Unit 1: The First Americans

What continent did the first Americans come FROM?

• North America

• Russia

• Asia

• Africa

How do most experts think the first people came to North America?

• by walking across a land bridge
• by sailing from Europe
• by sailing from Japan
• Humans were always in North America

A person who moves often in search of food is a ...

• 5th grade student

• teacher

• principal

• nomad

What animal did the Great Plains tribes use for food, clothing, and shelter?

• fox

• squirrel

• bison

• giraffe

How many major Native American groups lived on the land that is now the United States?

• 1

• 4

• 3

• 6

The houses of the Southwest tribes were built into the sides of ________

• cliffs

• trees

• stadiums

• play-dough factories

What is the BEST definition of culture?

• The system in which people make, share, and use goods.
• The way of life of people (arts, rules, beliefs, and history)
• A new type of farming.
• A decision-making body

What is irrigation?

• a system for collecting water in pools
• a system of governing a large population
• a way to add air into the soil for farming
• a system for bringing water to dry fields

What Native American nation lived in the Southwest?

• Pueblos
• Cherokees
• Makah
• Iroquois

Planting and raising crops is called

• irrigation.

• economy.

• agriculture.

• nomad.