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WorksheetsThe First Americans
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Which of the following choices identifies the name of the first peoples of the Americas?
Native Americans
South Americans
Europeans
Australians
The theory that the first Americans came to North America by land over a path that connected Northeastern Asia with modern day Alaska.
Land Bridge Theory
Coastal Route Theory
Migration Theory
The Theory that the first Americans migrated to America by water, traveling in boats close to the land.
Land Bridge Theory
Coastal Route Theory
Migration Theory
Which theory of migration is best supported by the evidence below:
"At this point in history, it is believed that sea levels declined causing the exposure of dry land."
Land Bridge Theory
Coastal Route Theory
Which theory of migration is best supported by the evidence below:
"Those migrating primarily by canoe could have survived by fishing for food."
Land Bridge Theory
Coastal Route Theory
Which theory of migration is best supported by the evidence below:
"Scientists have recently found DNA evidence linking native populations living in Northeast Asia and Northwest North America with Natives that populated North and South America."
Land Bridge Theory
Coastal Route Theory
Which theory of migration is best supported by the evidence below:
"Researchers have not found evidence that Native Americans at this early time in history had the skills and tools needed to make boats."
Land Bridge Theory
Coastal Route Theory
Which theory of migration is best supported by the evidence below:
"Researchers have found hunting tools off the coast of Chile, South America that may predate those found near land bridge settlements."
Land Bridge Theory
Coastal Route Theory
Read the description below to determine if it is an example of an adaptation to or modification of the environment made by Native Americans:
"Native Americans learned to make hunting tools using the natural resources in the area."
Adaptation
Modification
Neither
Read the description below to determine if it is an example of an adaptation to or modification of the environment made by Native Americans:
"In warmer climates, Native Americans gathered wild plants and fruits for food."
Adaptation
Modification
None of the Above
Read the description below to determine if it is an example of an adaptation to or modification of the environment made by Native Americans:
"Natives in desert climates built irrigation ditches to bring water to dry fields."
Adaptation
Modification
None of the Above
Read the description below to determine if it is an example of an adaptation to or modification of the environment made by Native Americans:
"Native tribes in the woodlands set fires to clear heavy forest growth so berries could grow."
Adaptation
Modification
None of the Above
Read the description below to determine if it is an example of an adaptation to or modification of the environment made by Native Americans:
"In colder climates, Native Americans built homes of snow, ice, and animal skins to protect themselves from icy winds."
Adaptation
Modification
None of the Above
Read the description below to determine if it is an example of an adaptation to or modification of the environment made by Native Americans:
"Great Plains tribes set fires to grasslands to frighten buffalo into traps."
Adaptation
Modification
None of the Above
Select two statements that describe similarities shared by all Native American cultures.
Native American dwellings were made of the environments in which they lived.
Native Americans made more modifications than adaptations to their environment
Native Americans begin did not interact with people outside of their tribes
Native Americans felt a strong spiritual, or religious connection with their environments
