Ch. 1 Social Studies Test

How might early people have come to the Americas?

• Land Bridge

• Car

• Boat

• Plane

Why might early people have came to America?

• To farm

• To follow their food

• to gather crops

• the settle down

Once large animals died out hunters became...

• farmers

• hunters

• gatherers

• hunter-gatherers

Agriculture means...

• farming

• hunting

• playing

• singing

Farming made it possible for..

• people to continue to move around

• people to settle in one place

• people to sell crops

• people to travel by boat

Choose all correct answers.

Mounds were built for...

• Ceremonies

• Burials

• Houses

• to Honor Gods

• to look pretty

Which is NOT true about the Anasazi?

• They only ate animals.

• They used irrigation.

• They grew crops.

• They were called "Cliff Dwellers."

Irrigation is...

• plants

• farming

• ditches that carry water to crops

• a lake

Choose all correct answers.

What things were true about the Inuit?

• The Inuit were farmers.

• The Inuit hunted walruses.

• The Inuit invented the kayak.

• The Inuit built igloos.

The Mayans were such successful farmers, that they had a _______________________.

• lots of farmers.

• food surplus.

• lots of money.

• lots of meat.