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WorksheetsWhere did the first Americans come from?
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Which of the following is not a possible location the first Americans could have travelled from?
Eurasia
Australia
Africa
All of the these are possibilities
Where do most scientists and historians believe the first Americans came from?
Siberia
Asia
India
Alaska
Which is the most believed theory on how the first Americans got to this continent?
By boat
A mixture of boat and landbridge
By walking across a landbridge
Created by corn, the wind, and the gods
What is the name of the land bridge many scientists and historians believe the first Americans crossed?
Eurasia
Bering Strait
Aleutian Islands
Beringia
Regardless of how the first Americans got here, most historians believe they started in which location?
Siberia
Africa
Alaska
South America
Which of the following has been used to determine where the first Americans came from?
Skeletal remains (bodies)
Human waste
DNA
All of the above have been used
What object are the Clovis people known for?
Early tools like hammers
Their adobe homes
Spear points
Stone pyramids
Where was the first place the first Americans settled for a long period of time?
Alaska
Montana
New Mexico
None of the above
The first Americans were "hunter-gatherers". What does that mean? Select all correct answers.
They planted only a few crops and gathered berries
They relied only on what they could find or hunt
They followed large prey
They lived in a location for the winter before moving on
The 1-year old infant that linked the Clovis people to Siberia was named what?
CROMAG-1
ANZIK-1
CLOVIS
ANAKIN-X
ANZIK-1's DNA was matched to skeletons from which places? Select all correct.
Greenland
South America
Siberia
Japan
"Kennewick Man," found in Washington state, resembles which people group?
Japanese
Siberian
Russian
Chinese
The biggest problem with the boat theory of arrival is what?
It would have been impossible to sail across the ocean at that time
Native American myth only supports the land bridge theory
No DNA links skeletons to people on islands
They've never found remains of a boat
Many sources suggest the first Americans split into how many groups when they got to the Americas?
2
3
4
5
The biggest problem with the land bridge theory is what?
There are DNA links to Australians and other islanders
An ice age meant there could have been more places to cross than just Beringia
The ice bridge would have been melting by the time the first Americans crossed
Too many scientists and historians believe the boat theory
