Ch3+-+FirstPeopleofNJ

=__//**﻿Chapter 3 The First People of New Jersey**//__= __//**Ice Age-**//__ a period of time when glaciers covered much of Earth's surface. __//**Artifact-**//__ an object left behide by people who lived long ago. __//**Archaeologist-**//__ a scientist who looks for and studies artifacts __//**Prehistory-**//__ the time before written records. __//**Hunter-gatherer-**//__ a person who found foodby both hunting animals and gathering plants,fruits,and nuts. __//**Ancestor-**//__ a relative who lived before you. =//__Early peoples of New Jersey Lesson 1__//= The first people who came to North America about 40,000 years ago from Asia. (During the Ice Age) Scientists believe there was a strip of landconnecting Asia and Alaska (beringia). Now that land is covered in water (Bering Strait). Believe people were living in N.J. about 12,000 years ago. (found artifacts). (ex. tools, knives, arrowheads). (indian) (arrowhead)