America's Cultural Roots Part 1

Where do scholars believe the first inhabitants of North America arrived from?

• Asia

• Africa

• Europe

• Australia

What do scholars refer to the first humans who lived in America as?

• Pre-Americans

• Ancient Ones

• Paleo-Indians

• Primitive Americans

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.

• They drifted to America on sheets of floating ice.

What led the first settlers to cross a land bridge from Asia?

• They were fleeing war in Asia.

• They were following animals they hunted.

• They were searching for fertile land to farm.

• They were explorers searching for new lands to colonize.

The Theory that the first Americans migrated to America by water, traveling in boats close to the land.

• The Land Bridge Theory

• The Moana Theory

• The Pacific Islander Theory

• The Coastal Route Theory

According to the land bridge theory approximately how long ago did the first Americans cross from Siberia to Alaska?

• 1,000 years ago

• 7,000 years ago

• 10,000 years ago

• 13,000 years ago

Why would've the end of the last ice age made it difficult for people to travel between North America and Asia?

• The route back to Asia was covered by immense walls of ice.

• The sea level rose and covered the land bridge.

• The land bridge was made of ice and it melted.

How do historians learn how American Indians lived so long ago?

• They speak to their families.

• They letters and photographs left behind my them.

• They study their artifacts.

• They live in their shelters

Which region is being depicted in this image?

• The Southwest

• The Great Plains

• The Eastern Woodlands

What type of Native American dwellings are being depicted in this image?

• Adobe

• Tepee

• Wigwam

• Igloo