The First Americans

Why did the first Americans migrate from Asia to the Americas? Choose the best answer

• in search of food to hunt

• to locate fertile farmland

• to flee from hostile tribes

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.

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?

• ability to use natural resources

• land and home ownership

• trade to meet their daily needs

• warm and mild climate conditions

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

• They speak to their families.

• They read their journals.

• They study their artifacts.

• They live in their shelters.

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.

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 was a strong influence on the kind of shelters used by each American Indian

group?

• wealth

• climate

• religion

• education

Which of these describes how American Indians viewed their environment?

• They believed they were a part of a community of living things.

• They believed that the land should remain unchanged.

• They believed they owned the land on which they lived.

• They believed they were the rulers of the region in which they lived.

Which of these was an important resource of the Northwest Coast people?

• Great Lakes

• Pacific Ocean

• Gulf of Mexico

• Mississippi River