Social Studies Lesson 1 Quiz

The Hohokam built their homes with mud and straw, a type of brick known as ________.

• glacier

• adobe

________ is a method of supplying dry land with water through a series of ditches or pipes.

• adobe

• irrigation

A ___________ is a group of people with shared systems of trade, art, religion, and science.

• archaeologist

• civilization

______ are thick sheets of slow moving ice.

• glaciers

• adobe

A ________ is a person who studies tools, bones, and remains of ancient people.

• archaeologists

• irrigation

The Olmec culture was most famous for __________.

• Adobe homes

• Enormous head stone carvings

• Weaving baskets

What did the Mississipian culture use their mounds for?

• Burying their dead and places to watch the movement of the sun and stars

• Flower beds

• Gardens

The first Native Americans were called hunters-gatherers because they...

• Hunted and gathered people

• Hunted and gathered animals and berries to eat

• Hunted and gathered vehicles to use as transportation