Unit 8 native Americans Ch 1

What does the landscape of America's Great Plains reveal as described in the text?

• Large cities and busy highways

• Rolling hills, lazy rivers, and endless grassland

• Dense forests and high mountains

• Deserts and dry valleys

If you were a young Sioux living on the prairie, what would you find there to support your survival according to the passage?

• Food, shelter, clothing, water, friends, family, and sacred places

• Electronic devices, internet, and modern transportation

• Shopping malls, restaurants, and entertainment centers

• None of the above

What challenges are implied by the text for surviving on the prairie?

• Finding food and building materials

• Surviving the extreme weather conditions

• Both A and B

• None of the above

For how many years have the people, referred to in the text, been on their land?

• 1,000 years

• 5,000 years

• 10,000 years

• 20,000 years

What is considered the most precious thing that one will ever own, according to the text?

• The land they live on

• The wisdom and stories of hundreds of generations

• The ability to hunt buffalo

• The rivers and grassy plains

What did the ancestors learn to track and hunt, as mentioned in the text?

• Deer

• Horses

• Buffalo

• Wolves

What do the tribes of the Great Plains depend on for survival?

• Fishing in the rivers

• Cultivating the land

• Hunting buffalo

• Gathering fruits and nuts

According to the text, what have the Native American tribes learned over thousands of years?

• To navigate the Great Plains

• To survive

• To isolate themselves

• To create maps

What does the text imply about the distribution of Native American tribes in the Americas?

• They are only found in the Great Plains

• They are concentrated in the north

• They live in every habitable place

• They are primarily in urban areas

If you walk far enough in any direction in the Americas, what is likely to happen according to the text?

• You will reach the ocean

• You will find different tribes

• You will get lost

• You will encounter modern cities