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Migration to America
Vocabulary words for lesson one
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History
5th Grade
08/02/2010

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What do you call the time about 20,000 years ago when there was a long period of extreme cold?

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The Ice Age.
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What do you call thick sheets of ice?
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glaciers

 

 

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What is the narrow strip of water called that covers land that connects Asia and North America?
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The Bering Strait

 

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What is the movement of people to the Americas between 40,000 to 10,000 years ago?
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mirgration
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What is another word for a possible explanation for an event such as the land bridge allowing people to come to the Americas?
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theory
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What do you call an item that someone made from the past?
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artifact
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