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Earliest Americans Ch. 3-4

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 2hrs 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Inuit used animal _________________ to make their tents during the summer.

a)

caribou

b)

abode

c)

fuel

d)

hides

2.

There were very few sources of ________________for the Inuit to stay warm during the winter.

a)

caribou

b)

abode

c)

fuel

d)

hides

3.

The _______________ built his home on a rocky ledge.

a)

cliff dweller

b)

Pueblo

c)

igloo

d)

ancestors

4.

The Ancestral Pueblo built their homes using a type of brick called _________________.

a)

hides

b)

adobe

c)

cliff dweller

d)

igloo

5.

The _________________ of the Cherokee were mound builders.

a)

northern lights

b)

ancestors

c)

mineral

d)

canyon

6.

An Inuit family living in the far north built an _________________as shelter from the cold weather.

a)

canyon

b)

fuel

c)

igloo

d)

mound

7.

A river rushed between the rocks at the bottom of the ___________________.

a)

canyon

b)

fuel

c)

igloo

d)

mound

8.

The ______________ created beautiful colors in the night sky.

a)

northern lights

b)

ancestors

c)

mineral

d)

canyon

9.

___________________ were an important source of food for the Inuit.

a)

caribou

b)

abode

c)

fuel

d)

hides

10.

The _______________ live in an area of the United States called the four corners.

a)

cliff dweller

b)

Pueblo

c)

igloo

d)

ancestors

11.

What caused the death of most of the mound builders?

a)

volcano eruption

b)

hurricane

c)

diseases from Europeans

d)

killed in war with the Europeans

12.

Which tribe is NOT made up of former mound builders?

a)

Sioux

b)

Cherokee

c)

Creek

d)

Choctaw

13.

Which Early American people lived in the RED area on the map?

a)

Cherokee

b)

Pueblo

c)

Choctaw

d)

Creek

14.

Which Early American people lived in the GREEN area on the map?

a)

Mound Builders

b)

Pueblo

c)

Inuit

d)

Beringia

15.

The Ancestral Pueblo were

a)

Cherokee

b)

cliff dwellers

c)

mound builders

d)

Haudenosaunee

16.

Because they were farmers, Mound Builders

a)

migrated often

b)

stayed in one place

c)

lived in the Southwest

d)

hunted buffalo

17.

The population of Native Americans decreased rapidly because Europeans brought

a)

gold

b)

disease

c)

spices

d)

ships

18.

Ancestral Pueblo to abandon their homes due to

a)

disease

b)

end of the ice age

c)

climate change

d)

too many musk ox

19.

In which year did the first known Ancestral Pueblo settle in North America?

a)

5,000BCE

b)

2,500BCE

c)

100BCE

d)

100CE

20.

In _______________ the Mound Builders settled in what are now the Midwest and Southeast regions.

a)

100BCE

b)

700BCE

c)

900CE

d)

500BCE