The First Americans

When the Ice Age ended what happened to mammoths?

• Asian hunters killed them all.

• They went extinct.

• They moved to South America.

The total way of life for a group of people is called ____________.  (beliefs, homes, clothes, food, religions)

• culture
• prehistoric
• artifact
• hunter-gatherer

1. _________ is the name of the "land bridge" that enabled people to migrate to America from Asia.

• Beringia
• Bellina
• Panama
• American Bridge

Who were the Native American nations that lived in the Southwest?

• Pueblos

• Cherokees

• Makah

• Iroquois

Which region constructed longhouses and wigwams made of bark?

• Southwest
• Southeast
• Northern Woodlands
• Plains

What did Sequoyah write?

• An alphabet for the Pueblo tribes

• A set of symbols for the Creek Confederacy

• A set of symbols/form of writing for the Cherokee

• A comic book for the Earliest Americans

Who were the 3 sisters?

• Three of the most favorite chiefs.

• A type of religious ceremony

• The three most powerful tribes of the Southwest

• The three crops of corn, squash and beans grown together.

Who is an ancestor?

• an older relative who lives with their children
• an elder who has become a chief
• a relative who lived in the past
• Mr. Gowell

Why were teepees important to the Plains people?

• They were easy to move shelters.

• They were good to burn for warmth.

• They warded off animals.

• They were used to cook bison.

Why did the first Americans migrate from Asia to the Americas?

• searching for food
• to locate farmland
• flee from hostile tribes
• search for a better climate