WorksheetsUSI.3 Early Americans Unit Review
Total questions: 45
Worksheet time: 33mins
The study of past cultures and human behavior through studying evidence left behind by people of the past is called ___.
sociology
anthropology
paleontology
archaeology
A person who studies human behavior and culture through the recovery and analysis of artifacts is called a(n) ___.
scientist
archaeologist
paleontologist
botanist
Something made by humans (often a primitive tool, structure, or part of a functional item) is called a(n) ___.
artifact
human resource
natural resource
specimen
Scientists are not in agreement about how and when people entered ___.
the United States
North America
the earth
the Western Hemisphere
Cactus Hill
Cactus Hill is located in ___ Virginia
Southern
Southwestern
Southeastern
Eastern
Western
Cactus Hill is located along the ___ River.
Nile
Nottoway
Mississippi
Ohio
Missouri
SELECT ALL THE ANSWERS THAT APPLY
Why is the discovery at Cactus Hill significant (important)?
Evidence that humans lived at Cactus Hill as early as 18,000 years ago makes it one of the oldest sites in North America
It proves that humans were in the Western Hemisphere longer than scientists originally believed.
Artifacts found there finally got scientists to agree on how and when people came to the Western Hemisphere.
Cactus hill provided no new evidence, proving once and for all that the original theory about humans in North America is correct.
Evidence found a Cactus Hill is ___ years old.
1,500 - 1,800
over a million
1,000
15,000 - 18,000
Archaeologists study ___ through the recovery and analysis of artifacts.
science
human behavior and culture
dinosaurs
technology advancements
Where do American Indians live today?
nowhere, they are extinct
in their homelands and many other areas of North America
in the desert areas of North America
in the upper regions of Canada
___ inhabited present-day Alaska and northern Canada.
Inuit
Iroquois
Kwakiutl
Lakota
Pueblo
___ inhabited the Pacific Northwest Coast.
Inuit
Iroquois
Kwakiutl
Lakota
Pueblo
The ___ people inhabited the interior of the United States, the Great Plains.
Inuit
Iroquois
Kwakiutl
Lakota
Pueblo
The ___ tribe inhabited the Southwest, in what is now New Mexico and Arizona.
Inuit
Iroquois
Kwakiutl
Lakota
Pueblo
The homeland of the ___ tribe is in northeast North America in an area known as the Eastern Woodlands.
Inuit
Iroquois
Kwakiutl
Lakota
Pueblo
The ___ lived in an area characterized by dry grassland.
Inuit
Iroquois
Kwakiutl
Lakota
Pueblo
The ___ lived in desert areas bordering cliffs and mountains.
Inuit
Iroquois
Kwakiutl
Lakota
Pueblo
The ___ lived in arctic areas where the temperature is below freezing much of the year.
Inuit
Iroquois
Kwakiutl
Lakota
Pueblo
The ___ lived in rainy and mild climate.
Inuit
Iroquois
Kwakiutl
Lakota
Pueblo
The area the ___ lived in was heavily forested.
Inuit
Iroquois
Lakota
Pueblo
Which tribe lived in the area shaded in grey on the map?
Inuit
Iroquois
Kwakiutl
Lakota
Pueblo
Which tribe lived in the area shaded in grey on the map?
Inuit
Iroquois
Kwakiutl
Lakota
Pueblo
Which tribe lived in the area shaded in grey on the map?
Inuit
Iroquois
Kwakiutl
Lakota
Pueblo
Which tribe lived in the area shaded in grey on the map?
Inuit
Iroquois
Kwakiutl
Lakota
Pueblo
Which tribe lived in the area shaded in grey on the map?
Inuit
Iroquois
Kwakiutl
Lakota
Pueblo
A ___ resource is one that can be found directly from nature.
natural
human
capital
environmental
People working to produce goods and services are ___
human resources
Indians
capital resources
employers
Goods produced and used to make other goods and services are ___.
natural resources
human resources
capital resources
tools
Which of the following is NOT a way Native Americans got food?
fished
hunted
grew and/or harvested crops
shopped
Native Americans made clothing from ___.
animal skins and dirt
plants and animal skins
plants and insects
sewing machines
All of the following are resources Native Americans would have used to build their homes EXCEPT ___.
wood
sod (dirt/clay)
animal skins
metal
Which of the following is a human resource?
spear
hunter
fire
deer
Which of the following is a capital resource?
fish
basket weaver
canoe
corn
Which of the following is a natural resource?
beads
kayak
bow and arrow
rabbit
Which of the following is a natural resource?
buffalo
fisherman
sled
ax
Which of the following is a human resource?
whale hunter
buffalo
basket
beans
Which of the following is a capital resource?
totem pole
buffalo
chief
squash
The picture shows examples of ____.
capital resources
human resources
natural resources
The picture shows examples of ____.
capital resources
human resources
natural resources
The picture shows examples of ____.
capital resources
human resources
natural resources
Based on the image which tribe would have lived here?
Iroquois
Lakota
Inuit
Pueblo
Based on the image which tribe would have lived here?
Kwakiutl
Pueblo
Lakota
Inuit
Based on the image which tribe would have lived here?
Iroquois
Lakota
Kwakiutl
Pueblo
Based on the image which tribe would have lived here?
Iroquois
Pueblo
Inuit
Lakota
Based on the image which tribe would have lived here?
Iroquois
Lakota
Inuit
Kwakiutl
