Early Americas TCi Lesson 10 Review

What did ancient cultures rely on before the invention of writing?

• Written records

• Oral traditions

• Stone carvings

• Paintings

What is often more important than the facts in ancient stories?

• The length of the story

• The moral of the story

• The characters in the story

• The setting of the story

What do ancient American stories often link together?

• The past and the future

• The real world and the spiritual world

• The land and the sea

• The sun and the moon

What do historians today understand about ancient stories?

• They are always true

• They cannot be fact-checked

• They are written in stone

• They are irrelevant

What is an important aspect of Navajo weaving?

• It uses only modern designs.

• It includes cultural stories in the designs.

• It is done only by machines.

• It is a recent tradition.

Why was weaving significant in many ancient cultures?

• It was a form of entertainment.

• It was a way to create cultural stories.

• It was only used for making clothes.

• It was a new invention.

What was Beringia?

• A landmass connecting Asia and Europe

• A landmass connecting Asia and North America

• A landmass connecting Africa and South America

• A landmass connecting Europe and South America

What evidence confirms that Indigenous people across North and South America share genetic information with Asian cultures?

• Fossil records

• DNA evidence

• Ancient texts

• Oral traditions

What are Clovis points?

• Ancient tools found in Europe

• Unique weapons made by early cultures in the Americas

• Modern tools used by archaeologists

• Ancient texts written by early civilizations

How old are the footprints found in New Mexico?

• 10,000 years

• 15,000 years

• 21,000 years

• 30,000 years