SS Weekly Quiz for week 14 and 15

The most important job for the first people was the daily _______ for food.

• walk

• hunt

• swim

• farming

People learned to _________ and began to stay in one place, eventually forming communities.

• walk

• hunt

• swim

• farm

Many early settlements were near _________

• forests

• mountains

• rivers

• deserts

What kind of natural resources would a fisherman look for when trying to find a place to settle?

• river

• snow

• mountains

• desert

How does the availability of natural resources influence where people settle?

• people settle in places where there are no natural resources

• people never settle or move to new places

• people don't like to use natural resources when they settle

• people settle in places that make life better for them

Why do people settle in certain places ?

• noise

• severe weather

• no wild animals

• available natural resources

Changes in _______ allowed people to expand their travels.

• technology

• religion

• population

• language

Empires wanted to expand and control trading and _______.

• colonization

• technology

• the Atlantic Ocean

• trade routes

Explorers wanted to bring their __________ beliefs to the places they explored.

• Buddhist

• Muslim

• Christian

• Jewish

Who was the first explorer referenced?

• De Leon in 1413

• Cabot in 1492

• Cartier in 1534

• Columbus in 1492