7th Grade US History Review

What is believed to have caused the land bridge to be exposed over 10,000 years ago?

• The Olmec built it.

• Glaciers formed during the Ice Age, causing the sea level to fall.

• A drought caused the water to dry up so it was exposed.

• There was no land bridge.

Who were the first people to cross the land bridge?

• hunter-gatherers

• Mayan

• Olmec

• Mound Builders

A group of people living together sharing trade, art, and religion is known as

• city

• town

• civilization

• adobe

people who move from place to place in search of hunting grounds or food sources are called...

• mastodons

• nomads

• cultures

• nemads

what happened to the beringia land bridge when the ice age began to end and temperatures started to rise

• it was destroyed by an earthquake

• the oceans rose and covered it with water

• it stayed the same and still connects continents

• it grew wider and allowed more people to migrate

which method of getting food changed the nomadic way of life

• hunting

• gathering

• fishing

• farming

the scientific method called carbon dating allows scientists to estimate the approximate age of an artifact

• true

• false

culture is defined as

• a method of farming

• a scientific dating technique

• an approximate number

• a way of life

the Columbian Exchange was the exchange of plants, animals and diseases between.... (read all options)

• the Americas and Europe

• Asia and Europe

• the Old World and the New World

• Lynwood and Compton

Turkeys are native to.....

• Benjamin Franklin

• The Americas

• Europe

• Africa