Unit 1, Chapter 2 Native Americans

According to the land bridge theory, from which continent did early people cross into North America?

• Africa
• Asia
• Europe
• South America

Migration is ___.

• the way people live.
• the way people use resources.
• a system of leaders and laws.
• the movement of people.

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

• They developed agriculture.
• They found better water sources.
• They learned how to hunt.
• They needed protection.

The ___ civilization developed a counting system that included zero.

• Adena
• Ancient Puebloan
• Mayan
• Olmec

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

• the crops they grew
• the types of homes they built
• the system of government they used
• the languages they spoke

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

• to resolve conflicts among people and groups
• to trade goods
• to lead religious ceremonies
• to create a common language

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

• fish
• rivers
• trees
• buffalo

What natural resource was the most important to people of the Eastern Woodlands and Northwest Coast?

• adobe
• wood (trees)
• corn
• grass

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

• corn
• buffalo
• seal meat
• squash

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.

• True
• False