H30S: Aboriginal Origins flash cards

Set: H30S: Aboriginal Origins

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Term	Definition
30000 BP	The Earth cooled which started an ice age.
Ice Age	Glaciers covered Canada and lowered ocean levels.
Land Bridge Theory	People came to North America from Asia via a land bridge across the Bering Strait.
South Pacific Coast Theory	People traveled to Sorth America by boat with the help of ocean currents.
Language Diversity	Linguists find that the longer people live in an area, the more languages there are.
Dating Ancient Settlement	Archeologists look at settlements, garbage, and burial sites.
32000 BP	Monte Verde, Chile and Tocado Boqueira de Pedra Furado, Brazil.
Myths and Legends	Aboriginal People explain their own origins.
Theory	A way of explaining observations. If new evidence is found theories change to adapt.
15000-10000 BP	People traveled across the land bridge.
Beringia	Region between Siberia and Alaska that was exposed during the ice age.
Human Origins	Science assumes that human beings originated in Africa and the Middle East.
Glacier	A massive block of ice created by layers of snow.
North Pacific Coast Theory	People traveled from Siberia to Alaska hopping along the Aleutian Islands.
Genetic Evidence	Connects Aboriginal people from the Americas to Hawaii and the Philippines.
Bering Strait	A shallow body of water between Alaska and Siberia.
Rick McNeish	Found corn cobs in New Mexico dating to 36000 BP.
Bluefish Caves	Yukon location where a 24000 year-old campsite was found.
Adaptation	Changing one's way of life in response to one's environment and circumstances.