1st SW SS Benchmark Review (1-13)

1. How do most experts think the first people came to Nort America?

• C. By walking north from South America

• D. By walking across a land bridge from Asia

2. About 10,000 years ago, people began to modify their environment by planting crops. The correct social studies term for this activity is____

• C. Agriculture

• D. government

3. Which of the following is an example of early people adapting to their environment in order to survive?

• A. Aztecs built systmes for bringing water to dry fields.

• B. The Mayas created systems for writing and doing math.

4. American Indians had to learn to change in order to survive in the conditions they faced. The correct social studies term for this practice is_____

• A. roaming

• B. adapting

5. Which American Indian group lived in the Northern Woodlands and built dwellings known as longhouses?

• A. The Calusa

• B. The Iroquois

6. Which of the following was a role of women in American Indian societies?

• C. Making clothing and other household goods

• D. Protecting the community from enemies

7. Which of these American Indian groups formed a five-nation league that was led by a large decision making council?

• C. The Huron

• D. The Iroquois

8. After crossing from Asia to North America, early hunter-gatherers continued southward, following their food sources. The correct social studies term (or phrase) for this practice is_______.

• A. irrigation

• B. migration

9. Which ancient North American civilization modified its environment by building settlements that were huge earthen structures?

• C. The Mound Builders

• D. The Ancient Puebloans

10. Which North American civilization modified their environment by learning to farm and by building systems of irrigation?

• A. The Mayas

• B. The Aztecs