Week 5 Assessment

1. For many years, researchers believed that the ancient ancestors of American Indians came to America from _____________.

• Africa

• Antartica

• Europe

• Siberia

What term is used to describe the people who migrated to the Americas from other regions of the world?

• Ancient Indians

• First Indians

• Migratory Indians

• Paleo-Indians

Archeologists have studied ____________ to learn about ancient peoples that lived in the Americas.

• artifacts

• books

• diaries

• letters

Which of the following is NOT one of the primary tribes that lived in Texas before European exploration?

• Cherokee

• Comanche

• Wichita

• Caddo

What is the meaning of the word Kitikiti’sh?

• bear-eyed

• racoon-eyed

• wolf-eyed

• bison-eyed

What name do many tribes use to describe Earth?

• Father Earth

• Brother Earth

• Mother Earth

• Sister Earth

1. Which of the following did the American Indians NOT believe in?

• individual land ownership

• trading resources

• farming

• Mother Earth

To meet their needs, where did tribes use resources from?

• small areas

• large regions

• the forest

• private land

Which of the following is NOT one of the physical characteristics of Texas’ environment?

• plains

• valleys

• tundra

• deserts

Tribes were very resourceful and found ways to _____________ farmland.

• cultivate

• irrigate

• till

• prepare