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Geography and History Activity

The Americas
Lesson 1 The First Americans

Understanding Movement
Migration

Migrationisthemovementofalargegroupofpeopleor
animalsfromoneplacetoanother.Oneofthemostfascinating
migrationstoriesinhistoryisthatofthemovementofpeople
fromAsiaintoNorthAmericaduringtheIceAge.Whowere
thesepeoplewhotraveledthousandsofmilesacrosstheice?
WhydidtheyleaveAsia?HowdidtheygetfromAsiatoNorth
America?

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Greenland
L a n d b ri d g e t h e

ASIA
Bering
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NORTH
AMERICA

EUROPE

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AFRICA

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Extent of ice sheet
Land now under water
Possible migration routes

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2000 miles

2000 km
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Miller projection

ThemovementofpeoplefromAsiaintoNorthAmericatookplaceoverthousandsofyears.
DOPWE (Discovering our Past - World)
Chapter 16
Map Title: Migration to America
File Name: C16-02A-NGS-824133_A.ai
Map Size: Right-Half, major-column

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The Americas

Directions: Answer the following questions.

Understanding the Concept

1. Defining What is migration?

2. Analyzing Visuals What are the two ways prehistoric

people might have come to the Americas from Asia?

3. Differentiating What difficulties might each of these ways

present to people?

Applying the Concept

4. Applying What other examples of migration do you know
about?

6. Speculating How did the movement of people from Asia

into North America during the Ice Age change history?

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5. Comparing and Contrasting Think about one specific

example of migration. Research the migration patterns of
your subject. Then create a flow chart to show that
migration.