American Indians

Which of the following individuals is responsible for mis-naming the original inhabitants of the Americas?

• Erik the Red

• Pellegrina

• Christopher Columbus

• Ferdinand Magellan

According to many experts, how did the first wave of people arrive in the Americas?

• Taking a boat across the Pacific Ocean from Japan

• Walking over a land bridge in what is now the Bering Strait

• Swimming across a channel separating modern Russia and Alaska

• taking a journey aboard the Queen Mary with Edward Tulane

What can you infer from the fact that the first groups of people living in the Americas spoke so many different languages?

• The early people groups weren't interested in each other.

• They didn't spend enough time on the internet learning languages.

• American Indian languages were very difficult to learn

• The groups were just too different from each other

Which of the following societies developed in Central America?

• The Maya

• The Iroquois

• The Abilenes

• The Sious

If you saw this object at a museum, what could you conclude about the American Indians who made it?

• They probably lived at The Big Top Mall and Video Arcade

• They probably lived in the Pacific Northwest with lots of trees

• They probably lived in the Southwest with lots of cactus

• They probably lived in the Great Plains with lots of grass

Which of the following is part of a nomadic lifestyle?

• Moving around a lot like Bull

• Staying in one place like Nellie and Lawrence

• Being rich like the Tulane family.

• Being a bully like Neal

During westward expansion, the U.S. government retracted many of the treaties it signed with various Indian tribes. In this sentence, what does the word "retracted" mean?

• promised

• encouraged

• broke their promise

• drew pictures with finger paint