Early American Civilizations Quiz Retake

The first Native Americans traveled across this to get to America.

• Land Bridge

• Land Tide

• Big Lake

• Open Bridge

The Beringia land bridge connected which two continents?

• Asia and North America

• Africa and Asia

• Asia and Australia

• North America and South America

What is a Nomad?

• A person who does not get mad.

• A person who wanders, with no home.

• A person who wears a long white robe.

• The name of an early Native American.

What word means the skill of raising plants and animals for human use?

• irrigation

• agriculture

• travois

• surplus

What word BEST describes a place where Native Americans settled that had water, land, animals, plants, and other things to help them survive?

• origin stories

• surroundings

• cultural regions

• migration routes

Which cultural region extended from the Atlantic Coast to the Mississippi. It had 4 distinct seasons. Streams and rivers crossed the area and was home to such animals as deer, beavers, and turkeys.

• Southwest

• Coastal Northwest

• Eastern Woodlands

• Great Plains

Which cultural region included parts of Canada, Washington State, and Utah? It had cold winters, cool summers, and lots of rain. Contained dense forests, near plenty of seafood and had homes made of wood.

• Southwest

• Coastal Northwest

• Eastern Woodlands

• Great Plains

Which cultural region contains two major rivers, deserts, and canyons. Had nomadic natives, hunter-gatherers with some tribes living in cliff dwellings.

• Southwest

• Coastal Northwest

• Eastern Woodlands

• Great Plains

Which cultural region extended from the Rocky Mountains to the Mississippi River. It contains vast grasslands and few trees. Many of the native needs were met by all the parts of the buffalo.

• Southwest

• Coastal Northwest

• Eastern Woodlands

• Great Plains

Which choice shows the changes native people went through leading to the formation of permanent settlements?

• Hunter gatherers, Coal Miners, Farming

• Hunters, Gatherers, Coal Miners

• Farmers, Hunters, Gatherers

• Hunters, Hunter-Gatherers, Farming