Native American Unit Test

Read the passage.

The Caddo lived in clusters of settlements along the Red River. The villages worked together as a confederacy, protecting each other from outside attack. The caddo planted corn, beans, ad squash in clearings in the woods. They fished in the rivers and traveled to the plains to hunt buffalos.

Why did the Caddo cluster in villages along the Red River?

• The river had many resources including rich soil for farming

• The river had many resources and by living close together they could protect each other.

• The river had many resources and was to wide for the Caddo enemies to cross.

Which American Indian group were nomads who roamed inland in family bands in summer and gathered into coastal villages led by chiefs in winter?

• Caddo

• Karankawa

• Tonkawa

How did Jumano people get most of the food they needed and wanted?

• Farming

• Gathering

• Hunting

Look at the map.

What route did ancient people take to get to North America

• They crossed from Asia to North America over the ice cap

• They crossed from Asia to North America over Beringia

• They crossed from South America to North America over Beringia

Look at the illustration.

How did the first Americans adapt to their enviroment?

• By using spears for hunting small animals

• By wearing warm clothing and hunting large animals

• By wearing warm clothing and hunting small animals

Following the last Ice Age, why did ancient people modify the environment by farming?

• They could no longer hunt

• They became vegetarians because the great beasts were gone

• They had to hunt smaller animals and so turned more to plants for food.

In which way did the Atalanta adapt to their environment?

• By using alligator oil as an insect repellant

• By clearing fields to plant corn, beans and squash

• By organizing their communities as a confederacy

Look at the chart.

What did the Caddo and Karankawa have in common?

• They both lived near rivers

• They both used grass when making their homes

• They both farmed squash and beans and hunted buffalo

In which region did the Comanche live?

• The plains

• The mountains

• The river valleys

What did Comanche and Jumano governments have in common?

• Chiefs

• Confederacies

• Self-governing villages