Building Our Country - Chapter 1 Review

What do experts know for a fact about the first Americans?

• People migrated in search of resources.

• People migrated to North America from Asia.

• People arrived in North America 10,000 years ago.

Which is the best example of American Indians changing their environment for shelter?

• The Mound Builders moved earth to build mounds and bury their dead.

• California Indians set fires to clear land for planting and hunting.

• Woodland Indians used trees and animal skins to make huts.

Which use of a natural resource was unique to the Inuit Indians?

• hunting deer

• growing corn

• burning whale oil

Which statement accurately tells the difference between nomadic and stationary ancient American Indian groups?

• Stationary groups fished and nomadic groups never fished.

• Stationary groups usually live in forests and nomadic groups usually live in river valleys.

• Nomadic groups tend to hunt and gather more of their food and stationary groups tend to grow more of their food.

What is animism?

• a belief that social position is determined by age

• a belief that animals and natural forces have spirits

• a custom that marks a young person passing into adulthood

Which Indian group is least likely to have a Green Corn Ceremony?

• Inuit

• Mound Builders

• Navajo

Which statement accurately compares roles in traditional American Indian groups?

• Children gathered water and firewood while women played games.

• Men hunted animals that women prepared and stored.

• Men chose the women who performed religious ceremonies.

Which statement accurately compares folklore and tradition?

• Traditions involve folklore—the customs, stories, and beliefs of a people—that is passed down from one generation to the next.

• Folklore includes some aspects of traditions, which are the systems or ways that people make decisions as a group.

• Folklore is the system of decision making and power sharing for a group that wants to change the rules and make new traditions.

What is the basic purpose of government?

• to trade or sell raw materials or goods

• to make decisions on behalf of a group

• to answer questions and establish a religion

Which is the best example of an economy helping people survive?

• Some members of a group hunt seals while others make clothing from fur.

• Several groups come together in a confederacy and agree to stop fighting.

• Some members of a group eat while other members sleep