U. S. States and Regions

Multiple Choice

The United States can be divided into seven groups based on climate, geography, and natural resources. What do we call these group?

• Parts

• Sections

• Departments

• Regions

Multiple Choice

The Mississippi River flows through the

• Western Plateau

• Appalachian Region

• Interior

  Plains

• Ozark

  Highlands

Multiple Choice

Apartment-like structures built into sides of cliffs by ancient Indians of the Southwest are called______.

• adobe

• pueblos

• mesas

• outhouses

Multiple Choice

What is the name of the group of people living in the United States before Christopher Columbus

• ancestral

• ancient

• archaic

• pre-Colombiam

Multiple Choice

A climate that is not too hot or too cold is often described as ____.

• temperate

• humid

• dry

• comfortable

Multiple Choice

What is the name of this type of sculpture created by ancient American Indians of the Pacific Northwest?

• longhouse

• potlatches

• totem pole

• clasp

Multiple Choice

What do we call a scientist who studies human history by digging up artifacts?

• anthropologist

• archaeologist

• biologist

• historian

Multiple Choice

Which animal was an important resource for American Indians of the Great Plains?

• cow

• water buffalo

• horse

• bison

Multiple Choice

What is the name for groups of ancient people who did not have permanent homes and wandered the land hunting and gathering?

• ancient

• American Indians

• nomads

• archaic

Multiple Choice

As ancient groups developed ways of ____they began to settle into communities rather than wandering the land

• farming

• building

• trading

• fishing