First North Americans Lesson 1

Select the sentence that explains the effect that agriculture had on where some American Indians chose to live.

• Often they chose to live near rivers or streams in order to water their crops and provide drinking water.
• The skill of raising plants and animals for human use is called agriculture.
• They now lived in one place to plant their own food, or crop.

Migration means _____.

• People with no permanent home who travel from place to place.
• The skill of raising plants and animals for human use.
• The movement from one place to another.

What are the 4 American Indian Cultural Regions?

• Mountains, Rivers, Lakes, & Woodlands
• Eastern Woodlands, Great Plains, Ocean Southwest, & Desert Northeast
• North America, South America, Eastern Europe, & Disneyland
• Eastern Woodlands, Great Plains, Desert Southwest, & Pacific Northwest

Technology means ___________.

• Devices that make life more efficient.
• Anything related to the internet.
• anything to do with a smart device.
• The use of scientific knowledge to solve problems.

Which are examples of technology listed in the text, "Desert Southwest Cultural Regions?"

• baskets, fishing, and swimming
• irrigation, pottery jars, woven baskets, and adobe
• crops, irrigation, maps, and compasses
• spears, arrows, rods, and baskets

What kind of homes did the Mohawk live in?

• Adobe made of clay from the earth
• Longhouses made of wood
• Dome-shaped wigwams made of bent wooden poles and covered with bark or animal ski
• Teepees made of animal skins

What kind of home did the Ojibwa people live in?

• Teepees made of animal skin
• Longhouses made of wood
• Adobe homes made of clay
• Dome-shaped wigwams made of bent wooden poles and covered with bark or animal skins

Which are examples of the kinds of housing that Great Plains people used?

• Earth Lodges and Teepees
• Wigwams and Teepees
• Longhouses and Earth Lodges
• Adobe homes and Earth Lodges

Why did American Indians locate their villages near water?

• Because people and animals need water to survive.
• Because they enjoyed looking at the water at night.
• Because they followed the fish all year long.
• Because that was the territory they had claimed.