Chapter 1 Practice Test

Which statement best explains why a land bridge formed between Asia and the Americas? 

• When herds of huge Ice Age animals died off, their remains over time formed a strip of land.

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  When Earth’s waters formed ice during the Ice Age, the height of the oceans dropped, exposing the land.

• When herds of Ice Age animals left Asia for the Americas, they broke up so much soil that a land path was created.

• When the Ice Age ended, the higher temperatures evaporated ocean waters, exposing the land.

What is the best definition of the term potlatch?

• a guest who gives or receives a present at a Tlingit ceremony

• a ceremony in which the host gives away possessions as gifts to the guest

• a ritual in which a community gives presents to its new leader

• an enclosed cooking vessel given as a gift at a wedding ceremony

To protect them from the cold artic people lived in igloos, which are:

• A below ground house made out of snow blocks

• A house made out of clay

• A house that was made out of sticks and leaves

• A house stacked on top of another house

Southern California tribes used _______ to farm

• elk

• irrigation systems

• buffalo

• horse dung

Which statement best describes the way in which Pacific Northwest peoples traditionally treated the forests of the area?

• They used the trees to make spiritual objects but not practical items.

• They cut down so many trees that they could no longer support their way of life.

• They mostly ignored the forests and instead found their food in the ocean.

• They used only as many trees as necessary so that the forests were not destroyed.

Which statement about the Tlingit and Navajo peoples is the most accurate?

• Nearby forests supplied them with wood to carve.

• They both lived in the same part of North America.

• Many words in their native tongues are probably related

• They both traditionally obtained food in the same way

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

• They were seeking more plants to gather

• They were fleeing the overcrowded conditions of Asia

• They wanted more freedom

• They were following the animals they hunted

How did plains people use horses?

• To hunt buffalo and carry goods?

• They made clothing out of them

• They used them to explore

• They used their hides to make teepess

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

• To catch rainwater needed to grow crops

• To keep safe from attacks

• To keep warm in the summer

• To imitate the building style of their ancestors

The Cahuila built _________ to raise crops in the desert basins in the south

• Irrigation systems

• Under ground tunnels

• Houses

• Farming tools