Part 1 Midterm Review 2019

Why did the first Americans migrate from Asia to the Americas?

• in search of food

• to locate fertile farmland

• to flee from hostile tribes

• in search of a better climate

How do scientists think people migrated from Asia to the Americas during the last ice age?

• they sailed across a narrow strait

• they traveled south from Canada

• they traveled across a land bridge

• the sailed to Mexico and then drifted North

Which of these enabled American Indians to settle in permanent villages?

• trading

• hunting

• herding

• farming

Which of these was most important to the survival of the American Indians?

• land and home ownership

• trade to meet their daily needs

• ability to use natural resources

• warm and mild climate conditions

How did the Columbian Exchange affect many American Indian groups?

• they grew in number

• they died from diseases

• they became prosperous

• they were forced to move

Which of these was a major motivation for European exploration?

• profit

• leisure

• freedom

• education

What was the main goal of the Spanish missionaries

• to protect American Indians

• to trade with the American Indians

• to teach their religion to the Am. Indians

• to learn about the customs of the Am. Indians

Which of these describes the experience of the first Jamestown settlers

• they were challenged by their environment

• they found the area already settled by the Dutch

• they were welcomed by the American Indians

• they quickly established prosperous settlement

Why did Columbus refer to the natives of the island as Indians?

• he believed he had arrived in the Indies

• the people introduced themselves as Indians

• he believed he had arrived in the west

• the people were dressed like Indians

Why were African slaves introduced into the Americas?

• the Spanish were too sick from smallpox

• there was a high death rate of Native Americans

• the Native Americans told the Spanish where to get slaves

• there was a high death rate of Spanish explorers