5th Grade Chapter 2 Social Studies

Front

According to the land bridge theory, which continent did the early peoples come from?

Back

Asia

Front

Migration...

Back

The movement of people

Front

Which early American civilization created a number system including zero?

Back

Mayan

Front

What allowed early peoples in the Americas to start living in larger and larger villages?

Back

Farming - they developed agriculture

Front

After water, what was the next most important natural resource for the Plains Indians?

Back

Buffalo

Front

What was the purpose of the Iroquois League?

Back

Resolve all the conflicts between the tribes

Front

What was used to group the Eastern Woodland peoples as Iroquoian or Algonquian?

Back

Languages they spoke

Front

Which of these natural resources was the most important to the people of the Eastern Woodlands and the Northwest Coast? Wood, Adobe, Corn, Grass

Back

Wood

Front

Thinking about the Native Americans in the Artic, what caused families to band together there?

Back

Food was scarce so the families shared whale/seal meat

Front

Objects made by people and studied by scientists.

Back

artifacts