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First Americans

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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

a)

They sailed across a narrow strait.

b)

They traveled south from Canada.

c)

They traveled across a land bridge.

d)

They sailed to Mexico and then drifted north. D. They sailed to Mexico and then drifted north.

2.

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

a)

Groups adapted to the environments in which they settled.

b)

Groups needed to distinguish themselves from other groups.

c)

Groups chose where they lived based on their special skills.

d)

Groups settled in the areas at various times.

3.

The first Americans migrated from what modern-day continent?

a)

Asia

b)

South America

c)

Europe

d)

Africa

4.

Plains Natives relied on the bison for everything except:

a)

food

b)

transportation

c)

clothing

d)

shelter and tools

5.

Indians of the Northwest Coast used wood from their forests to make

a)

spears

b)

knives

c)

buttons

d)

houses

6.

How was it possible for the mesa people to grow corn in the desert?

a)

They dug irrigation ditches.

b)

They used rain barrels.

c)

They traded their crops for water.

d)

They planted drought-tolerant corn.

7.

Which cultural region is described by the following: treeless grasslands and large bison herds

a)

Northwest Coast

b)

Great Plains

c)

Southeast Coast

d)

Southwest

8.

What type of housing did Natives of the Great Plains build?

a)

tepees

b)

wooden homes

c)

long house

d)

Adobe (clay bricks) houses

9.

In this area, the Natives hunted buffalo and the buffalo was their main source of survival.

a)

Northwest

b)

Southeast

c)

Great Plains

d)

Southwest

10.

Which cultural region is described by the following: treeless grasslands and large bison herds

a)

Great Plains

b)

Northwest

c)

Southeast

d)

Southwest

11.

In this area, the Natives had an abundance of trees, so they carved totem poles to tell stories of their ancestors.

a)

Great Plains

b)

Northeast

c)

Southwest

d)

Northwest