Unit 3, Topic 1: The American Southwest and Northwest

Which statement best describes the Apache’s relations with the Diné?

• They constantly warred with the Dine'.

• They raided Dine' villages.

• They were friendly trade partners.

• They ignored the Dine'.

How did the first Americans, aka Native Americans, arrive in the New World?

• They swam across.

• They rode over in canoes.

• They walked across the Bering Straight land bridge.

• They gathered together on large icebergs and were able to float across.

Ancestral Puebloans adapted to the dry, hot environment by

• using ice to build igloos and sod houses.

• collecting water from nearby lakes.

• moving into the mountains.

• hunting and fishing.

What was one cause of the Ancestral Puebloans’ decision to carve their houses into cliffs?

• access to better food

• views from the cliffs

• hot, dry climate

• heavy rainfall and flooding

What have Northwestern Indigenous peoples traditionally placed in front of their homes?

• potlatches

• totem poles

• people, animals, or plants

• whale meat or salmon

The Inuit made their homes in the Arctic region.  Which area includes where these Native Americans lived?

• Greenland

• Alaska

• Russia

• All of these answers.

How did Pueblo peoples use their natural surroundings to construct housing? 

• They dammed rivers to clear land.

• They used local clay to make adobe for bricks.

• They built structures underground.

• They built wickiups from plants and animal skins.

Where did the Ancestral Puebloans live over 1,500 years ago?

• Utah, Washington, California, and Nevada

• Utah, California, New Mexico, and Arizona

• New Mexico, Texas, Arizona, and Colorado

• Utah, New Mexico, Arizona and Colorado

Which major event led to the Ancestral Puebloans leaving the area known as The Four Corners?

• hurricanes

• tornadoes

• excessive rainfall

• drought

Which statements are true of the Ancestral Puebloans? 

• They adapted to the local environment by building houses in the mountains.

• They discovered ice deep in the caves.

• They adapted to the local environment by farming.

• Constant rainfall drove them out of the area.