Chapter 8 Quizizz Review

Match each word with its correct definition.

• a person who studies human societies and cultures

• nation

• a social group with many families, clans, or generations that share culture

• cultural group

• a group whose members have strong similarities in geography and culture

• culture

• the beliefs, customs, and arts of a group of people

• anthropologist

• a community of people from one or more nationalities with its own territory and government

• tribe

Which description would best describe the Inca civilization?

• culture

• cultural group

• nation

• tribe

Which three statements describe the early American Indian cultural groups of Latin America?

• These cultural groups all lived in cold climates.

• These cultural groups include many tribes and nations.

• None of these cultural groups were technologically advanced.

• They settled in Central America, the Caribbean, and South America.

• They both modified their environment and adapted to their environment.

Which two statements are true of most early North American Indian cultural groups?

• A. They were hunters, gatherers, and farmers.

• B. They grew food by establishing a network of small farms.

• C. They traded with Europeans to increase their variety of food.

• D. They used the natural resources in their areas to meet their basic needs.

Which cultural group of North American Indians built snow shelters like the one in the illustration?

• Arctic

• Great Basin

• Plains

• Southeast

• Tropical Forest

Which North American cultural groups survived by following herds of buffalo? (Choose 3)

• Great Basin

• Plains

• California

• Arctic

• Plateau

Which North American Indian cultural group lived in the shaded area on the map?

• Eastern Woodland Indians

• Eskimos

• Nomadic tribes of the Great Basin

• Plains Indians

• Southeast Indians

Which South American Indian cultural group lived in the shaded area on the map?

• Andes

• Caribbean

• Middle America

• South American Marginal Regions

• Tropical Forest