History of the American Indians - Chapter 1 Section 1
History of the American Indians Asian Migration to the New World Ancient Hunter-Gatherers: Before agriculture, people had to rely entirely on nature for food; This meant following the patterns of animals (hunter) and plants (gathering) for food; people who had to move around were called nomads Ice Age When the world was colder during the Ice Age, more ocean water was frozen in the polar ice caps, shrinking the ocean, allowing more land to rise; In the northwestern part of North America (American Alaska) the continent almost touches the northeastern part of Asia (Russian Siberia). During the Ice Age, these continents did touch. Result?