Indigenous Cultures of North America Chapter Review

Using the map, which statement BEST describes the location where the Mound Builders first settled?

• South

• the West coast of the United States

• the Eastern part of the United States

• Mexico

Who were the first indigenous people of North America?

• The Pueblo

• The Clovis

• The Folsom

• The Mound Builders

What is 'The Three Sisters'?

• The belief that three sisters had powers to make crops grow more healthy.

• stable food, water, and good soil

• The idea that each family had to have three daughters to go to the afterlife.

• The name for corn, squash, and beans that are all grown together in order to help each other grow.

Which BEST explains why the Clovis Culture and the Folsom Culture didn't hunt for the same animals?

• The Clovis Culture killed them all.

• The climate warmed between the development of the two groups, so larger mammals (like mammoths) were extinct by the time the Folsom developed.

• The two groups developed in different areas of North America.

• Both groups hunted for the same animals, like giant bison.

Which of the following indigenous groups held religious rituals called "raindainces" to please the gods and ask them to deliver rain?

• The Ancestral Pueblo

• The Folsom

• The Mound Builders

• The Clovis Culture

Which of the following Native American groups were known to be hunters that migrated alongside large mammals? Select all that apply.

• The Clovis Culture

• The Ancestral Pueblo

• The Mound Builders

• The Folsom Culture

Which of the following groups of people were known the plant squash, beans, and corn? Select all that apply.

• The Clovis Culture

• The Ancestral Pueblo

• The Mound Builders

• The Folsom Culture

What is one difference between the Clovis culture and the Folsom culture?

• Only the Folsom Culture was known to follow bison to North America.

• They each created different technologies because they hunted different animals.

• Only the Clovis Culture hunted with spears

• Only the Clovis Culture hunted to find food.

Which of the following are differences between the Ancestral Pueblo and the Mound Builders? Select all that apply.

• Only the Pueblo people hunted small game.

• Only the Mound Builders farmed for squash, bean, and corn.

• The Mound Builders hunted large game like mammoths.

• The Mound Builders settled near rivers and other bodies of water.

In what way did agriculture impact the lives of early Americans?

• They had a stable food supply that could support more permanent settlements.

• They built canals and ditches to store and collect water.

• They found new animals to hunt.

• They were not able to farm until more advanced technology was created.