WorksheetsFirst Americans
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 6mins
How do scientists think people migrated from Asia to the Americas during the last Ice Age?
They sailed across a narrow strait.
They traveled south from Canada.
They traveled across a land bridge.
They sailed to Mexico and then drifted north. D. They sailed to Mexico and then drifted north.
Which of these best explains why different cultural regions formed in North America?
Groups adapted to the environments in which they settled.
Groups needed to distinguish themselves from other groups.
Groups chose where they lived based on their special skills.
Groups settled in the areas at various times.
The first Americans migrated from what modern-day continent?
Asia
South America
Europe
Africa
Plains Natives relied on the bison for everything except:
food
transportation
clothing
shelter and tools
Indians of the Northwest Coast used wood from their forests to make
spears
knives
buttons
houses
How was it possible for the mesa people to grow corn in the desert?
They dug irrigation ditches.
They used rain barrels.
They traded their crops for water.
They planted drought-tolerant corn.
Which cultural region is described by the following: treeless grasslands and large bison herds
Northwest Coast
Great Plains
Southeast Coast
Southwest
What type of housing did Natives of the Great Plains build?
tepees
wooden homes
long house
Adobe (clay bricks) houses
In this area, the Natives hunted buffalo and the buffalo was their main source of survival.
Northwest
Southeast
Great Plains
Southwest
Which cultural region is described by the following: treeless grasslands and large bison herds
Great Plains
Northwest
Southeast
Southwest
In this area, the Natives had an abundance of trees, so they carved totem poles to tell stories of their ancestors.
Great Plains
Northeast
Southwest
Northwest
