Vocabulary
The exchange of plants, animals, diseases, and people across the Atlantic Ocean between Europe and the Americas
Columbian Exchange
What is believed to be the way the first people came to North America?
What is crossing the land bridge between Asia and North America.
Which of the following is an example of Native American economy? a. The Maya developed a system of tracking the sun, moon, and stars. b. The Mound Builders built huge earthen structures. c. The Powhatans built canoes and tools to catch fish in the waters that surrounded their homeland.
What is c. The Powhatans built canoes and tools to catch fish in the waters that surrounded their homeland.
Which is true about Native American children? a. Male children were forced to fight constantly to prepare them for warfare. b. In each village, a single Native American woman, called the kachina, raised all of the children. c. Native Americans valued children highly. They believed that children were connected to the spirit world.
What is c. Native Americans valued children highly. They believed that children were connected to the spirit world.
Who is Marco Polo
Italian explorer who wrote a book about his journey in Asia. He encouraged people to sail to Asia.
Something from nature that is useful to people: water, vegetation (plants), animals, minerals and soil.
Natural Resources
How do historians learn how American Indians lived so long ago?
They study their artifacts
Which is true about Native American councils? a. Councils were a form of economy. b. Councils made decisions. Their members were usually the society's leaders. c. Councils were religious groups.
What is b. Councils made decisions. Their members were usually the society's leaders.
How did farming help change Native American's life. Think about every season they migrate, but do they need to migrate if they can farm?
Native Americans could stay in one place.
Animals that are tamed and kept as a pet or on a farm. (Horses, Cows, Pigs and Sheeps)
Domesticated
How did Native Americans view the environment and the land?
They believed they were a part of a community of living things.
Which Native American nation live in the Northern woodlands a. the Iroquois b. the Puebloans c. the Mayas d. the Powhatans
the Iroquois.
Why did early Americans spread from the far North of North America to the rest of the continent?
Early Americans did not grow their own food. They had to find new food sources. They followed their food sources and then formed settlements.
French fur trappers who learned many skills from the American Indians with whom they worked and lived.
Coureurs de bois
Which of the following BEST explains why early Native Americans spread throughout North America? a. They wanted to find a sea route to Asia. b. Before they started farming, they followed animal herds across the continent. c. They were fleeing the Vikings, who had come to conquer North America.
What is b. Before they started farming, they followed animal herds across the continent.
Which answer is true about Native American religions? a. Many groups believed that animals and the earth had spirits. b. Very few Native Americans were very religious. c. Religious wars were common among Native American nations.
What is a. Many groups believed that animals and the earth had spirits.
The Plains people based their economy around this animal
What is the bison.
to change in order to survive the conditions faced
adapt
The Aztecs are from which region/country?
Mexico
Which of the following was a role of women in the Native American societies? a. hunting and leading warfare b. trading with other Native peoples c. making clothing and other household goods d. protecting the community from enemies
What is c. making clothing and other household goods
True or False France claimed Mexico, Peru, Florida and Southwest states.
False, Spain
True or False Native American religions believed earth and animals had spirits. Some believed spirits of their ancestors could give them advice about life.
What is True.