The First Americans 7-1 Quiz

What CONTINENT extends both north and south of the Equator?

• Central America

• South America

• North America

• Alaska

What were "mounds'?

• bumps of ice in the great plains

• places of worship in the rainforest

• creted by the early people of Central and South America

• created by the early people of North America to live in

These people used animals for food, clothing, and shelter

• hunter-gatherers

• soldiers

• cavemen

• savages

This was a collective name for a group of islands located in waters off northern South America

• the Bahamas

• the Caribbean

• the Spanish Inquisition

• the land bridge

What was the home of the Mayan people?

• Yucca

• the Caribbean

• Mecca

• Yucatán

The four geographical areas of the Americas are North America, South America, Central America, and

• the Artic

• Argentina

• the Caribbean

• Tierra del Fuego.

A land bridge from Asia to the Americas was made possible by which of the following?

• archaeologists

• the development of stone tools

• last Ice Age

• prehistoric people

As farming spread, people began to

• fight with one another.

• move southward.

• rely on hunting and gathering.

• settle in one place.

Where did the Olmec establish their civilization?

• Gulf of Mexico coast

• present-day Peru

• south central Mexico

• Yucatán Peninsula

Where were the first Native Americans believed to have lived?

• Africa

• Alaska

• Argentina1

• Africa