Lesson 1: First Americans

Why did the first Americans migrate from Asia to the Americas? Choose the best answer

• in search of food to hunt

• to locate fertile farmland

• to flee from hostile tribes

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.

Which of these best explains why different cultural regions formed in North America?

• Groups adapted to the environments in which they settled.

• Groups chose where they lived based on their special skills.

• Groups needed to distinguish themselves from other groups.

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

• ability to use natural resources

• land and home ownership

• trade to meet their daily needs

Which of these describes how American Indians viewed their environment?

• They believed they were a part of a community of living things.

• They believed that the land should remain unchanged.

• They believed they owned the land on which they lived.

Which of these was an important resource of the Northwest Coast American Indians?

• Great Lakes

• Pacific Ocean

• Gulf of Mexico

• Mississippi River

American Indians of which region lived in a very arid (dry) climate?

• Eastern Woodlands

• Great Basin

• Plateau

• Southeast

American Indians who lived in this region relied on bison for food, clothing, and building materials for housing.

• Arctic

• Great Plains

• Southwest

• Southeast

How did the American Indians in the Southeast live?

• They lived in towns clustered around large earthen mounds.

• They lived in wooden longhouses in the forest.

• They lived in adobe villages on top of flat mesas.

American Indians who lived in this region relied heavily on large rivers to provide fresh water, salmon, and camas.

• Great Basin

• Plateau

• Eastern Woodlands

• California