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Why did the first Americans migrate from Asia to the Americas?
in search of food
To move from one place and establish a home in a new place.
Migrate
Which of these best explains why different cultural regions formed in North America?
A. Groups settled in the areas at various times.
B. Groups chose where they lived based on their special skills.
C. Groups needed to distinguish themselves from other groups.
D. Groups adapted to the environments in which they settled.
D. Groups adapted to the environments in which they settled.
This cultural region includes present-day Arizona, New Mexico, southern Utah and Colorado and portions of Texas.
Southwest
How do historians learn how American Indians lived so long ago?
They study their artifacts.
An area in which a group of people share a similar culture and language is called a/an _____.
cultural region
Which cultural region is described by the below information?
• dense grasses
• treeless grasslands
• large bison herds
Great Plains
What water source was an important resource of the Northwest Coast people?
Pacific Ocean
This group of Native Americans migrated to the tundra to follow herds of caribou.
Arctic
This cultural region features flatlands, rolling hills, and steep gorges.
Plateau cultural region
Which of these was most important to the survival for the majority of American Indians?
A. land and home ownership
B. trade to meet their daily needs
C. ability to use natural resources
D. warm and mild climate conditions
C. ability to use natural resources
How was it possible for the mesa people to grow corn in the desert?
They dug irrigation ditches.
Which of these enabled most American Indians to settle in permanent villages?
A. trading
B. hunting
C. herding
D. farming
D. farming
Which of these characterizes an American Indian cultural region?
A. People migrated together.
B. People have the same leader.
C. People share a similar language.
D. People come from the same family.
C. People share a similar language.
How did most American Indians view their environment in connection to everything else?
They believed they were a part of a community of living things.
This cultural region extends from Southern Oregon into Canada.
Northwest Coast
What was one important resource for American Indians of the Eastern Woodlands?
Possible answers: forests or trees, lakes or rivers
Native Americans on the Northwest Coast got most of their food from ____.
rivers and the sea
How do scientists think people migrated from Asia to the Americas during the last Ice Age?
They traveled across a land bridge...called the Bering Land Bridge, which connected Siberia to Alaska due to lowered sea levels caused by the ice sheets, allowing them to travel on foot between the continents; this area is referred to as Beringia
Which of these was a strong influence on the kind of homes created by each American Indian group?
A. wealth
B. climate
C. religion
D. education
B. climate
What kind of home/building did the Native Americans of the Southwest use?
houses made of adobe
Which of these was most important in determining the way of life of an American Indian group?
A. food sources
B. language skills
C. land ownership
D. religious celebrations
A. food sources
American Indians of which region lived in a very arid (dry) climate and had limited food and water?
Great Basin
Which of the following describes one way American Indians adapted the environment to meet their needs?
A. Great Plains people made clothing from animal hides
B. Southwest people made many things with corn
C. Eastern Woodlands people burned trees to plant corn
D. Northwest Coast people ate fish
Eastern Woodlands people burned trees to plant corn
The Inuit were a group of Native Americans that lived in the ____ region
Arctic