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The First Americans

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 2hrs 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who were the First Americans?

a)

Christopher Columbus

b)

LIef Erikson

c)

Hunters-Gatherers

d)

4th grade students from Clinton, SC

2.

The First Americans were from Europe and Asia, what is another name for this area?

a)

Asia-Euro

b)

Eurasia

c)

Asia rope

d)

America

3.

Approximately how many years ago did the hunter-gatherers land in America?

a)

4o years ago

b)

400 years ago

c)

4,000 years ago

d)

40,000 years ago

4.

There were 2 ways that they could get to the land of North America?

a)

boat & Bering Strait Land Bridge

b)

boat & swam across the ocean

c)

boat & ride on back of whooly mammoth

d)

They had NO way to get to the land.

5.

What's the Bering Strait?

a)

the waterway between Asia and Europe

b)

the waterway between Asia and Australia

c)

the waterway between Asia and North America

d)

the waterway between South Carolina and Georgia

6.

What's the name of this time period when the hunter-gathers traveled from Eurasia to America?

a)

Rain Age

b)

Sleet Age

c)

Ice Age

d)

Old Age

7.

What do WE now call the First Americans?

a)

Americinos

b)

Native Americans

c)

Europeans

d)

Indians

8.

What is an ENVIRONMENT?

a)

The setting or surroundings in which a person, animals, and plants live.

b)

They can be bodies of water such as ponds, swamps, lakes, and oceans.

c)

Pieces of land such as desert, plains, mountains, and the forest.

d)

ALL of the above

9.

If they lived in the plains, why would they depend on the bison so much?

a)

They would hunt them for food.

b)

They would use the skins for clothing and to cover their tepees.

c)

They would use the bones for weapons and tools.

d)

ALL of the above

10.

These are sets of beliefs and a special way of life to a certain group.

a)

agriculture

b)

civilization

c)

culture

d)

migrate

11.

Which word means to change to survive in the conditions of the environment.

a)

nomads

b)

economy

c)

adapt

d)

government

12.

What word is a system for making rules and decisions to help guide the group?

a)

government

b)

economy

c)

league

d)

irrigation

13.

These are found in NATURE and are NOT manmade.

a)

plains

b)

natural resources

c)

shelters

d)

economy

14.

3 of these are NATURAL RESOURCES. Choose the one that is NOT a natural resource.

a)

water

b)

coal

c)

metal pole

d)

wood

15.

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?

a)

adapt

b)

natural resource

c)

government

d)

economy

16.

The Native Americans had to______________ to their new living environment. What word means "to change"?

a)

adapt

b)

live

c)

survivie

d)

economy

17.

These are family members that have died and who lived in the the past. They are a part of the family's history.

a)

league

b)

culture

c)

ancestor

d)

natural resource

18.

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/

a)

Ways of making a living

b)

beliefs

c)

government

d)

Art

e)

ALL of the above

19.

The women, men, and children all had jobs. Who cleaned the fish and butchered the meat from the dead animals after they hunted?

a)

women

b)

men

c)

children

d)

ALL of them

20.

Who traded with other tribes (buying and selling goods) AND protected the community when others fought for their land?

a)

women

b)

men

c)

children

d)

ALL of them