Social Studies Chapter 2

These were the paths Native Americans took to their new homes in North and South America.

• migration routes

• environments

• adaptations

• origin stories

This is when you use the natural resources to adjust to living in a particular environment.

• origin stoires

• environments

• adapt

• migration routes

These are tales that explain how Earth and its people came to be.

• migration routes

• adapt

• environment

• origin stories

These were places where Native Americans settled that had water, land, animals, plants, and other natural resources.

• migration routes

• environments

• adapt

• origin stories

True or False - Many Native American groups have these origin stories

• True

• False

Which is most likely the route the Native Americans took to get to North America?

• a boat across the Pacific Ocean

• a land bridge from northeast Asia to North America

• from South America to North America

• a boat across the Atlantic Ocean

Which is NOT a natural resource?

• forest

• deer and rabbits

• animal skins

• origin story

Where did Native Americans choose to settle?

• Arctic ice fields

• mountains

• deserts

• ice fields, mountains, AND deserts

Which is it UNLIKELY that the Inuits made?

• a basket woven from grass

• snow goggles made from bone

• an igloo built from ice and snow

• a sealskin float

Q. American Indians had to adapt by

• appointing new chiefs

• carrying all their food

• leaving behind tools

• using what was around the in nature