America's Beginnings Test prep

The first people to live in North and South America were formally called

• aborigines

• Native Americans

• pioneers

• the first Americans

The Bering Land Bridge allowed humans

• to travel on foot from Asia to North America in search of food

• to travel by boat from Asia to North America in search of food

• to travel from Europe to the Atlantic coast for a better life

• to travel on foot from Europe to North America in search of food

A narrow passage of water connecting two seas or two other large areas of water, like the land bridge you learned about, is called a

• bay

• strait

• gulf

• inlet

The continent that was the initial destination of Native Americas coming from Siberia across the land bridge was

• South America

• Asia

• Europe

• North America

The first people to come to the Americas came from where?

• Asia

• Europe

• North America

• South America

People who move from place to place can be called

• indecisive

• nomadic

• cultivated

• reformers

What practice changed the nomadic lifestyle of early Americans, allowing them to stay in one place?

• farming crops like maize/corn

• the Bering Land Bridge

• the extinction of animals

• finding a river to leave near and settle

This is a people's shared values, beliefs, traditions and behaviors

• culture

• personality

• civilization

• nomadic

The time period from the when 15th to 18th centuries when Europeans set sail to discover and explore other lands is called

• Columbian Exchange

• The Age of Sail

• The Age of Discovery

• Westward Expansion

Italian explorer credited for discovering America. When he landed on the Bahamas, he called the people there "Indians" because he thought he was in India.

• Francisco Pizzaro

• Christopher Columbus

• Henry Hudson

• Juan Ponce de Leon