Map Labeling
Basic Knowledge
Their Homes
Vocab
Language/ Vocab
100
What would you put in the middle blank of the map?
North America
100
What are two routes that early Native Americans probably used to migrate from Asia to North America during the last Ice Age? (Select all that apply.)
a. the frozen land of Beringia and the Ice-Free Corridor
b. the coastlines of Beringia and North America
c. the bridges from Asia to North America
a. the frozen land of Beringia and the Ice-Free Corridor
b. the coastlines of Beringia and North America
100
Which region used this type of housing?
A) Ancestral Pueblo of the Southwest
B) Iroquois of the Northeast Woodlands
C) Inuit of the Arctic/ Subarctic
C) Inuit of the Arctic/ Subarctic
100
Most types of hummingbirds are migratory and travel from northern to southern areas in the fall.
What does the word migratory mean in the sentence?
A) hunting for different insects to eat
B) moving from place to place to live
C) living, growing, or found on land
B) moving from place to place to live
100
The wool of the sheep was soft and warm to touch.
What is the correct plural possessive noun for the bolded words?
A) sheep’s wool
B) sheeps’s wool
C) sheeps wool
A) sheep’s wool
200
How would you describe the Artic/Subarctic Region?
A)the cold and harsh home of the Thule and Insuit
B) The usually hot and dry home of the Ancestral Pueblo, Hopi, and Zuni
C) The warm and fertile home of the Cherokee, Choclaw, Chickasaw, Creek, and Seminole
A)the cold and harsh home of the Thule and Insuit
200
Why did the first Native Americans most likely continue to migrate after arriving on the continent of North America?
A) to avoid coming into contact with Europeans
B) to find more abundant food and land
C) to connect with other extended family members
B) to find more abundant food and land
200
Which region used this type of housing?
A) Ancestral Pueblo of the Southwest
B) Iroquois of the Northeast Woodlands
C) Inuit of the Arctic/ Subarctic
B) Iroquois of the Northeast Woodlands
200
Which sentence describes something that is ceremonial?
A) My dad often takes me grocery shopping with him on the weekends.
B) The king always wears a winter coat, hat, and gloves in cold weather.
C) Crowds usually sing the national anthem before the start of a game.
C) Crowds usually sing the national anthem before the start of a game.
200
Choose the word that best completes the sentence.
kindly flexibly selfishly
Kayla acted ___________ when she didn’t share her new crayons with others.
selfishly
300
What would you label the bottom part of the map?
South America
300
Which method of obtaining food allowed tribes to settle and live in one place and increase their populations?
Farming
300
Which region used this type of housing?
A) Ancestral Pueblo of the Southwest
B) Iroquois of the Northeast Woodlands
C) Inuit of the Arctic/ Subarctic
A) Ancestral Pueblo of the Southwest
300
Which sentence uses the word teeming correctly?
A) Laughter filled the popular local park, which was teeming with happy children.
B) We could sit almost anywhere we wanted in the teeming baseball stadium.
A) A soft silence filled the street that was teeming with a few cars and a couple of people.
A) Laughter filled the popular local park, which was teeming with happy children.
300
Choose the word that best completes the sentence.
most large largest larger
The blue whale is the __________ animal on Earth
largest
400
How would you describe the Southeast Region?
A)the cold and harsh home of the Thule and Insuit
B) The usually hot and dry home of the Ancestral Pueblo, Hopi, and Zuni
C) The warm and fertile home of the Cherokee, Choclaw, Chickasaw, Creek, and Seminole
C) The warm and fertile home of the Cherokee, Choclaw, Chickasaw, Creek, and Seminole
400
What do we call the culture of the Native Americans who often settled along a river and built mounds for burials and ceremonies?
A) Mississippian culture
B) Ancestral Pueblo culture
C) Inuit culture
A) Mississippian culture
400
What was one of the main reasons the Inuit and Thule tribes migrated to the east?
A) Farming became too difficult in the rocky environment.
B) Conflicts with other tribes forced them to leave their region.
C) The bowhead whale disappeared under the ice.
C) The bowhead whale disappeared under the ice.
400
The beautiful old quilt had an intricate pattern.
What does the word intricate mean in the sentence?
A) colorful and bright
B) detailed and complex
C) simple and basic
B) detailed and complex
400
Oscar and Jim’s dog loves to play fetch
What is the correct possessive pronoun for the slanted words?
A) His
B) Their
C) Our
B) Their
500
What would you label the top blank on the map?
Asia
500
The hot, dry climate of the desert valleys made it difficult for tribes that lived there to get enough water to grow crops. What are two ways that those tribes met that challenge? (Select all that apply.)
A) moved to the greener, raised plateaus and mesas of the desert
B) traveled to distant lands in winter to hunt and gather food
C) developed ways to divert water from streams and rivers to irrigate their fields
A) moved to the greener, raised plateaus and mesas of the desert
C) developed ways to divert water from streams and rivers to irrigate their fields
500
Choose the word that best completes the sentence.
plant life bison moose
The tribes of the Central Plains continued to move from place to place because they were following the __________ that moved with the seasons.
bison
The tribes of the Central Plains continued to move from place to place because they were following the bison that moved with the seasons.
500
Which sentence uses the word inhospitable correctly?
A) The very dry desert can be inhospitable to some plants.
B) Miki’s inhospitable nature made everyone feel welcome.
C) The evening meal was tasty but quite inhospitable.
A) The very dry desert can be inhospitable to some plants.
500
Which sentence uses the word kachina correctly?
A) The kachina clouds hung low in the morning sky.
B) The kachina of each nation meet in a council once a year.
C) Every kachina doll of the Hopi people represents a certain spirit.
C) Every kachina doll of the Hopi people represents a certain spirit.