Unit 1, Chapter 2 Native Americans

Front

According to the land bridge theory, from which continent did early people cross into North America? Options: Africa, Asia, Europe, South America

Back

Asia

Front

Migration is ___.

Back

the movement of people.

Front

What is the main reason that early peoples in the Americas began to live in larger, more settled villages?

Back

They developed agriculture.

Front

The ___ civilization developed a counting system that included zero.

Back

Mayan

Front

What was used to group Eastern Woodland peoples as Iroquoian or Algonquian? Options: the crops they grew, the types of homes they built, the system of government they used, the languages they spoke

Back

the languages they spoke

Front

What was the major purpose or job of the Iroquois League?

Back

to resolve conflicts among people and groups

Front

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

Back

buffalo

Front

What natural resource was the most important to people of the Eastern Woodlands and Northwest Coast? Options: adobe, wood (trees), corn, grass

Back

wood (trees)

Front

When food was scarce, or hard to find, what food was shared by Native Americans in the Arctic?

Back

seal meat

Front

True or False
Trees were important to the people of the Northwest Coast and the Eastern Woodlands because it provided wood to make tools, canoes, and longhouses.

Back

True