Social Studies Chapter 2: Native Americans

Which key term matches this definition:

Places where Native Americans settled that had water, land, animals, plants, and other natural resources.

• environments

• origin stories

• migration routes

• adapt

Which key term matches this definition:

Paths that Native Americans took to their new homes in North and South America.

• Environments

• Origin Stories

• Migration Routes

• Adapt

True or False:

Many Native American groups, like the Hopis, have origin stories.

• True

• False

True or False:

The first Native Americans migrated to the Americas from another part of the world.

• True

• False

True or False:

Native American groups all settled in the same kind of environment.

• True

• False

True or False:

Native Americans, such as the Inuit, used the natural resources around them to adapt to the environment.

• True

• False

Which key word matches the definition:

To use the natural resources to adjust to living in a particular environment.

• Environments

• Origin Stories

• Migration Routes

• Adapt

Which key word matches the definition:

Tales that explain how Earth and its people came to be.

• Environments

• Origin Stories

• Migration Routes

• Adapt

Which of the following best describes what most scientists believe to be the migration route of most Native Americans?

• by land from northeast Asia, across a land bridge to North America, and then into South America

• by sea across the Pacific Ocean to North and South America

• by land from South America and then into North America

• by sea from Africa, across the Atlantic Ocean, and into North and South America

Which of the following is NOT a natural resource?

• forest

• deer and rabbits

• origin story

• animal skins