Social Studies 4-8 Texas Certification - PACT 2024/2025 exam with 100% correct answers
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When did the first people start to arrive in America? correct answersAround 38,000 BC. (40,000 years ago)
Who were the first people to arrive in America? correct answersNomadic Hunter-Gatherers
What caused the Nomadic Hunter-Gatherers to come to America? correct answersThey were following her...
When did the first people start to arrive in America? correct answersAround 38,000 BC. (40,000 years
ago)
Who were the first people to arrive in America? correct answersNomadic Hunter-Gatherers
What caused the Nomadic Hunter-Gatherers to come to America? correct answersThey were following
herds of animals they were hunting
Define Nomadic Hunter-Gatherers correct answersCommunities of people who move from place to
place, relying on plants and animals found in the wild for food
Define Migration correct answersThe movement of a number of people (or animals), often to establish a
new homeland
How did the Nomadic Hunter-Gatherers travel to America from Asia? correct answersIt was during the
Ice Age. This means that seawater was frozen, causing the ocean level to be low. Gatherers were able to
cross land that had been exposed due to this, known as the Bering Land Bridge. This was located at the
tip of Asia and reached to Alaska.
What is the Land Bridge Theory? correct answersA theory of the Hunter-Gatherers using the Bering Land
Bridge to cross from Asia to America during the Ice Age.
What happened in 10,500 BC correct answersThe Ice Age ended. Oceans rose and covered the Bering
Land Bridge. This prevented migration into North America. Ice Age animals died off or were hunted until
extinction. Smaller animals that thrive in warmer weather replaced them
Define Culture correct answersThe way a society behaves and its system of beliefs, laws, and customs
, What is maize? correct answersAn early form of corn
Who were the first settlers in America? correct answersSome nomadic tribes stayed in Alaska, they then
began to settle in America by building permanent homes and learning to plant seeds
Define society correct answersA group of people living together as a group
Define civilizations correct answersAn advanced and complicated society
Who was one of the first great civilizations? correct answersThe Olmec society
Who were the Olmec? correct answersA society who flourished in MesoAmerica. They grew enough
food to feed thousands of people and are known for the giant stone sculptures and pyramids they built.
In 400 BC, they disappeared and no-one knows why.
What is MesoAmerica? correct answersThe area now called Central America
Where and when did the Maya civilization develop? correct answersAround 300 BC in the mesoamerican
rain forest
Olmec Location and Time Frame correct answersMesoamerica, 1200-400 BC
Maya Location and Time Frame correct answersMesoamerica, 300 BC-900 CE
Aztec Location and Time Frame correct answersMexico, Tenochtitlan, 1110-1521 CE
Inca Location and Time Frame correct answersSouth America, Cuzco, 1100-1533 CE
Who were the Maya? correct answersThey raised crops and built pyramids and temples. They had
theocracy, meaning they worshipped the sun, stars, and moon. They also developed a 365-day calendar.
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