The First People Quiz

Immigrants who populated the Americas were from ________, ________, and ________.

• France, Spain, Britain

• Asia, Africa, Europe

• Russia, Britain, Mexico

• Europe, Mexico, France

The ________ ________ theory was the theory held by most scientists that people first came into the Western Hemisphere from Asia between 50,000 to 16,000 years ago.

• Land Bridge

• Middle Passage

• Underground Railroad

• Bering Strait

Asians crossed the land bridge to North America searching for ________.

• Gold

• Land

• Food

• Shelter

South Carolina tribes were grouped according to ________ families.

• tribal

• cultural

• language

• religious

The four language groups in South Carolina in 1600 AD were the Siouan, Algonquian, Iroquoian, and ________.

• Muskhogean

• Archaic

• Mississippian

• Woodlands

The ____________ lived in the north-central part of the state and called themselves the “river people.”

• Cherokee

• Catawba

• Yemassee

The ____________, the most powerful of the Muskhogeans, lived west and southwest of Charleston and on the sea islands of the coast between Charleston and Savannah.

• Cherokee

• Catawba

• Yemassee

Natives died by the thousands because of European _____________.

• labor

• diseases

• capture

• treatment

The word used to describe wandering from place to place is __________.

• midden

• nomadic

• Catawba

• Daub

The _________, the most powerful of the Muskhogeans, lived west and southwest of Charleston and on the sea islands of the coast between Charleston and Savannah.

• a. Cherokee

• b. Catawba

• c. Yemassee