US History - Chapter 1 Review

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

• Groups settled in the areas at various times.

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

• Groups needed to distinguish themselves from other groups.

• Groups adapted to the environments in which they settled.

Which of these was most important to the survival of the American Indians?

• land and home ownership

• trade to meet their daily needs

• ability to use natural resources

• warm and mild climate conditions

How do scientists think people migrated from Asia to the Americas during the last Ice Age?

• They sailed across a narrow strait.

• They traveled south from Canada.

• They traveled across a land bridge.

• They sailed to Mexico and then drifted north.

How did the American Indians in the Southeast live?

• They lived in wooden longhouses in the forest.

• They lived in adobe villages on top of flat mesas.

• They lived in underground pit houses beside major rivers.

• They lived in towns clustered around large earthen mounds.

Which of these characterizes an American Indian cultural region?

• People migrated together.

• People have the same leader.

• People share a similar language.

• People come from the same family.

American Indians who lived on the Plains wore clothing made from animal hides. Which of these was an important economic activity in this region?

• fishing

• mining

• hunting

• gathering

How do historians learn how American Indians lived so long ago?

• They read their journals.

• They study their artifacts.

• They live in their shelters.

• They speak to their families.

Which of these enabled American Indians to settle in permanent villages?

• trading

• hunting

• herding

• farming

Which of these was most important in determining the way of life of an American Indian group?

• food sources

• language skills

• land ownership

• religious celebrations

Which of these describes one way American Indians adapted the environment to meet their needs?

• Northwest Coast people ate fish.

• Southwest people made many things with corn.

• Great Plains people made clothing from animal hides.

• Eastern Woodlands people burned trees to plant corn.