Pre-Contact Native American Culture

Which word means to move from one place to another?

• nomad
• migrate 
• culture
• resources

What does the land bridge theory explain?

• How Native Americans learned to farm
  
• Why glaciers may have caused water levels to drop.
  
• How early people may have migrated from Asia to the Americas.
  
• Why animals such as mammoths may have become extinct.
  

Which of the following BEST describes why the the civilizations after the Paleo people were able to settle into more permanent locations?

• The development of horticulture
• The migration patterns of small game changed
• Europeans taught them how to construct permanent dwellings
• The climate changed dramatically

Which of the following BEST describes why the Paleo civilization was nomadic?

• They were forced to move with the seasons
• They had to hunt for their source of food
• Rivers froze during the winter months
• Desire to spread their religious beliefs

Where did Columbus first take foot in the New World?

• Florida
• Virginia 
• Bahamas 
• New York

Way of living of a group of people (including language and beliefs

• culture
• government
• nomadic
• artifact

What is the LAND BRIDGE called that Ancient Asians traveled across to migrate into North America?

• Bering Strait

• Beringia

What is the WATERWAY called between Asia and Alaska?

• Bering Strait

• Beringia

The Pomos, from the California-Intermountain Region, made beads from:

• Whale Bone
• Seashells/Clamshells
• Old Clay Pots
• Rocks

The Inuit occupied what Native American cultural region?

• The Southwest
• The Southeast
• The Arctic
• The Eastern Woodlands