Social Studies Chapter 1 Test Review

1. Experts think that first Americans may have benn hunters that migrated from _________________to North America by crossing ____________________Strait.

• Asia, Beringia

• Europe, Beringia

Hunter gathers are

• people that stayed in one place.

• traveled to hunt and gather food.

3. As part of their writing the __________________drew symbols that stood for words and ideas.

• Incas

• Aztecs

• Puebloans

• Mayas

4. All of the following describe the Mayas EXCEPT-

• They created systems for writing and for doing advanced math.

• They built irrigation systems for bringing water to dry fields.

• They observed the sun, moon, and stars.

• They created a highly accurate calendar.

5.The Aztec civilization was located in ______________which is where Mexico city is today.

• Saltillo

• Central America

• Tenochtitlan

• Americas

All of the following describe the Aztecs EXCEPT-

• They invented a system for growing crops on large reed mats.

• They valued the turquoise stone.

• They were in search of an eagle with a serpent standing on a cactus.

• They rose 4,000 years ago in what is now Central America.

Who built these dwelling?

• mound builders

• Ancienct Puebloans

• Inuits

American Indians from the Great Plains lived on grasslands and depended on ___________________, or buffalo to meet their needs.

• cows

• chickens

• bison

9. According to the map on page 65, the Hopi and the Pueblo Indians both lived in the ____________region and the Cherokee Indians lived in the____________region.

• Plains, Southeast

• Southwest, Northern Woodlands

Which Native Americans from the Northern Woodlands built these home?

• Iroquois

• Makah