1.1 The First Americans

Which item is NOT a piece of evidence left behind by Native Americans?

• Stone Tools

• Metal Tools

• Human & Animal Bones

• Pieces of Pottery

• Written Documents

Many scientists believe that the first people arrived in North America during the last 

• Ice Age
• millenium
• Crusades
• Friday dance party

 Large amounts of water froze into huge, moving sheets of ice called 

• icebergs
• glaciers
• Antarctica
• ice sleds

Why did the Native Americans migrate to and from their homeland to North America?

• The Native Americans were forced out of their homes by Europeans
• The Native Americans decided it was time to move because of weather
• The Native Americans were following herds of animals
• The Native Americans were looking for a new area to build their tepees

What two continents were connected by Pangea?

• Africa and Asia

• Asia and North America

• Asia and Australia

• South America and North America

How do scientists think people migrated from Asia to the Americas during the Ice Age? 

• sailed across a narrow strait
• traveled south from Canada
• Traveled across a land bridge
• sailed to Mexico and drifted north

Some scientists believe that the First Americans _______ a land bridge between Siberia and Alaska to reach the Americas.

• crosst

• crossed

• cross

Most scientists think that bands of hunters reached North American across a land bridge. Other Scientists disagree, they think

• the first Americans crossed the icy arctic waters by boat, reaching North America by sea.

• the first Americans crossed the icy arctic waters by boat, reaching Africa by sea.

• the first Americans crossed the icy arctic waters by boat, reaching Asia by sea.

• the first Americans crossed the icy arctic waters by boat, reaching Europe by sea.

Why did the first Americans migrate from Asia to the Americas?

• searching for food
• to locate farmland
• flee from hostile tribes
• search for a better climate

Which of these enabled American Indians to settle in permanent villages?

• trading
• hunting
• herding
• farming