1. After the development of agriculture people were able to keep a regular surplus of food.

2. Olmec culture is known as the mother civilization of the Americas because Olmec culture influenced the cultures of so many later groups.

3. During the last Ice Age, the oceans became shallower because much of the water was locked up in glaciers.

4. The people who built pueblos were the Anasazi.

5. Beringia was a land bridge that one connected Asia and North America.

6. Indian people tell of their beliefs about the world and their place in it through their Origin Stories.

1. A kiva is an underground room used by the Anasazi for their religious ceremonies.
2. Nomads are people who wander from place to place and have no settled home.
3. Agriculture developed when people began to plant and grow their own food.
4. Archeologists are scientists who study the cultures of people who lived long ago.
5. Cultural Diffusion takes place when people of different cultures begin to exchange ideas and goods.
6.  A Band is a small group of people who work together to do things such as hunt.
7. Adobe is a kind of sandy clay that can be dried into bricks and used for building.
8. The atlatl was a tool used to throw a spear.

The Development of Agriculture
The development of agriculture resulted in many changes in the way of life of early civilizations.  Some of these changes included:
· People no longer had to wander to find food.
· People began to form tribes.
· Tribes formed villages
· People had a regular surplus of food.
· People began to specialize in jobs.
· People began to trade, and cultural diffusion took place.