Ancient North America

What is the term for the large mammals of a particular region, habitat, or geological period?

• Flora

• Microfauna

• Megafauna

• Invertebrates

What is a vast, flat, treeless Arctic region of North America in which the subsoil is permanently frozen?

• Desert

• Tundra

• Savanna

• Rainforest

What is a forest biome with many kinds of trees that lose their leaves each autumn (ex: Oak, Maple)?

• Deciduous forest

• Tropical rainforest

• Coniferous forest

• Savanna

What is the period from 8000-1000 BC, marked by gathering of plants and animals, development of better tools, and semi-permanent communities?

• Pleistocene

• Woodland

• Archaic

• Paleoindian

What is the cultural phase from 1000 BC-Contact, marked by advancements in agriculture, pottery, mound building, and increased trade among diverse regional societies?

• Archaic

• Pleistocene

• Paleoindian

• Woodland

What is a large mass of moving ice and snow on land?

• Megafauna

• Forests

• Glacier

• Archaic

What is the continental glacier that covered eastern Canada and parts of the northeastern United States during the Pleistocene Epoch?

• Antarctic ice sheet

• Greenland ice sheet

• Laurentide ice sheet

• Cordilleran ice sheet

What era lasted from 1.8 million years ago to 11,000 years ago, known as the Last Ice Age?

• Archaic Era

• Holocene Era

• Pleistocene Era

• Paleoindian Era

What is the ancient land bridge over which the earliest Americans could have migrated from Asia into the Americas?

• Pacifica

• Beringia

• Pangaea

• Siberia

What is the ice-free passage from Alaska to the lower regions of North America, east of the Rocky Mountains?

• Laurentide Path

• Bering Strait

• Northwest Passage

• Mackenzie Corridor