Chapter 2 Social Studies

What natural resource was important to the plains people?

• fish

• buffalo

• trees

• cows

What did the early people do to allow them to live in larger more settled villages?

• started planting crops (agriculture)

• they followed the buffalo

• they need protection from warring peoples

• they hunted with bows and arrows.

The land bridge theory states that people crossed into North America from

• Mexico

• Europe

• Canada

• Asia

Migrate means

• to not move

• to move

• help people live together

• meet their needs

Who created a counting system that included zero

• Mayan

• Omec

• Iroquois

• Algonquian

What grouped the Eastern woodland people as Iroquoian or Algonquian?

• their hair color

• government

• languages

• types of horses

Why was the Iroquois League so important

• they resolved conflicts among people and groups

• to lead religious ceremonies.

• to find buffalo

• to trade goods.

Which natural resource was used most by the Eastern Woodlands and the Northwest Coast?

• Buffalo

• wood

• corn

• adobe

In the Arctic families banded together when

• they had to travel a long ways

• food was scarce, they shared seal meat.

• they had ceremonies

• to grow plenty of food in the summer

______________all scientists to learn a great deal about the life of early people

• artifacts

• ceremony

• economy

• culture