American History: Chapter 1 Test

Indicate whether the statement is true or false: The Maya were the first Americans to use horses and wheeled carts.

• True

• False

Indicate whether the statement is true or false: Archaeologists do not know the exact date when the first people appeared in North America.

• True

• False

Indicate whether the statement is true or false: Some early Americans hunted bison and mammoths.

• True

• False

Indicate whether the statement is true or false: The Anasazi built mud-brick dwellings called mounds.

• True

• False

Indicate whether the statement is true or false: The Cherokee lived in the northernmost region of North America.

• True

• False

Match the item with its definition: group of related families

• clan

• carbon dating

• complex

• structure

• estimate

Match the item with its definition: a building

• clan

• carbon dating

• complex

• structure

• estimate

Match the item with its definition: a scientific way to determine the age of an artifact

• clan

• carbon dating

• complex

• structure

• estimate

Match the item with its definition: highly detailed

• clan

• carbon dating

• complex

• structure

• estimate

Match the item with its definition: a rough calculation of a number

• clan

• carbon dating

• complex

• structure

• estimate