Exploration of the New World

The two continents connected in the Land Bridge Theory were _____.

• North America and Asia

• South America and Europe

• South Carolina and North Carolina

• Africa and Australia

How did Native Americans get to North America?

• They traveled on boats.

• They followed prey across the land bridge.

• They came from Africa.

• They swam across the Pacific Ocean.

How did the Ice Age impact the level of water in the ocean?

• It lowered the water level, causing the Land Bridge to be covered.

• b.It had no impact on the level of water in the ocean.

• It raised the water level, causing the Land Bridge to be covered.

• It lowered the water level, causing the Land Bridge to be seen.

Why did the earliest people have to move so often?

• To explore the world

• To follow their food source

• To find better weather

• To find a land bridge

Native Americans in which region lived in adobe homes made of clay and wood?

• Plains

• Eastern Woodlands

• Southwestern

• Great Basin

The Great Plains Native Americans lived in _______________________.

• longhouses

• pueblos

• teepees

• adobe homes

Which two Native American groups lived in the forest and were able to use a lot of wood?

• Southwest, Great Basin

• Pacific Northwest, Eastern Woodlands

• Plains, Eastern Woodlands

• Pacific Northwest, Great Basin

This Native American group created totem poles to describe their families, history, and beliefs.

• Pacific Northwest

• Eastern Woodlands

• Southwest

• Great Basin

This Native American group lived in the region east of the northwest coast in today’s Nevada, Idaho, and Utah.

• Eastern Woodlands

• Plains

• Great Basin

• Southwest

Which statement best describes the diet of the Pacific Northwest Native Americans?

• The Pacific Northwest planted and grew everything they ate.

• The Pacific Northwest followed buffalo.

• The Pacific Northwest mainly hunted deer.

• The Pacific Northwest fished for whales and fish.