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Early Americans

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The land bridge that many crossed from Asia to Alaska
a)
The Golden Gate
b)
Isthmus
c)
Beringia
d)
The Brooklyn Bridge
2.
One of the crops that were domesticated, along beans, and squash, was _________.
a)
beets/maize
b)
corn/maize
c)
tomatoes/maize
d)
peppers/maize
3.

the tools, weapons, and art work of early people are called

a)

archeology

b)

nomad

c)

carbon dating

d)

artifacts

4.

people who move from place to place in search of hunting grounds or food sources are called...

a)

mastodons

b)

nomads

c)

cultures

d)

nemads

5.
Way of living of a group of people (including language and beliefs
a)
culture
b)
government
c)
nomadic
d)
artifact
6.
An area of the world where the people develop similar ways of life, or cultures
a)
cultural region
b)
artifact
c)
gorge
d)
mesa
7.
What is a pueblo?
a)
a hill with a flat top and steep sides
b)
a basket woven from colorful plants
c)
an apartment building made of stone and adobe
d)
a ceremony at which a teen becomes an adult
8.
Lived in adobe homes.
a)
Southeast
b)
Southwest
c)
NW Pacific
d)
NE Woodlands
9.
Buffalo found in this region.
a)
NE Woodlands
b)
Southeast
c)
Southwest
d)
Plains
10.

Large log houses, thick forests, and seal harpoons are traits from what cultural region?

a)

Eastern Woodlands

b)

Plateau

c)

Southeast

d)

Northwest Coast

11.

Swamps, towns built around mounds, and a food source that consisted of turkey are traits of which cultural region?

a)

California

b)

Southeast

c)

Great Basin

d)

Northwest Cost

12.

Partly underground homes, digging sticks and a mixture of mountain and grasslands are traits from what cultural region?

a)

Plateau

b)

Southwest

c)

Great Basin

d)

Southeast

13.

Cone-shaped homes, antler tools, and coastal foothills and deserts are traits from what cultural region?

a)

Great Plains

b)

Northwest Coast

c)

California

d)

Eastern Woodlands

14.

Longhouses, corn scrapers and grinders, and a steady amount of forests, lakes and streams are traits from what cultural region?

a)

Eastern Woodlands

b)

California

c)

Southeast

d)

Southwest

15.

Treeless grasslands, bows and arrows, and basically everything made out of buffalo are traits from what cultural region?

a)

Plateau

b)

Great Basin

c)

Great Plains

d)

California

16.

Flat-topped mesas, apartment-like houses made from adobe bricks and food sources that consisted of corn, beans and rabbits are characteristics of what cultural region?

a)

Southeast

b)

California

c)

Southwest

d)

Great Basin

17.

Deserts, grasslands, temporary shelters and decoys to attract ducks are characteristics of what cultural region?

a)

Northwest Coast

b)

Plateau

c)

Eastern Woodlands

d)

Great Basin