Unit 1: The First Americans

American Indians used technology for _______________.

• a. creating pottery and baskets to store their crops

• b. building homes

• c. building ovens to cook food

• d. all the above

Why did members of Great Plains groups have different homes at different times of the year?

• a. to move away from storms

• b. to grow crops and hunt for buffalo

• c. to be with their families

• d. to move away from their families

Why did American Indians locate their villages near water?

• a. to baptize members of their tribes

• b. to be by rivers to eat fish and travel to other places

• c. to live by their families

• d. to protect their tepees

Which of the following is not an example of American Indian government?

• a. Deganawidah

• b. Iroquois Confederacy

• c. council of chiefs

• d. village council

In what ways have American Indians shared stories about their cultures?

• a. They wrote books.

• b. They put them on the Internet.

• c. They had storytellers who told their stories.

• d. They wrote poems.

What was special about the homes of the Great Plains groups?

• a. They were made of adobe.

• b. They had many windows.

• c. There was one for spring and another for summer.

• d. They were made from buckskin.

Why was the Iroquois Confederacy formed?

• a. so that there could be marriages between tribes

• b. to allow the chiefs to speak with each other

• c. to unite five groups to solve problems

• d. to create new customs and traditions

How did surpluses in food and specialized work help American Indian economies develop?

• a. to trade goods for things that they could not make themselves

• b. it helped tribes fight poverty

• c. it helped tribes create their own money system

• d. it didn’t help the American Indian economies develop

which of the following is NOT a reason for an American Indian group to have a

celebration or ceremony?

• a. religious purpose

• b. social purpose

• c. collection of resources

• d. celebration of nature

When American Indians interacted with other groups, they could ___________.

• a. produce a surplus

• b. form new governments

• c. barter goods

• d. produce specialized products and activities