social studies spiral

•1. What is 0 degrees latitude? .  

• The equator

• The Prime Meridian

• The North Pole

• The South Pole

• 2. How did the geographical features of the Pacific Northwest help the Native Americans survive? 

• The Northwest Indians depended on cotton for their way of life.

• The Northwest Indians depended on the sea, rivers, and forest for their way of life.

• The Northwest Indians depended on traps for their way of life.

• The Northwest Indians depended on farming for their way of life.

• 3. Which mountain range is located in the east and touches the northwest corner of Georgia? 

• Appalachian Mountains

• Ozark Mountains

• Adirondack Mountains

• Rocky Mountains

•4. Which river forms part of the border between the United States and Mexico?

• Ohio River

• Mississippi River

• Rio Grande River

• Colorado River

•7. Tepees could be set up and taken down quickly. This was important to the People of the Plains because 

• The tepee could stand up to very rough weather

• The winters of the Plains were long and cold.

• They often had to run away from enemy tribes

• The often moved from place to place

•9. The line on the map at 0 degrees longitude that separates the Eastern and Western Hemispheres is called the ________. 

• Equator

• Prime Merdian

• Latitude line

• Sunlight line

•10. The way of life of Southeastern Native Americans depended on the resources in their area. Which activity BEST describes their way of life? 

• They would grow crops and hunt wild game such as deer and birds.

• They would hunt seals and fish for salmon

• They would raid other tribes and take their food

• They would hunt buffalo and follow them across the plains

•11. Longitude lines run ___________ on a map. 

• east to west

• north to west

• north to south

• south to east

•12. What is the most likely reason that many Southwest tribes lived in pueblos instead of tepees? 

• They were hunters and gathers and moved from place to place

• They needed houses that would last a long time

• They needed houses that could be taken down and moved easily

• There was a long period of no rain, so they had to move.

•13. Why have the Arctic tribes been able to hold onto much of their land, unlike so many other Native American peoples? 

• The Arctic tribes managed to keep the Europeans away by force.

• The Arctic was too difficult an environment for the Europeans to settle

• Europeans chose not to explore the Artic

• Europeans didn't know the Arctic tribes until very recently.