MOUND BUILDER CIVILIZATION?
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WHO ARE THE MISSISSIPPIANS
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DAILY DOUBLE
THIS WAS A SHINY, HARD, BLACK STONE USED TO MAKE
SPEAR POINTS AND KNIVES.
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WHAT IS OBSIDIAN
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THESE ARE THE THREE MOUND BUILDER CIVILIZATIONS.
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WHO ARE THE ADENA, HOPEWELLS, AND MISSISSIPPIANS.
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THE ANASAZI PEOPLE BUILT __________, OR VILLAGES.
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WHAT ARE PUEBLOS
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THIS IS A SANDY CLAY THAT CAN BE DRIED INTO
BRICKS AND USED FOR BUILDING.
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WHAT IS ADOBE
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THESE WERE SPECIAL UNDERGROUND ROOMS USED FOR
RELIGIOUS SERVICES.
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WHAT ARE KIVAS
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PICTURED BELOW, THESE HIGH, FLAT TOPPED HILLS ARE
FOUND IN THE SOUTHWESTERN PART OF THE UNITED
STATES.
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WHAT ARE MESAS
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A LONG, DRY SPELL.
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WHAT IS A DROUGHT
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FINAL JEOPARDY
ACCORDING TO SOME SCIENTISTS, THIS THEORY
SUGGESTS THAT THE FIRST PEOPLE TO SETTLE IN THE
AMERICAS ARRIVED EARLIER THAN 12,000 YEARS AGO.
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Final Jeopardy Answer
WHAT IS THE EARLY ARRIVAL THEORY