1. Native Americans Objectives I can: trace the migration routes of Native Americans to North America. list eight cultural regions into which scholars have divided Native Americans of the contiguous United States. identify environmental factors that promoted cultural diversity among Native American groups describe cultural adaptations made by Native Americans living in each cultural region.

2. The Native American’s: Vocabulary Migrate – To move from one place and establish a home in a new place. A move of a large number of people is called a migration, and the people who move are called migrants. Some animals also migrate, usually with the seasons.

3. Cultural Region An area in which a group of people share a similar culture and language.

4. Environment All of the physical surroundings of a place, including land, water, animals, plants and climate.

5. Natural Resources Useful materials found in nature, including water, vegetation, animals, and minerals. Southwest WaterfallGreat Plains Buffalo Hunt

6. Culture A people’s way of life, including beliefs, customs, food, dwellings, and clothing.

7. Beringia - The land bridge created 30,000 years ago during the most recent Ice Age. The forming glaciers caused the level of the sea to drop, and a route From Asia to North America opened up.