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Ancient Americans

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When a person moves from place to place and doesn't settle in one place, they are considered a ____________.

a)

farmer

b)

nomad

c)

agriculture

d)

archeology

2.
What happened during the Ice Age?
a)
People ice skated
b)
People migrated to America across Beringia
c)
There was only water on the Earth and no land
3.

Beringia was a land bridge that connected what two areas of land

a)

Africa and Australia

b)

Alaska and Asia

c)

North and South America

d)

Asia and Australia

4.
What did Paleo-Americans follow across Berengia?
a)
The wind
b)
The sun
c)
Animals
d)
The glaciers
5.
A civilization is a group of people living together who have systems of 
a)
government
b)
religion
c)
culture
d)
all of the above
6.
Things made by people in the past and are used to study history are ______________.
a)
ancient
b)
prehistoric
c)
artifacts
d)
specialization
7.
Things that happened BEFORE people were writing is considered _____________________.
a)
Paleo-Indians
b)
migration
c)
artifact 
d)
prehistoric
8.
The study of artifacts to determine the past is called _______________________.
a)
science
b)
specialization 
c)
migration 
d)
archeology 
9.
When people become good at one skill and begin to trade that skill for the things they need (basket-weaving, fishing, building).
a)
specialization 
b)
hunter-gatherer
c)
anicient
d)
artifact 
10.
Early people in North America were considered ____________________________ because they killed animals and collected berries, nuts and plants for food.
a)
ancient
b)
archeology
c)
prehistoric 
d)
hunter-gatherers
11.

The first people in North America were known as

a)

archeologist

b)

traders

c)

inuits

d)

paleo- indians