Chapter 2 Native Americans Test

According to the land bridge theory, from which continent did early people cross into North America?

• Africa

• Asia

• Europe

• South America

What early civilization in the Americas developed a counting system that included zero?

• the Adena

• the Ancient Puebloan

• the Mayan

• the Olmec

After water, what was the most important natural resource for Plains Indians?

• buffalo

• fish

• rivers

• trees

What was used to group Eastern Woodlands peoples as Iroquoian or Algonquian?

• the crops they grew

• the types of homes they built

• the systems of government they used

• the languages they spoke

What is the main reason that early peoples in the Americas began to live in larger, more settled villages?

• They developed agriculture.

• They found dependable water sources.

• They learned how to hunt with bows and arrows.

• They needed protection from warring peoples.

Which of these natural resources was most important to people of the Eastern Woodlands and the Northwest Coast?

• grass

• corn

• wood

• adobe

Scientists can learn a great deal about the life of early people living in the Americas from which of the following?

• artifacts

• ceremony

• culture

• division of labor

• economy

Native Americans depended on which of the following in order to produce more goods?

• artifacts

• ceremony

• culture

• division of labor

• economy

Which of the following groups lived in the Eastern part of the United States?

• Plains Indians

• Southwest Indians

• Arctic Indians

• Eastern Woodlands Indians

In which of the following landform regions did Native Americans depend most on the buffalo?

• The Coast

• Appalachian Mountains

• Rocky Mountains

• The Great Plains