Unit 1 Test Review

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The most widely accepted theory of the earliest human migration to the Americas is that people

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walked across a land bridge from Asia to Alaska

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Why did the first Americans migrate from Asia to the Americas?

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in search of food

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The Native American Indians in the photo lived in which region of North America (Notice the canoes)? Options: Great Plains, Arctic, Eastern Woodlands

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Eastern Woodlands

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What phrase most accurately defines the term culture?

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a way of life shared by members of a society

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Which of these characterizes an American Indian cultural region?
Options:
People share a similar language,
People have the same leader,
People migrated together

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People share a similar language

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Which of these best explains why different cultural regions formed in North America?
Options:
Groups adapted to the environments in which they settled,
Groups settled in the areas at various times,
Groups needed to distinguish themselves from other groups

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Groups adapted to the environments in which they settled

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Which of these describes how American Indians viewed their environment? They believed they owned the land on which they lived, They believed that the land should remain unchanged, They believed they were a part of a community of living things

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They believed they were a part of a community of living things

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Which of these enabled American Indians to settle in permanent villages?
Trading, Hunting, Farming

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Farming

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Which adaptation to the environment is illustrated by the Iroquois use of the longhouse?

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trees as building materials

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Which of these was a goal of the first European explorers? To find a water route to Asia, To exchange ideas with native peoples, to establish trading posts

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To find a water route to Asia