Social Studies LEAP Review #1

What is one theory about how early peoples migrated from Asia to the Americas?

• They walked across a land bridge.
• They came with Columbus.
• They came on horseback.
• They rode on mammoths and caribou.

How did early Americans get food during the Ice Age?

• They grew vegetables.
• They hunted animals.
• They grew grains.
• They raised animals.

What is one theory about why early people migrated from Asia to the Americas?

• Horses were plentiful.
• Land was free.
• Hunters followed animals.
• No diseases existed.

Which of the following best describes what happened to early peoples when large Ice Age animals died out?

• They became hunter-gatherers. 
• They became vegetarians.
• They became extinct.
• They sold more food.

What was one purpose of the mounds built by the Mound Builders?

• collection spot for extra soil
• burial places for important chiefs
• foundation for buildings
• field separator for crops 

  What is the main reason that various cultures of Native Americans had different types of homes?

• Homes were designed to protect families from wild animals.
• The number of people was different from tribe to tribe.
• Native Americans built their homes to look like the homes of Europen settlers.
• Homes were built from natural resources that were found nearby.

Which group of people hunted animals like buffalo?

• North American Indigenous Cultures
• Central and South American Indigenous Cultures 

Which of the following statements best describes the relationship between Native Americans and Europeans in the EARLY years of Settlement?

• Native Americans and Europeans were engaged in constant war in the early years of settlement. 
• Europeans and Native Americans fought over the issue of African slavery in the early years of settlement.
• Native Americans and Europeans generally cooperated in the early years  of settlement.
• Europeans and Native Americans did not interact in the early years of settlement.

Which of the following factors did NOT motivate Europeans to immigrate to the British colonies in North America?

• the chance to move somewhere without European control
• the ability to avoid religious persecution in Europe
• economic troubles in Europe that caused people to lose their farmland
• opportunities to own land and support a family

How did geography influence European patterns of settlement?

• Europeans settled near water to improve access to trade.
• Europeans settled near mountains for protections.
• Europeans settled near grasslands to find a place to feed their animals.
• Europeans settled near rocky soil to have better agriculture.