Unit 1 Test: Native Americans and European Exploration

Why did the first people migrate from Asia to the Americas?

• in search of food

• to locate fertile farmland

• to flee from hostile tribes

• in search of a better climate

How do scientists think people migrated from Asia to the Americas during the last Ice Age?

• They sailed across a narrow strait.

• They traveled south from Canada.

• They traveled across a land bridge.

• They sailed to Mexico and then drifted north.

Which of these was most important in determining the way of life of an Indigenous group in North America?

• food sources

• language skills

• land ownership

• religious celebrations

Which of these was a strong influence on the kind of homes created by each Indigenous group?

• wealth

• climate

• religion

• education

Which of these was an important resource of the Northwest Coast people?

• Great Lakes

• Pacific Ocean

• Gulf of Mexico

• Mississippi River

How did the Indigenous groups in the Southeast live?

• They lived in wooden longhouses in the forest.

• They lived in adobe villages on top of flat mesas.

• They lived in underground pit houses beside major rivers.

• They lived in towns clustered around large earthen mounds.

Which of these best explains why different cultural regions formed in North America?

• A. Groups settled in the areas at various times.

• B. Groups chose where they lived based on their special skills.

• C. Groups needed to distinguish themselves from other groups.

• D. Groups adapted to the environments in which they settled.

Which of these was a major motivation for European exploration?

• profit

• leisure

• freedom

• education

Which of these was a goal of the first European explorers?

• to establish trading posts

• to find a water route to Asia

• to exchange ideas with native peoples

• to explore North and South America

Indigenous people of which region lived in a very arid (dry) climate?

• California

• Great Basin

• Plateau

• Southwest