DRP Practice - The Real Native Americans

People born in the U.S. can truthfully be called native Americans. That indicates they are native to America. "America" is often the name used for this country. Yet two ______________ have it as well. The Americas include both North and South America. So, anyone born in countries from Canada to Chile is also a native American.

• people

• nations

• states

• continents

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Then there are the first Americans. They have inhabited the Americas for thousands of years. When Columbus landed, these natives greeted him. He thought he was in _____________. So he called the people "Indians." But, he hadn't reached India.

• Asia

• Arfica

• trouble

• Australia

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

Now, these people are often referred to as Native Americans, with capital letters. That's because settlers, slaves, and immigrants were more recent arrivals. They are really ____________________. Their ancestors didn't begin to reach the Americas until 500 years ago.

• enemies

• newcomers

• tourists

• travelers

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Even Native Americans, however, came here from somewhere else. At one time, there were no human beings in North or South America. Thick sheets of ice covered a large part of North America. The heavy ice raised the land by lowering the level of the oceans. More was ________________. This land could be used for travel.

• exposed

• sold

• bought

• planted

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

This land could be used for travel. Sometime between 20,000 and 40,000 years ago, hunters from Asia walked a distance of about 50 miles. They were searching for ________________. What these people did not realize at the time was that they had crossed a land bridge from Asia to North America.

• trouble

• fossils

• gold

• food

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CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

Those early hunters led the way. Others _______________. In time, those groups of people journeyed from north to south and from west to east.

• waited

• followed

• checked

• answered

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Eventually, the ice melted and the sea rose once again, so the land bridge could no longer be used. It was _____________ by water. But by that time, people had spread all over the Americas.

• built

• revealed

• covered

• developed

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4