4th Grade Native American Review

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Archaeologists believe that the first humans arrived in North America from which continent? South America, Europe, Asia, Africa

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Asia

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Which of these was a common way Native Americans in the Great Plains made use of buffalo in their everyday lives?
Options: riding buffalo from one place to another, using buffalo to move heavy objects, carving utensils from buffalo bones, making clothing from buffalo hides

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making clothing from buffalo hides

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Which is an adaptation of Native Americans living in a cold region? Options: making clothes out of fur from animals, traveling by horse, making furniture out of grass from fields, clearing land to plant corn

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making clothes out of fur from animals

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Before Europeans arrived in the "New World," in what economic activities were the native peoples of the Americas mainly engaged?

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hunting, fishing, and farming

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Which of these would be the BEST title for the map pictured here? Options: The Big Bang Theory, The Land Bridge Theory, Europe Settles North America, Russia Colonizes the New World

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The Land Bridge Theory

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Which number on this map represents the area of the Bering Land Bridge that was exposed approximately 15,000 years ago? Options: 1, 2, 3, 4

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1

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What caused the land under the Bering Strait to become exposed about 15,000 years ago?

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Earth experienced a decrease in temperature.

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What do these forms of Native American housing have in common? They are all from the Great Plains, They were all found in the Pacific Northwest, They all used materials found in the environment., They all could be moved quickly and easily.

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They all used materials found in the environment.

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The structure seen in this image is an example of which type of Native American dwelling?

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tepee

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The "Land Bridge Theory" is helpful in explaining which of these situations? how mountains are formed, how the Americas were populated from Asia, how continents broke apart millions of years ago, how Europeans were able to make the colonies in North America

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how the Americas were populated from Asia