IMPACT Grade 5, Chapter 1 Benchmark Test

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Which statement best explains why a land bridge formed between Asia and the Americas?

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When Earth's waters formed ice during the Ice Age, the height of the oceans dropped, exposing the land.

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Which of these practices by the Hohokam best shows how they adapted to the climate in the Southwest? Options: trading for shells, using plant material for roofs, sharpening sticks and stone blades, building homes partly underground

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building homes partly underground

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Which evidence from the text best supports the correct response to Part A? Options: With simple tools such as sharpened sticks and stone blades, they dug shallow canals that stretched for hundreds of miles. They built their houses by digging a shallow pit and covering it with a wooden frame, roofed with plant material called thatch. Building underground helped to keep Hohokam houses cool during the day and warm at night. Hohokam jewelry was crafted from turquoise mined in the desert and from shells.

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Building underground helped to keep Hohokam houses cool during the day and warm at night.

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After the coming of the Spanish, how did the Navajo obtain most of the meat they ate? Options: by raising farm animals, by hunting animals in the desert, by buying meat from Spanish settlers, by joining their allies in raids on the Spanish

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by raising farm animals

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Which sentence best supports the correct response to Part A question and raising farm animals? Options: “The Navajo were originally hunter-gatherers but quickly adopted new techniques for surviving in the desert.”, “In addition to learning farming from the Pueblo, the Navajo also learned from Spanish settlers when they arrived in the 1500s.”, “They were interested in the animals the Spanish brought with them.”, “The Navajo soon became skilled at herding sheep and cattle, as well as at riding horses.”

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“The Navajo soon became skilled at herding sheep and cattle, as well as at riding horses.”

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Which sentence best supports the conclusion that early Europeans in the Pacific Northwest thought highly of Chief Seattle? Options: Chief Seattle (circa 1790–1866) was the leader of the Suquamish and Duwamish people who lived in what is now northwestern Washington state., Seattle wanted to work with European settlers to coexist with the groups of Native Americans living in the area., When groups of Native Americans tried to take back their land by force, Chief Seattle protected the Europeans., The settlers later named their new city after him.

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The settlers later named their new city after him.

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Besides using them to hunt buffalo, in what other important way did Plains peoples most clearly use horses?

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to carry goods

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endeavor

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try

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Summarize the Hopi’s methods for growing crops and the reason they had to grow crops this way.

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The Hopi used techniques like irrigation and trapping moisture because they lived in a dry climate with little rainfall.

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Summarize the role women played in Iroquois society.

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Women held significant power, including choosing chiefs and managing clan property.