New World Beginnings

New World Beginnings

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Social Studies

9th - 12th Grade

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Angela Zorn

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1.

MATCH QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Match the following Native American groups to their descriptions:

Pueblo

Lived in fortified, politically stable villages in the Northeastern Woodlands and relied on three-sister agriculture & hunting to support their community.

Chinook

Expert farmers who lived in small market villages in present-day North Carolina, Tennessee, and Georgia; one of the Five Civilized Tribes.

Cherokee

Lived as nomads in the Great Plains, tracking herds of buffalo across the region.

Iroquois

Lived along the Pacific Coast and built permanent villages with a stratified social structure.

Sioux

Lived in present-day New Mexico and Arizona and built permanent multi-story adobe dwellings.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following is true about Native American cultures prior to contact with Europeans?

they experienced frequent epidemic diseases

they had developed wheeled vehicles pulled by livestock

they exchanged goods with African societies

they adapted to the environment and formed unique cultures

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which of the following shows how Native Americans adapted to an transformed the environment in which they lived?

the creation of large-scale irrigation works to promote the growing of maize
the development of highly structured systems of social stratification
the construction of monuments to nature-based deities
the organization of self-governing confederacies among disparate tribes

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

The agricultural system employed by Native American tribes in the Northeast and Great Lakes regions that involved planting corn, beans, and squash together in a single plot.

Three-Sister Farming

Encomienda System

Terrace Agriculture

Plough Farming

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

American Indian cultures

established a common written language
established trade networks and communication over relatively large areas
had peaceful relationship with each other that included voluntary emigration
formed major alliances to combat attempts by Europeans to encroach on their lands

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Which European nation was first to lay claim to the New World?

Portugal

Spain
France
England

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which of the following served as the initial motivation for Spanish exploration?

desires to convert the Native Americans to Catholicism
hopes of establishing permanent colonies for settlement
the desire to beat out European rivals in the land grab for North America
the need of new sources of wealth to support the growth of the nation

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