Context Clues (5.RI.4)
Make an Inference (5.RI.1)
Key Details (5.RI.2)
Main Idea (5.RI.2)
100
What is the meaning of the word "ancestors" in the sentence:

Their migration to North America, however, may make them the ancestors of the people we call Native Americans."

family, relatives, great-great-great-great grandparents

100

1. Why don't we know for sure why or how the first people to North America got here? 

2. What evidence from the text did you use to make your inference?

Something like: 

We don't know because there was no way to document back then. I know because the text says it was "thousands of years ago" and "it may have formed an ice bridge"

100

Which key detail DOES NOT support: "Agriculture changed the lives of the earliest North Americans."

a) With more reliable sources for food, they didn't need to move around so much.

b) Agriculture is raising plants and animals for food.

c) The nomads traveled from place to place instead of settling in one place.

b) Agriculture is raising plants and animals for food.

100

What is an appropriate MAIN IDEA of the first paragraph in the article?

Historians aren't sure how the ancestors of the Native Americans came to North America.

200

What is the meaning of the word "nomads" in the sentence:

"We do know that the earliest North Americans were nomads. They traveled from place to place instead of settling in one place."

Someone who travels instead of building a house and staying in it


200

If the "ice bridge" theory is incorrect, how could the first Native Americans have arrived in North America?

boats?

200

Besides having a fresh water source, how could living by the river meet the tribe's needs?

water their crops, take care of water needs of humans and animals, fishing

200

What is an appropriate MAIN IDEA for the 3rd paragraph?

"As they began to look for more permanent homes, they paid attention to the resources of specific locations."

"It was important to the first Native Americans that the permanent home be near water."

300

What is the meaning of the word "adapt" in the sentence:

Every time a group moved into a different natural environment they had to adapt to the climate and resources of that area?

adjust, change

300

What might be a BENEFIT of living life as a nomad?

Possible answers:

Could travel to where the prey goes

Could move with the seasons to good weather

Could run away from enemies

300

What did groups have to change each time they moved? Please refer to the text and provide three key details.

1. clothing

2. type of home

3. food they ate

300

What key details prove how the earliest people were able to form permanent settlements? Use the text and give three details.

They learned about agriculture

They learned to settle near water sources

They learned to rely on and adapt to natural resources

400

What is the meaning of the word "region" in the sentence:

"The clothing they wore ... depended upon the region in which they lived."

land, area, space, location

400

Why did tribes in different areas live in different kinds of houses? What evidence from the text helped you make that inference?

They built homes that fit the environment and with the natural resources that were available. I know this because the text says, "Every time a group moved into a different natural environment they had to adapt to the climate and resources of that area"

400

What is the main idea of the entire article?

The earliest people to migrate to North America began as nomads but later created permanent settlements as they learned to plant crops and depend on the natural resources.

500
Make an inference as to why people continued to move, even after they discovered agriculture? What evidence from the text helped you make this inference?

* They were adventurous and wanted to explore. I know this because the text says, "Perhaps [the nomads] were adventurous and wanted to explore. It also says "people were still slowly migrating to other areas".

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