Multiple Choice Part 1
What is the main reason that early peoples in the Americas began to live in larger, more settled villages?
a. They needed protection from warring peoples.
b. They found dependable water sources.
c. They developed agriculture.
d. They learned how to hunt with bows and arrows.
c. They developed agriculture.
Why did the economy of Native Americans living in the Arctic cause families to band together?
a. They had to travel long distances to hunt seals.
b. When food was scarce, the families shared seal meat.
c. They were able to grow plenty of food in the summer.
d. They held potlatch celebrations to share their many resources.
b. When food was scarce, the families shared seal meat.
The __________________ of many Native American groups depended on the supply of food and other natural resources that helped them meet their needs.
a. division of labor
b. economy
c. culture
b. economy
Salmon and whales were important resources. They could be dried for storage or trade. These two resources provided this group with food and other useful materials.
According to the land bridge theory, from which continent did early people cross into North America?
a. Europe
b. Asia
c. Africa
d. South America
b. Asia
What was used to group Eastern Woodland peoples as Iroquoian or Algonquian?
a. the crops they grew
b. the systems of government they used
c. the languages they spoke
d. the types of homes they built
c. the languages they spoke
Scientists can learn a great deal about the life of early people living in the Americas from _______________.
a. culture
b. ceremony
c. artifacts
c. artifacts
Why were trees more important to people of the Northwest Coast and the Eastern Woodlands than they were to the Plains Indians?
Trees provided these people with wood that was used to make tools, canoes, and longhouses. Trees were also a source of food. The Plains Indians did not have great forests to use trees as a resource.
"Migration may have been possible because of a land bridge that is today covered by the waters of the Bering Sea."
What does the word "migration" mean in the sentence above?
a. the way people live
b. a system of leaders and laws that help people live together
c. the way people use resources to meet their needs
d. a movement of people
d. a movement of people
Which of these natural resources was most important to people of the Eastern Woodlands and the Northwest Coast?
a. adobe
b. wood
c. grass
d. corn
b. wood
The Olmec ____________ had a strong influence on the Mayan cities that developed later.
a. ceremony
b. culture
c. division of labor
b. culture
How did people of the Arctic learn to adapt their shelters to the resources that were available?
Since there were no trees in the Arctic, the people used blocks of ice to build shelters called igloos. In the summer, Arctic people built shelters out of sod or lived in tents made from sealskins.
What Iroquois Nation had the largest cultural region in the Eastern Woodlands?
a. the Oneida
b. the Seneca
c. the Mohawk
d. the Cayuga
c. the Mohawk
After water, what was the most important natural resource for the Plains Indians?
a. buffalo
b. trees
c. fish
d. rivers
a. buffalo
a. ceremony
b. economy
c. artifacts
a. ceremony
What are features that are common to most civilizations? What are some of the unique features of an early civilization you have read about?
Most civilizations have ways of life, religion, and learning.
For the second question, I will accept a variety of answers based on anything YOU have learned about early civilizations (Aztecs, Mayans, Incas, Toltecs, Olmecs, etc.).
What early civilization in the Americas developed a counting system that included zero?
a. the Mayan
b. the Adena
c. the Ancient Puebloan
d. the Olmec
a. the Mayan
What was a major purpose of the Iroquois League?
a. to lead religious ceremonies
b. to trade goods
c. to establish a common language for communication
d. to resolve conflicts among people and groups
d. to resolve conflicts among people and groups
Native Americans often depended on a ________________________ in order to produce more goods.
a. division of labor
b. ceremony
c. economy
a. division of labor
What kinds of natural resources were used to build each of the following shelters- tepees, longhouses, and pueblos?
Tepees: Tepees were made from animal skins that were stretched over wooden poles.
Longhouses: Longhouses were made from trees cut down in the Eastern Woodlands and the Pacific Northwest.
Pueblos: Pueblos were built using adobe bricks.