S.S.- Unit 1: Early People of North and South America

From where did early people migrate to North America and South America?

• Asia

• Africa

• Europe

• Australia

What covered the Earth during the Ice Age?

• glaciers

• permafrost

• snow

• water

What separates Asia and North America?

• Alaska

• The Bering Strait

• a glacier

• nothing

About how long ago did the first people migrate to North America?

• 10,000 years ago

• 5,000 years ago

• 40,000 years ago

• 100,000 years ago

What animal was critical to the survival of the first people in North America?

• the buffalo

• the elephant

• the saber-toothed tiger

• the mammoth

What event contributed to people beginning to gather food?

• the mammoth went extinct

• people invented better tools

• people began to farm

• no one knows

What contributed to the creation of communities?

• hunting

• the Ice Age

• farming

• migration

In what area did the Hopewell live?

• the four corners

• Florida

• Ohio

• Canada

What are the Hopewell famous for building?

• pit houses

• mounds

• irrigation channels

• floating cities

Which of the following is not an artifact?

• a tool

• a cave drawing

• a mesa

• a blanket