The First Americans: How did the first Americans adapt to their environment?

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  1. 6. Historians are still trying to learn more about American Indians because they left very little written __ (2).
  2. 8. At one point in time, Asia was connected to Alaska by a land bridge called __ (4).
  3. 10. to change in order to adjust to a new condition or environment (2).
  4. 12. Over generations, groups of American Indians developed their own __, or ways of life (9).
  5. 14. Eventually many groups of American Indians became part of larger grouping that were loosely organized under common __(9).
  6. 15. By the 1400s, millions of American Indians lived in __ major cultural regions north of Mexico(10).
  7. 16. Europeans & other groups didn't establish permanent __ in North America until 500 years ago (2)
Down
  1. 1. American Indians had a strong _ to their environments and viewed themselves as part of their natural worlds (8).
  2. 2. After mammoths went extinct, hunters spread out on North America to find __.
  3. 3. American Indians learned to _ land to fit their needs (9).
  4. 4. Long-term weather pattern (2).
  5. 5. Only if you are American Indian did you have __ in the United States 10,000 years ago (2)
  6. 7. To move from one place and establish a home in a new place (3).
  7. 9. The migration of the first Americans from Asia to North America was prompted by following large mammals, such as __ for food (5).
  8. 11. Some scientists believe the first Americans walked from Asia to __ (3).
  9. 13. In this unit, we will learn how American Indians were resourceful and __ to their environments (2)