Columbus
The First Native Americans
Native American Culture
NC Native Americans
Miscellaneous
100
On what day did Columbus first arrive in North America?
What is October 12, 1492
100
Most historians believe that Native Americans came to North America from what country?
What is Asia
100
A people's way of life, including the kinds of tools they make, the food they eat, and the language they speak.
What is culture.
100
Native Americans in North Carolina were considered part of the ______________ region.
What is Eastern Woodlands
100
Almost all of the tribes believed that ALL of _________ had a spirit.
What is nature
200
Columbus arrived with how many ships?
What is three.
200
The first Native Americans arrived in North American how many years ago?
What is 12,000
200
Groupings used by scientists in which methods of living are alike.
What is cultural regions
200
Since written records do not exist, we know about early North Carolinians because of _____ ______, stories passed down from generation to generation.
What is oral histories
200
Native Americans in the Outer Banks of North Carolina used ___ _______ for canoes.
What is cypress trees because they are rot-resistant
300
Columbus arrived on what tiny island?
What is the Bahamas
300
Why did the first Native Americans come to North America?
What is they were nomads hunting large mammals, such as bison and mammoths.
300
In the Pacific Northwest, this was a "prize catch"
What is a whale because it provided extra food and oil for trade.
300
An estimated __________ Native Americans lived in North Carolina by 1492.
What is 35,000
300
The people of the Desert Southwest are famous for building _______ villages or "________" meaning "towns."
What is adobe and pueblos on top of mesas, plateaus that soared high above the desert floor.
400
Why were the first Native Americans called "Indians?"
What is Christopher Columbus thought he had reached the Indies (the eastern coast of Asia)
400
How did the first Native Americans get to North America
What is a land mass near the Bering Strait
400
The people of the _______ region used wooden tools to dig _______ for gardens.
What is the Desert Southwest region and irrigation
400
Scientists believe that ____ different tribes lived in North Carolina at one time or another.
What is 34
400
Native Americans in the Piedmont region of NC used the ___ ___ _____ method to clear forests.
What is slash and burn
500
What id the original inhabitants of North America refer to themselves as?
What is "The First People" or "The Ancient Ones" or "The Original Ones."
500
What happened to the land bridge the first Native Americans used?
What is it disappeared under rising water.
500
In the _______ region, there was little water and _______ meant life itself.
What is Plains and buffalo
500
All tribes were broken into ________ where chiefs ruled.
What is clan
500
Native Americans in the mountains of NC valued ______ because they believed it foretold the future.
What is quartz
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