Unit 0 Lesson 1 Settling The Americas

1. After the last Ice Age ended over 12,000 years ago,

• Early people stayed in Asia and could not migrate
• Early hunters & gatherers settled in the Americas
• People hunted large animals, such as mammoths and mastodons
• Native people were forced to leave the Americas

2. What effect did settling near rivers, oceans, and forests have on the early people?

• They were able to migrate
• They all created one nation
• They found plentiful resources
• They adapted to harsh environments

3. Since people learned to grow their own crops, they

• stayed in one place
• developed their own traditions
• formed traditional economies
• all of the above

4. This group of native people practiced slash and burn agriculture and used dug out canoes to travel from island to island:

• Caribbean Taino
• Ancestral Pueblo
• Mound Builders

5. This group of native people made homes partly underground out of adobe bricks to adapt to the Arizona desert:

• Caribbean Taino
• Hohokam
• Mound Builders
• Option 4

6. This group of native people built cone and animal shaped mounds of earth for burying possessions and to honor the dead:

• Ancestral Pueblo
• Hohokam
• Mound Builders

7. This group of Southwest native people built their homes in cliffsides with kivas, or special rooms for religious purposes:

• Caribbean Taino
• Ancestral Pueblo
• Mound Builders

8. What challenges did some early people have to adapt to in North America?

• difficulty traveling
• dry land and difficulty growing crops
• severe weather and climate
• all of the above

9. How did Native People adapt to lack of water to grow crops?

• slash and burn farming
• digging canals and catching water for irrigation
• forming traditional economies
• worshipping spirits

10. What foods did many early settlers, such as the Ancestral Pueblo and Hohokam, rely on for survival?

• small animals, corn (maize), beans, and squash
• small animals, carrots, rice, and beans
• large animals, corn (Maize), beans, and squash
• large animals, carrots, rice, and beans