Ch. 1 Social Studies Test - Ancient American Indian Civilization

Many of the first Americans may have crossed over to North America from Asia on the ____________ ____________

• Bering Strait

• Golden Gate Bridge

• Mound Builders

• Ice Age

What two things often influenced where people decided to settle and how they used the resources of an area?

• Hunters and gatherers

• geography and climate

• corn and beans

• buffalo

____________ is the practice of planting and raising food

• Plains

• Nomad

• Agriculture

• Culture

Groups in the ____________ ______________ got their food from hunting deer, gathering nuts and berries, and fishing

• East Coast

• Plains Indians

• Eastern Woodlands

• Pacific Northwest

People who move within a specific region to follow herds of animals and collect food are known as _________

• followers

• nomads

• Maya

• kayak

All __________ groups depended on the buffalo as their primary food source

• Plains

• Maya

• Inuit

• Tenochtitlan

In ____________, there are organized systems of government, religion, and learning

• customs

• agriculture

• civilizations

• culture

Which group rose about 3,500 years ago and they developed a system of writing, made an accurate calendar, tracked the moon and stars, and created a system for advanced math

• Pueblo

• Aztec

• Maya

• Plains

This group modified their environment in order to live in it and Tenochtitlan was their main city

• Maya

• Plains

• Aztec

• Pueblo

This group lived in the far northern part of North America and relied on the ocean for whales, seals, and other sea animals. They developed and used kayaks and built their homes out of snow

• Inuit

• Maya

• Aztec

• Plains