Chapter 1 Review

Which of these was a land bridge from another continent to North America?

• Alaska

• Atlantic Ocean

• Beringia

• Bering Strait

Which two land masses were once connected by Beringia?

• North America and South America

• Asia and North America

• Asia and South America

• Asia and Europe

True or False: Archaeologists do not know the exact date when the first people appeared in North America.

• True

• False

The first Native Americans probably reached North America by crossing which of the following?

• Alaskan Sea

• Bering Strait

• Atlantic Ocean

• Pacific Ocean

Why did ancient people probably first come to the Americas?

• to plant and harvest crops

• to hunt animals for food

• to seek religious freedom

• to find trading partners

Where do many archaeologists believe the earliest Americans came from?

• Asia

• England

• North America

• South America

True or False: The Inca kept records by using quipus.

• True

• False

What was the Aztec capital?

• Chichén Itzá

• Cuzco

• Tenochtitlán

• Tikal

How did the Iroquois peoples promote peace?

• by fighting the Europeans

• by forming a war council

• by signing a peace treaty

• by forming a federation

What happened in the 1500s that forever changed the lives of Native Americans?

• an ice age

• war among early peoples

• famine

• arrival of the Europeans