Knowledge
Knowledge 2
Vocabulary
Mixed
Mixed 2
100
Match the words to the correct continent.
Asia
North America
South America
100
What was one of the main reasons the Inuit and Thule tribes migrated to the east?
A. The bowhead whale disappeared under the ice.
B. Conflicts with other tribes forced them to leave
C. Farming became too difficult in the rocky. environment.
A. The bowhead whale disappeared under the ice.
100
What does the word migratory mean in the sentence?
Most types of hummingbirds are migratory and travel from northern to southern areas in the fall.
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
Which word best completes the sentence?
Kayla acted ____________________ when she didn’t share her new crayons with others.
A. selfishly
B. flexibly
C. kindly
A. selfishly
100
The further the Native Americans lived from the equator the ________________ it got.
A. colder
B. hotter
C. warmer
A. colder
200
What are two routes that early Native Americans probably used to migrate from Asia to North America during the last Ice Age?
A. The bridges from Asia to North America.
B. the frozen land of Beringia and the Ice-Free Corridor
C. the coastlines of Beringia and North America
B and C
200
The tribes of the Central Plains continued to move from place to place because they were following the ________________ that moved with the seasons.
A. Moose
B. Plant Life
C. Bison
C. Bison
200
What does the word intricate mean in the sentence?
The beautiful old quilt had an intricate pattern.
A. Colorful and bright
B. Detailed and complex
C. Simple and basic
B. Detailed and complex
200
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
Oscar and Jim’s dog loves to play fetch.
What is the correct possessive pronoun for the bolded words?
A. Their
B. His
C. Our
A. Their
300
Which method of obtaining food allowed tribes to settle and live in one place and increase their populations?
A. Hunting
B. Gathering
C. Farming
C. Farming
300
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?
A. Moved to the greener, raised plateaus of the desert.
B. Traveled to distant lands in the wintertime.
C. Developed ways to divert water towards their farms.
C.
A and C
300
Which sentence uses the word inhospitable correctly?
A. Miki's inhospitable nature made everyone feel welcome.
B. The very dry desert can be inhospitable to some plants.
C. The meal was tasty but quite inhospitable.
B. The very dry desert can be inhospitable to some plants.
300
Which sentence uses the word longhouse correctly?
A. The longhouse was flat and easy to carry from place to place.
B. The family cooked food inside their small, cozy, longhouse.
C. As many as fifty people might have lived in an Iroquois longhouse.
C. As many as fifty people might have lived in an Iroquois longhouse.
300
Which word best completes the sentence?
The blue whale is the ___________________ animal on Earth.
A. larger
B. largest
C. most large
B. largest
400
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.
B.
400
Shared longhouses or individual family wigwams made mostly of wood.
Individual family homes made of ice and snow.
Shared homes made of clay
1. Iroquois of the Northeast Woodlands
2. Inuit of the Arctic/Subarctic
3. Ancestral Pueblo of the Southwest
Ancestral Pueblo of the Southwest: shared homes made of clay
Iroquois of the Northeast Woodlands: shared longhouses or individual family wigwams made mostly of wood
Inuit of the Arctic/Subarctic: individual family homes made of ice and snow
400
Which sentence describes something that is ceremonial?
A. My dad takes me to the grocery store on the weekends.
B. Crowds usually sing the national anthem before the start of a game.
C. The king always wears a winter coat and hat when he goes out into the cold.
B. Crowds usually sing the national anthem before the start of a game.
400
What is the name of the food that Native Americans eat and that is made by mixing dried, pounded, fine meat with melted fat?
A. Sachem
B. Pemmican
C. Wampum
B. Pemmican
400
Why did the authors write these different passages in the Native American Unit?
A. To persuade the reader
B. To entertain the reader
C. To inform the reader
C. To inform the reader
500
What do we call the culture of the Native Americans who often settled along a river and built mounds for burials and ceremonies?
A. Inuit Culture
B. Mississippian Culture
C. Ancestral Pueblo Culture
B. Mississippian Culture
500
The warm and fertile home of the Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek, and Seminole
The cold and harsh home of the Thule and Inuit
The usually hot and dry home of the Ancestral Pueblo, Hopi, and Zuni)
Match these:
Southeast Region
Artic/Subarctic Region
Southwest Region
1. Southeast region
2. Arctic/Subarctic region
3. Southwest region
500
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 in the teeming baseball stadium.
C. A soft silence filled the street that was teeming with a few cars.
A. Laughter filled the popular local park, which was teeming with happy children.
500
Which sentence uses the word kachina correctly?
A. The kachina clouds hung lowly in the dark sky.
B. The kachina in each nation meet 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.
500
Which phrase shows that this author is using a sequence of events to share information about the history of Taos Pueblo?
A. Many years later
B. Can take tours
C. Able to govern
A. Many years later