Ch. 2 The First Americans

The first Americans followed animal herds across a land bridge into North America. What is the name given to these ancient Americans?

• Anasazi

• Paleo

• Pueblo

• Mound Builders

One theory about how the first humans came to the Americas is that they walked across a natural land bridge, which scientists named _______________.

• Beringia

• Atlantis

• Pangaea

• Gondwana

The Ancient _____________ lived in the American Southwest. Their homes had many rooms and were covered with mud.

• Anasazi

• Inuit

• Iroquois

• Cherokee

These people were hunters and gatherers, eating fish, like Salmon, shellfish, whales, seals, berries, roots, geese, deer, elk, and bear. _______________________

• Northwest Coast Indians

• Plains Indians

• Navajo

• Iroquois

People of this region hunted deer, bears, and rabbits for food, ate a variety of plants that grew around them, and farmed their staple crops known as "the three sisters." ____________

• Eastern Woodlands Indians

• Great Plains Indians

• Inuit

• Puebloans

These Indians carved cedar logs into canoes called dugouts and used the logs to build plank houses and totem poles. What were these canoes called?

• Kayaks

• Dugouts

• Rafts

• Gondolas

These Indians sometimes settled in villages and built earth lodges covered in bark, earth, and grass. What did they use to carry their belongings?

• Wagons

• Sleds

• Travois

• Carts

Indians of the Northwest would place __________, tall poles that were carved and painted with human and animal figures, at the entrance of their homes to tell the history of their families.

• Totem poles

• Flag poles

• Lamp posts

• Sign posts

Which group built giant mounds where they often buried their dead?

• Aztecs

• Mound Builders

• Pueblo

• Pacific Northwest

Which civilization lived in central Mexico and built large temples to their gods?

• Aztecs

• Mound Builders

• Pacific Northwest

• Southwest