Chapter 1: Early Americans

People who hunted animals and gathered wild plants for food were 

• hunter-gatherers
• gatherers-hunters

• Skilled

• Paleolithic

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

• Ice Age
• Ice Millenium

• Frozen Age

• Beringian Time

The land bridge and coastal crossing theories concern the earliest human migration from...

• Asia to South America.
• South America to Asia.
• Asia to North America.
• North America to Asia.

The early Americans were nomadic, which means: 

• Move from place to place
• Animal Hunters
• Unable to speak 
• Built permanent homes

Which civilization settled in the Andes Mountains of South America?

• Olmec

• Inca

• Aztec

• Maya

Which group formed a federation to promote peace?

• Hohokam

• Nez Perce

• Iroquois

• Cherokee

The Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan was built on an island in Lake Texcoco which today is part of

• Beringia

• Pueblo Bonito

• Atlantis

• Mexico City

Three of the biggest ancient American civilizations were the Aztecs, Mayans, & Incas. Which continent did the Aztecs & Mayans live on?

• North America

• South America

• Asia

• Europe

Which of the following did NOT influence American democracy?

• Greeks & Romans

• Judeo-Christian beliefs

• Enlightenment ideas

• French Government

Planters in the Americas began the use of slave labor because

• African slaves were less expensive

• They believed Native Americans should be free.

• Disease had killed many of the Native Americans.

• Native Americans refused to work the land.