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WorksheetsThe First Americans
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 2hrs 40mins
Who were the First Americans?
Christopher Columbus
LIef Erikson
Hunters-Gatherers
4th grade students from Clinton, SC
The First Americans were from Europe and Asia, what is another name for this area?
Asia-Euro
Eurasia
Asia rope
America
Approximately how many years ago did the hunter-gatherers land in America?
4o years ago
400 years ago
4,000 years ago
40,000 years ago
There were 2 ways that they could get to the land of North America?
boat & Bering Strait Land Bridge
boat & swam across the ocean
boat & ride on back of whooly mammoth
They had NO way to get to the land.
What's the Bering Strait?
the waterway between Asia and Europe
the waterway between Asia and Australia
the waterway between Asia and North America
the waterway between South Carolina and Georgia
What's the name of this time period when the hunter-gathers traveled from Eurasia to America?
Rain Age
Sleet Age
Ice Age
Old Age
What do WE now call the First Americans?
Americinos
Native Americans
Europeans
Indians
What is an ENVIRONMENT?
The setting or surroundings in which a person, animals, and plants live.
They can be bodies of water such as ponds, swamps, lakes, and oceans.
Pieces of land such as desert, plains, mountains, and the forest.
ALL of the above
If they lived in the plains, why would they depend on the bison so much?
They would hunt them for food.
They would use the skins for clothing and to cover their tepees.
They would use the bones for weapons and tools.
ALL of the above
These are sets of beliefs and a special way of life to a certain group.
agriculture
civilization
culture
migrate
Which word means to change to survive in the conditions of the environment.
nomads
economy
adapt
government
What word is a system for making rules and decisions to help guide the group?
government
economy
league
irrigation
These are found in NATURE and are NOT manmade.
plains
natural resources
shelters
economy
3 of these are NATURAL RESOURCES. Choose the one that is NOT a natural resource.
water
coal
metal pole
wood
The Native Americans would trade with other tribes. This is system that the group makes, shares, and uses their goods. What is this system called?
adapt
natural resource
government
economy
The Native Americans had to______________ to their new living environment. What word means "to change"?
adapt
live
survivie
economy
These are family members that have died and who lived in the the past. They are a part of the family's history.
league
culture
ancestor
natural resource
All of these different Native American tribes have different cultures, which are the way of life for a group of people. Which ONE describes culture/
Ways of making a living
beliefs
government
Art
ALL of the above
The women, men, and children all had jobs. Who cleaned the fish and butchered the meat from the dead animals after they hunted?
women
men
children
ALL of them
Who traded with other tribes (buying and selling goods) AND protected the community when others fought for their land?
women
men
children
ALL of them
