Grade 5 Topic 1

What was the main reason that the first humans came to the Americas from Asia?

• They were seeking more plants to gather

• They were following the animals they hunted

• They were trying to reach South America

• They were fleeing the overcrowded conditions of Asia

What was the main reason that the Ancestral Pueblo lived high up on steep slopes?

• To keep safe from attacks

• To catch the rainwater needed to grow crops

• To imitate the building style of their ancestors

• To keep warm in the summer

What was the main reason that Native Americans of the Mississippian culture were able to establish sizable living centers?

• They grew a great deal of food

• They used labor of nearby villages

• They traded for strong building materials

• They conquered many neighboring people

What happened to make hunter-gatherers in the Americas stop hunting and begin growing their own plants?

• People decided they wanted more variety in their diet.

• Some of the people began to focus on arts and religion.

• The climate grew so hot that hunting became too difficult.

• Several kinds of animals they hunted had died off.

Many desert people made their homes out of Adobe, which was:

• volcanic glass to make tools

• a mixture of mud and straw that dries into hard clay

• roofs made from plant materials

• blocks of ice

Pueblo homes were shaped like

• Big cubes

• A big tree

• Pyramids

• A big snake

Peublo homes did not have

• Doors on the first floor

• Ladders

• Windows

• Stairs

The Navajo were skilled at

• Riding horses

• Fishing

• Farming

• Herding sheep

Hozho means

• Walking beauty

• Thoughts and prayers

• Sad man singing

• Flat Earth

A Hogan is a

• Temple for prayer

• Dome shaped building

• Small dolls

• Name for a prayer mask