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Social Studies Lesson 1 (First Americans)

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

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Class
Date
1.

The land bridge theory suggests that...

a)

hunting groups traveled to North America across Beringia.

b)

early people arrived up to one million years ago.

c)

the first Americans traveled to America in boats.

d)

Native Americans have always lived in the Americas.

2.

A(n) _______ tells about the beginnings of Native American people.

a)

legend

b)

myth

c)

origin story

d)

theory

3.

Which of these happened first?

a)

The giant animals starved and gradually died out.

b)

Nomadic people began to settle in communities.

c)

Huge glaciers formed during the Ice Age.

d)

Ancient peoples started planting crops and developing more advanced civilizations.

4.

What are objects made by people long ago called?

a)

fossils

b)

artifacts

c)

ancestors

d)

footprint

5.

Scientists who study the cultures of people from the past are called what?

a)

ancestors

b)

archaeologists

c)

artists

d)

historians

6.

What do Native American origin stories tell?

a)

They tell about the origins of the Native Americans.

b)

They explain how the world was made.

c)

They tell the story of the Old Man and the Creator from the Blackfoot people.

d)

all of the above.

7.

A _________ is a possible (usually tested) explanation about why or how something has happened.

a)

hypothesis

b)

theory

c)

reason

d)

prediction

8.

How is the land bridge theory different from recent discoveries in California and Peru?

a)

Evidence from the recent discoveries suggest that the first Americans came by boat.

b)

Evidence from recent discoveries suggests that the first Americans came by land.

c)

Evidence from recent discoveries suggests that the first Americans came by horse.

d)

Evidence from recent discoveries suggests that the first Americans came by wagons.

9.

What are huge, slow-moving sheets of ice?

a)

Ice Age

b)

snow fall

c)

glaciers

d)

mountains

10.

Who are people from your family who lived BEFORE you?

a)

ancestor

b)

decendent

c)

fossil

d)

artifact