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USI.3 Early Americans Unit Review

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 33mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The study of past cultures and human behavior through studying evidence left behind by people of the past is called ___.

a)

sociology

b)

anthropology

c)

paleontology

d)

archaeology

2.

A person who studies human behavior and culture through the recovery and analysis of artifacts is called a(n) ___.

a)

scientist

b)

archaeologist

c)

paleontologist

d)

botanist

3.

Something made by humans (often a primitive tool, structure, or part of a functional item) is called a(n) ___.

a)

artifact

b)

human resource

c)

natural resource

d)

specimen

4.

Scientists are not in agreement about how and when people entered ___.

a)

the United States

b)

North America

c)

the earth

d)

the Western Hemisphere

e)

Cactus Hill

5.

Cactus Hill is located in ___ Virginia

a)

Southern

b)

Southwestern

c)

Southeastern

d)

Eastern

e)

Western

6.

Cactus Hill is located along the ___ River.

a)

Nile

b)

Nottoway

c)

Mississippi

d)

Ohio

e)

Missouri

7.

SELECT ALL THE ANSWERS THAT APPLY

Why is the discovery at Cactus Hill significant (important)?

a)

Evidence that humans lived at Cactus Hill as early as 18,000 years ago makes it one of the oldest sites in North America

b)

It proves that humans were in the Western Hemisphere longer than scientists originally believed.

c)

Artifacts found there finally got scientists to agree on how and when people came to the Western Hemisphere.

d)

Cactus hill provided no new evidence, proving once and for all that the original theory about humans in North America is correct.

8.

Evidence found a Cactus Hill is ___ years old.

a)

1,500 - 1,800

b)

over a million

c)

1,000

d)

15,000 - 18,000

9.

Archaeologists study ___ through the recovery and analysis of artifacts.

a)

science

b)

human behavior and culture

c)

dinosaurs

d)

technology advancements

10.

Where do American Indians live today?

a)

nowhere, they are extinct

b)

in their homelands and many other areas of North America

c)

in the desert areas of North America

d)

in the upper regions of Canada

11.

___ inhabited present-day Alaska and northern Canada.

a)

Inuit

b)

Iroquois

c)

Kwakiutl

d)

Lakota

e)

Pueblo

12.

___ inhabited the Pacific Northwest Coast.

a)

Inuit

b)

Iroquois

c)

Kwakiutl

d)

Lakota

e)

Pueblo

13.

The ___ people inhabited the interior of the United States, the Great Plains.

a)

Inuit

b)

Iroquois

c)

Kwakiutl

d)

Lakota

e)

Pueblo

14.

The ___ tribe inhabited the Southwest, in what is now New Mexico and Arizona.

a)

Inuit

b)

Iroquois

c)

Kwakiutl

d)

Lakota

e)

Pueblo

15.

The homeland of the ___ tribe is in northeast North America in an area known as the Eastern Woodlands.

a)

Inuit

b)

Iroquois

c)

Kwakiutl

d)

Lakota

e)

Pueblo

16.

The ___ lived in an area characterized by dry grassland.

a)

Inuit

b)

Iroquois

c)

Kwakiutl

d)

Lakota

e)

Pueblo

17.

The ___ lived in desert areas bordering cliffs and mountains.

a)

Inuit

b)

Iroquois

c)

Kwakiutl

d)

Lakota

e)

Pueblo

18.

The ___ lived in arctic areas where the temperature is below freezing much of the year.

a)

Inuit

b)

Iroquois

c)

Kwakiutl

d)

Lakota

e)

Pueblo

19.

The ___ lived in rainy and mild climate.

a)

Inuit

b)

Iroquois

c)

Kwakiutl

d)

Lakota

e)

Pueblo

20.

The area the ___ lived in was heavily forested.

a)

Inuit

b)

Iroquois

c)

Lakota

d)

Pueblo

21.

Which tribe lived in the area shaded in grey on the map?

a)

Inuit

b)

Iroquois

c)

Kwakiutl

d)

Lakota

e)

Pueblo

22.

Which tribe lived in the area shaded in grey on the map?

a)

Inuit

b)

Iroquois

c)

Kwakiutl

d)

Lakota

e)

Pueblo

23.

Which tribe lived in the area shaded in grey on the map?

a)

Inuit

b)

Iroquois

c)

Kwakiutl

d)

Lakota

e)

Pueblo

24.

Which tribe lived in the area shaded in grey on the map?

a)

Inuit

b)

Iroquois

c)

Kwakiutl

d)

Lakota

e)

Pueblo

25.

Which tribe lived in the area shaded in grey on the map?

a)

Inuit

b)

Iroquois

c)

Kwakiutl

d)

Lakota

e)

Pueblo

26.

A ___ resource is one that can be found directly from nature.

a)

natural

b)

human

c)

capital

d)

environmental

27.

People working to produce goods and services are ___

a)

human resources

b)

Indians

c)

capital resources

d)

employers

28.

Goods produced and used to make other goods and services are ___.

a)

natural resources

b)

human resources

c)

capital resources

d)

tools

29.

Which of the following is NOT a way Native Americans got food?

a)

fished

b)

hunted

c)

grew and/or harvested crops

d)

shopped

30.

Native Americans made clothing from ___.

a)

animal skins and dirt

b)

plants and animal skins

c)

plants and insects

d)

sewing machines

31.

All of the following are resources Native Americans would have used to build their homes EXCEPT ___.

a)

wood

b)

sod (dirt/clay)

c)

animal skins

d)

metal

32.

Which of the following is a human resource?

a)

spear

b)

hunter

c)

fire

d)

deer

33.

Which of the following is a capital resource?

a)

fish

b)

basket weaver

c)

canoe

d)

corn

34.

Which of the following is a natural resource?

a)

beads

b)

kayak

c)

bow and arrow

d)

rabbit

35.

Which of the following is a natural resource?

a)

buffalo

b)

fisherman

c)

sled

d)

ax

36.

Which of the following is a human resource?

a)

whale hunter

b)

buffalo

c)

basket

d)

beans

37.

Which of the following is a capital resource?

a)

totem pole

b)

buffalo

c)

chief

d)

squash

38.

The picture shows examples of ____.

a)

capital resources

b)

human resources

c)

natural resources

39.

The picture shows examples of ____.

a)

capital resources

b)

human resources

c)

natural resources

40.

The picture shows examples of ____.

a)

capital resources

b)

human resources

c)

natural resources

41.

Based on the image which tribe would have lived here?

a)

Iroquois

b)

Lakota

c)

Inuit

d)

Pueblo

42.

Based on the image which tribe would have lived here?

a)

Kwakiutl

b)

Pueblo

c)

Lakota

d)

Inuit

43.

Based on the image which tribe would have lived here?

a)

Iroquois

b)

Lakota

c)

Kwakiutl

d)

Pueblo

44.

Based on the image which tribe would have lived here?

a)

Iroquois

b)

Pueblo

c)

Inuit

d)

Lakota

45.

Based on the image which tribe would have lived here?

a)

Iroquois

b)

Lakota

c)

Inuit

d)

Kwakiutl