History Alive! Chapter 1: The First Americans

What do historians study to find out more information about Native Americans?

• artifacts

• mountains

• documentaries

• stories

Where did the first Americans come from?

• Siberia

• South America

• Europe

• The Pacific

Beringia refers to...

• the narrow strip of land that connected Asia and North America.

• the disease that killed most of the Native Americans.

• the name of the first tribe to migrate to North America.

• the name of the ship that the first Europeans arrived on.

Why did the first Americans migrate to North America?

• They were following the animals they hunted for food.

• They were banished from their tribes in Siberia.

• They were looking for fertile farmland to grow their crops.

• They were fleeing other hostile tribes.

Which of these best explains why different cultural regions formed in North America?

• Groups adapted to the environments in which they settled.

• Groups settled in areas at various times.

• Groups chose where they lived based on their special skills.

• Groups needed to distinguish themselves from other groups.

Which of these best describes how Native Americans viewed their environment?

• They believed they were a part of a community of living things.

• They believed they owned the land on which they lived.

• They believed they were the rulers of the region in which they lived.

• They believed all things in nature served humans.

Which of these was most important to the survival of the Native Americans?

• Ability to use natural resources

• Land and home ownership

• Trade to meet their daily needs

• Stealing from other tribes

Native Americans began to settle in more permanent villages when...

• they began farming.

• they began raising livestock.

• the Europeans arrived in North America.

• the weather got too hot.

PICK TWO: The types of houses the Native Americans built and the kinds of clothing they made were influenced by

• the weather and climate.

• whatever was in fashion at the time.

• the natural resources available to them.

• the materials available to trade for at the market.

In order to grow corn in the Southwest, farmers had to

• build irrigation ditches and dams.

• move their fields each year.

• stay away from areas that could flood.

• plant crops in the sides of mesas.