Early Americans and Mesoamerican Civilizations Worksheet

The Bering Land Bridge helped Paleo-Indians migrate to the Americas by:

• Providing a land route from Asia to North America during the Ice Age.

• Serving as a waterway for boats to cross from Europe to America.

• Acting as a mountain pass between South America and Africa.

• Offering a direct path from Australia to North America.

Early Americans survived as hunter-gatherers by:

• moving frequently to find food and resources

• building large permanent cities

• farming large areas of land

• relying on imported goods

People in Mesoamerica learned to farm which crops, leading to the rise of major civilizations?

• Maize, beans, and squash

• Wheat, barley, and rice

• Potatoes, tomatoes, and peppers

• Bananas, yams, and millet

Beringia is a ________ that once connected Asia and North America during the Ice Age.

• land bridge

• mountain range

• river

• desert

Paleo-Indians were the first people to enter and live in the ________, arriving thousands of years ago during the Ice Age.

• Americas

• Africa

• Europe

• Asia

Migration is the movement of people or animals from one place to another, often in search of ________, resources, or better living conditions.

• food

• water

• shelter

• entertainment

Hunter-Gatherers are people who survive by ________ animals and gathering plants, nuts, and berries instead of farming.

• hunting

• planting

• cooking

• taming

Environment refers to the natural surroundings of a place, including land, water, climate, plants, and animals, which affect how people ________.

• live

• paint

• sing

• drive

Culture is the shared beliefs, customs, traditions, language, and way of life of a group of ________.

• people

• animals

• plants

• machines

Before Europeans arrived, which group built pueblos (villages made of stone and adobe) in the Southwest?

• Inuit

• Anasazi

• Mound Builders

• Hopi