Quizlet H30S: Aboriginal Origins

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  1. 15000-10000 BP: People traveled across the land bridge.
  2. 30000 BP: The Earth cooled which started an ice age.
  3. 32000 BP: Monte Verde, Chile and Tocado Boqueira de Pedra Furado, Brazil.
  4. Adaptation: Changing one's way of life in response to one's environment and circumstances.
  5. Bering Strait: A shallow body of water between Alaska and Siberia.
  6. Beringia: Region between Siberia and Alaska that was exposed during the ice age.
  7. Bluefish Caves: Yukon location where a 24000 year-old campsite was found.
  8. Dating Ancient Settlement: Archeologists look at settlements, garbage, and burial sites.
  9. Genetic Evidence: Connects Aboriginal people from the Americas to Hawaii and the Philippines.
  10. Glacier: A massive block of ice created by layers of snow.
  11. Human Origins: Science assumes that human beings originated in Africa and the Middle East.
  12. Ice Age: Glaciers covered Canada and lowered ocean levels.
  13. Land Bridge Theory: People came to North America from Asia via a land bridge across the Bering Strait.
  14. Language Diversity: Linguists find that the longer people live in an area, the more languages there are.
  15. Myths and Legends: Aboriginal People explain their own origins.
  16. North Pacific Coast Theory: People traveled from Siberia to Alaska hopping along the Aleutian Islands.
  17. Rick McNeish: Found corn cobs in New Mexico dating to 36000 BP.
  18. South Pacific Coast Theory: People traveled to Sorth America by boat with the help of ocean currents.
  19. Theory: A way of explaining observations. If new evidence is found theories change to adapt.