Early American Peoples

Why did early humans cross a land bridge from Asia to the Americas?

• They wanted to find a better climate.

• They were migrating to follow and hunt animals for food.

• They were trying to find a new view.

• They were exploring to discover gold.

True or False: Early Americans grew grains for food.

• True

• False

Why did early peoples start settling in one place instead of moving around?

• They got tired of eating wooly mammoths.

• They wanted to go to school.

• They became vegetarians.

• They developed agriculture to grow more of their food.

Why did the Mound Builders build mounds?

• As burial places for important chiefs

• To separate fields for crops

• To collect extra soil

• As foundation for buildings

Check all that are true: The Anasazi...

• were the first to use irrigation in what is now the United States.

• grew corn squash, beans, and pumpkins.

• ate nothing but the animals they hunted.

• were known as the "Cliff Dwellers."

Check all that are true about the Inuit.

• They were successful farmers.

• They hunted walruses.

• They built igloos.

• They hunted walruses.

The Maya were able to specialize because...

• the Maya were smarter than other cultures.

• the Maya were better hunters.

• the Maya had more gold.

• the Maya started to have a surplus of food.

What was the purpose of the Great Council of the Iroquois League?

• To learn new hunting techniques

• To learn new agriculture methods

• To vote and make decisions for the Iroquois League - Five Nations

• To decide who to attack and take over

True or False: The Iroquois hunters spoke to and thanked the deer they killed because they felt a connection to nature.

• True

• False

Why were bison important to the Native American tribes of the Great Plains? Check all that are correct.

• They provided meat.

• They provided clothing.

• They provided utensils.

• They provided shelter