How did Native Americans get use to North America?

Question

I'm doing a test and the question is pretty akward so help!

Answer 1

Well, if we assume the first settlers in the New World were simply nomadic tribes following large game animals that migrated across the Bering Strait, I'll assume the first wave(s) of settlers probably had very little to get used since the climate/condidtions in Siberia and Alaska were probably very similar. After that, more settlers continued to push across the Bering Strait and, although, the new "tribes" continued to settle in areas that differed increasingly more from their homelands in Asia, I would assume again they actually found these lands much more hospitable for survival; the climate was probably more temperate (even in what we Americans consider Northern USA) and food supplies were most likely more diverse and plentiful. Besides the large game like caribou that probably enticed the first "Indians" into the Americas, the United States had a much more diverse and plentiful supply of large animals (deer, moose, buffalo which actually did range basically the entire US, elk, antelope, etc. etc.), an incredible range of smaller game (rabbit, possum, etc.), fishing opportunities, berries and edible plants, and even agriculture. From what I remember about the settling patterns of the "Native" Americans here in North America, historians seemed to think that the entire New World (North and South America) was settled comparatively very quickly in historic terms. As to how the Native Americans acclimated themselves to their new homes depended on which diverse climatical conditions they faced and the food sources available to them in whatever part of the United States they settled. Pacific tribes, largely fished for food; Southwest tribes found agriculture more suitable; Plains tribes hunted large game; Great Lakes and Eastern tribes hunted diverse game; etc. Most tribes generally stayed/lived in the same place (in a vast array of permanent housing strustures built from whatever materials where available in the area) that became their ancestoral tribal lands because the food supply in the region (whether it be fish, game, agriculture, etc) was abundant and "renewable;" Plains tribes found it critical for their survival to be more mobile in order to continually follow their food supply- the buffalo- and their "homelands" were generally larger and they would temporarily live in various camps (tepees) while pursuing their game. Furthermore, you will find as much diversity in the cultures/customs of the tribes that lived in the US as there are climatical/geographical niches to be filled. Some tribes lived in large central communities, some in loose federations, some tribes were largely peaceful while others more war-like, some tribes believed in many gods and others in one central god, and the differences go on and on; in fact, probably the key to the Native Americans success to "getting used" to America was their willingness and ability to live such diverse lifestyles depending on whatever systems worked best in their homelands.

Answer 2

They walked across the Bering straits during the ice ages. This is because during the ice age, world sea level fell, and the islands that you see along the Bering Straits between Russia and Alsaka was passable.

Answer 3

The most common theory is a "land bridge" between Russia and Alaska. They walked over from Russia thousands of years ago, and migrated south.

Answer 4

They walked during the last ice age.