Ancient Americans PowerPoint Presentation

PowerPoint presentation: 13 slides

Objective: To examine how the first humans migrated to America, the purpose of archaeology, and the culture of the Mound Builders.

Topics Covered:

-  migration of humans from Asia to North America during the last Ice Age.

-  culture of the ancient Mound Builders, including the Hopewell and Mississippian peoples

Key Terms and People: 

- Ice Age

- Glaciers

- Land Bridge (Berengia)

- Archaeology

- Artifact

- Cahokia

- Monk's Mound

 Multimedia:

Video – Land Bridge Theory (:48)

Video – Asian-American Land Bidge (:47)