Unit 1 - Section 1: The First Americans

Scientists believe the earliest Americans were hunters who came from Asia during the last Ice Age by

• riding on mammoths and other animals

• crossing the Bering Strait in dugout canoes

• walking across a land bridge to present-day Alaska

• sailing across the Pacific Ocean on wooden rafts

As the Ice Age ended, descendants of the earliest Americans had to

• return to Asia to find animals to hunt.

• move east and south to find new sources of food.

• learn to hunt in the north to evade other predators.

• learn to grow crops along the land bridge.

American Indians were able to adapt to different environments by

• taking on the customs of other people.

• eating only wild birds and other small animals.

• living only in small family groups or communities.

• using natural resources for food, clothing, and shelter.

An area where people share a similar way of life and language is called a

• cultural region

• geographic region

• sphere of influence

• common zone

To change in order to adjust to a new condition or environment is considered

• regrowing

• culture

• adapting

• cultural region

A people's way of life, including beliefs, customs, food, dwellings, and clothing is known as that group's

• traits

• culture

• environment

• natural resources

The physical surroundings in a place, including land, water, animals, plants and climate:

• culture

• traits

• cultural region

• environment

The large group of early americans ______ to a new place

• went

• travelled

• migrated

• walked

The first americans used materials found in nature called ___________ to survive and adapt in their new home.

• natural resources

• culture

• environment

• migration

Choose all of the following topics that were discussed in Lesson 1:

• Migration Routes of the First Americans

• How American Indians Viewed the Environment

• Adaptations to the Local Environment

• Trade Routes of the Explorers

• Languages and Lifestyles of American Indians