World Cultures- North America

Native Americans arrived in the Americas how long ago?

• 400 years ago

• 3000 years ago

• 16,000 years ago

• 200,000 years ago

Which people live North of the "Arctic tree line"?

• Alaska

• Inuit

• Navajo

• Cree

Who were the main indigenous groups in Mexico?

• Mayans and Aztecs

• Magyars and Azeris

• Moldovans and Aboriginals

• Maldives and Azores

The Cree people lived on the Southern ​ (a)   of Canada and were mostly ​ (b)   .

• plains
• hunter-gatherers
• forests
• deserts
• warriors
• Indians

Who is the largest tribe in North America?

• Apache
• Navajo
• Cherokee
• Sioux

In the year 1500, what was the 2nd-largest city in the world?

• Talinn

• Taipei

• Tenochtitlan

• Toronto

The Anishinaabe were ​ (a)   farmers that lived in the ​ (b)   region of North America.

• subsistence
• Great Lakes
• rabbit
• potato
• Cascade
• Appalachia

Many North America tribes were matrilineal. What does that mean?

• Women were slaves to the men.

• Children got their mother's name and the mother's property.

• Men could have many wives.

• Children were raised only by their fathers.

Why did Christopher Columbus call the Native Americans "Indians"?

• He was following orders from the Spanish monarchy
• He mistakenly believed he had sailed his ship to India.

• He thought all brown-skinned people were Indians.

• He wanted to honor the indigenous people