Topic 1
According to the land bridge theory, from which continent did early people cross into North America?
a) Africa
b) Asia
c) Europe
d) South America
b) Asia
What does the word migration mean in this sentence:
Migration may have been possible because of the land bridge that is today covered by the waters of the Bering Sea.
a) the way people live
b) the way people use resources to meet their needs
c) a movement of people
d) a system of leaders and laws that help people live together
c) a movement of people
What is the main reason that early peoples in Americas began to live in larger, more settled villages?
a) they developed agriculture
b) they found dependable water sources
c) they learned how to hunt with bows and arrows
d) they needed protection from warring peoples.
a) they developed agriculture
What other resources did the Northwest Coast people have that were important to their economy?
Salmon was an important staple, which could be dried and stored. Whales also provided people with food and other materials.
What was the major purpose of the Iroquois league?
a) trade goods
b) to lead religious ceremonies
c) to resolve conflicts among people and groups
d) to establish a common language for communication
c) to resolve conflicts among people and groups
What early civilization in the Americas developed a counting system that included zero?
a) the Adena
b) the Ancient Puebloan
c) the Mayan
d) the Olmec
c) the Mayan
Which of the following Iroquois Nations had the largest cultural region in the Eastern Woodlands?
a) the Seneca
b) the Cayuga
c) the Oneida
d) the Mohawk
d) the Mohawk
What are features that are common to most civilizations? What are some of the unique features of an early civilization that you have read about?
Most civilizations have ways of life, religion, and learning.
What was used to group Eastern Woodland peoples as Iroquoian or Algonquian?
a) the crops they grew
b) the types of homes they built
d) the langauges they spoke
d) the langauges they spoke
Why did the economy of Native Americans living in the Arctic cause families to band together?
a) They were able to grow plenty of food in the summer
b) They had to travel long distances to hunt seals
c) When food was scarce, they families shared seal meat
d) They held potlatch celebrations to share their many resources.
c) When food was scarce, they families shared seal meat
Native Americans often depended on a __________________________________ in order to produce more goods.
a) artifacts
b) ceremony
c) culture
d) division of labor
e) economy
d) division of labor
How did the people of the Arctic learn to adapt their shelters to resources that were available?
There were not trees in the Arctic, soo people used blocks of ice to build shelters such as igloos. In the summer people used sod or lived in tents made of seal skin.
After water, what was the most important natural resource for the Plains people?
a) buffalo
b) fish
c) rivers
d) trees
a) buffalo
Scientists can learn a great deal about the life of early people living in the Americas from _____________
a) artifacts
b) ceremony
c) culture
d) division of labor
e) economy
a) artifacts
The ______________________ of many Native American groups depended on the supply of food and other natural resources that helped them meet their needs.
a) artifacts
b) ceremony
c) culture
d) division of labor
e) economy
c) culture
What kind of natural resources were used to build each of the following shelters- tepees, longhouses, and pueblos?
Tepees were made from animal skin that was stretched on wooden poles. '
Longhouses were made from cut down trees.
Pueblos were built using adobe bricks.
Which of these natural resources was most important to the people of the Eastern Woodlands and the Northwest Coast?
a) grass
b) corn
c) wood
d) adobe
c) wood
Native Americans often held ______________ to celebrate a cultural or religious event.
a) artifacts
b) ceremony
c) culture
d) division of labor
e) economy
b) ceremony
Why were trees more important to people of the Northwest Coast and the Eastern Woodlands than they were to the Plains people?
Trees provided these peoples with wood that was used to make tools, canoes, and longhouses. Trees were also a source of food. The Plains did not have great forests.