Social Studies Unit 2 The Earliest Americans

Why did Native Americans from the Woodland Region use animal skin for clothing AND make needles out of animal bone or antlers

• They enjoyed making clothes and tools

• Animal bones are sharp

• Animal skin is very warm and useful

• All parts of animals were used because other resources were hard to find

Which of these early American civilizations lived in groups of houses called pueblos?

• the Maya

• The olmec

• the Mound Builders

• The Anasazi

The Inuit of the upper northwest needed to adapt to their environment. Which of the ANIMALS and SHELTERS would have been most likely used by the Native Americans of the Arctic?

• Seals and Igloos

• Buffalos and Teepees

• Deer and Longhouses

• Alligators and Wigmans

How did geography impact the Native Americans in the Arctic?

• They often has to travel with migrating animals for food.

• They used all parts of hunted animals because resources were scarce.

• They needed special survival skills to survive the long winters.

• All of the above

Which Native American group utilized Bison/Buffalo while living in Teepees?

• Great Plains Native Americans

• Arctic Native Americans

• The Eastern Woodland Native Americans

Use the excerpt below to answer the question.

 "Native Americans of the Woodland region grew much of their own food. Agriculture, or using the land to grow food, was a key reason the Woodland people survived. Since almost all the land was covered with forests, men had to clear land to plant their fields...After a piece of land was cleared, the women and children helped by planting crops."

How did geography impact the Woodland Native Americans?

• Because the woodland people had many trees in their environment, they had to clear them to plant food.

• They had trees.

• They had buffalo

• They enjoyed gardening

Which shelter was most likely used by the Native Americans in Maryland?

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 Which of the reasons below BEST describes why villages created by Native Americans in Maryland were built near rivers or streams?

• Streams were used to divide land between different Native American Groups

• Streams and rivers were used for travel and fishing

• Bridges over streams and rivers allowed for trade among villages

• Saltwater provided protections from bug

Which of the following best describes the "Land Bridge" migration theory?

• People from the south moved north

• After an Ice Age, sea levels fell. Hunters used land previously covered by water to reach new land.

• They sailed by boat

• The continents moved