USI Chapter 2 Test

Inuit peoples lived in Arctic areas where the temperature is —

• below freezing much of the year
• mild with four distinct seasons
• hot during the day and freezing at night
• above 100 degrees most of the year

One of the oldest ancient settlements is located at Cactus Hill in southeastern Virginia along the —

• James River
• Nottoway River
• Mississippi River
• Potomac River

What present-day states include Pueblo homelands?

• New Mexico and Arizona
• Alaska and Canada
• Tennessee and Georgia

• Virginia and North Carolina

What would be the best title for the list below?

• Inuit Adaptations
• Kwakiutl Adaptations
• Cherokee Adaptations
• Pueblo Adaptations

What location best completes this list?

• Southeast
• Southwest
• Arctic
• Great Plains

What did archaeologists find at Cactus Hill?

• 20,000-year-old dinosaur bones from at least four species
• Proof that Columbus was the fi rst European explorer in North America
• Ancient sea creatures, which proved the land was once under water
• Artifacts that proved humans lived there 18,000 years ago

Which letter on the map shows the location of the Lakota homelands?

• A

• B

• C

• D

• E

Which letter on the map shows the location of the Kwakiutl homelands?

• A

• B

• C
• D
• E

Lakota peoples inhabited the interior of the United States called —

• Death Valley
• the Piedmont
• the Great Plains
• Red Rock Canyon

By studying artifacts, such as stone points and blades, archaeologists learned that Indigenous people were —

• basket weavers
• hunters and gatherers
• horse riders
• cliff dwellers