Unit 1 Study Guide

Front

How do primary sources such as travel journals help people understand human history?

Back

They were written by people who lived through the described events.

Front

What skills did Native American groups use in the tundra?

Back

fishing and hunting sea mammals

Front

Which statement best describes a difference in how woodland tribes farmed? Southeastern tribes settled in one place, while Eastern Woodlands tribes made temporary farms.

Back

Southeastern tribes settled in one place, while Eastern Woodlands tribes made temporary farms.

Front

What was the purpose of a potlatch?

Back

to give away gifts and food

Front

Why did some Great Plains tribes migrate?

Back

to hunt bison that traveled the region

Front

Why did Eastern Woodlands people practice slash-and-burn agriculture?

Back

It cleared land for their temporary farms.

Front

What did the Hohokam domesticate?

Back

crops for food

Front

Where did the Aztec develop a great civilization between 1200 and 1520?

Back

in Mexico

Front

Which group of Native Americans hunted bison to provide food, shelter, and clothing?

Back

those living on the Great Plains

Front

Which civilizations made their homes in the Arctic?

Back

Aleut and Inuit