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WorksheetsCh. 8 Social Studies (5th Grade)
Total questions: 38
Worksheet time: 26mins
What is Chapter 8 all about?
The different landforms in South America.
Cultural groups of the Western Hemisphere
The Inca civilization
Anthropologists
When a person does not have a permanent home and travel from place to place, they are called (a) .
Which term is this?
"Social group of made up of families, clans, or generations that share the same customs, language, and beliefs."
Cultural group
Cultural area
Tribes
Nation
What term is this?
"Things that come directly from nature and are used to meet wants or to produce goods and services."
Anthropologists
Nation
Generalizations
Natural resources
What term is this?
"Region determined based on similar cultural characteristics of the people who live there."
Cultural area
Cultural group
Nation
Tribe
A community of people composed of one or more nationalities is called (a) .
What term is this?
"Characteristics that are most commonly found."
Cultural group
Generalizations
Nomadic
Tribes
What do anthropologists do?
Study plants
Study animals
Study human societies and cultures
Study the mind
What is another term for "American Indians"? (Hint: Pg. 97 in book)
(a)
What is a cultural group?
(a)
Where is the Arctic region located?
Near Antarctica
Near Iceland
Within the Arctic Circle, near northern Alaska, Canada, and Greenland
Near Australia
What is the climate like in the Arctic? What is the temperature all year round?
What did Arctic Indians use for clothes?
Plant fibers
Animal hides
Snow
Tree bark
What did the Arctic Indians use for shelter?
Twigs and trees
Animal hides
Plants
Igloos (blocks of snow)
Where is the Subarctic region located?
South of the Arctic region, present day Alaska & Canada
Australia
Near modern day Ohio and Pennsylvania
Near Europe
How did the Subarctic Indians get their food?
Fished for goldfish
Hunted and fished for elk, ducks, bears, and fish
Gathered nuts and berries
Plants
Where did the Subarctic Indians live?
Houses
Igloos
Teepees
Underneath trees
True or False: Winters are better in the Subarctic than in the Arctic.
What present day US states do the Eastern Woodlands Indians live in?
Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Maine are just a few.
Florida, Georgia, and the Carolinas
California, Nevada, and Utah
Canada
What types of crops did the Eastern Woodlands grow?
Fish
Watermelon and cantelope
Corn, squash, beans, and pumpkins
Deer
What type of shelters do the Eastern Woodlands Indians live in?
wigwam, longhouses
teepees, pithouses, and lean-tos
Igloos and tents
Wattle & daub
Looking at this map, what cultural group is this...
The Northeast
The Subarctic
The Plains
The Southeast
What types of shelters do the Southeast Indians live in? (Choose 2)
thatch roofs
wattle & daub
igloos
wigwam
What type of material do Southeast Indians make their clothes out of?
Platypus skin
Bear skin
Deer skin
Fish gills
What type of shelters do the Plains Indians live in?
Tepees
Wigwams
Longhouses
Lean-tos
What natural features are found in The Plains?
Near the ocean, many rivers
Mountain ranges
Grasslands, Rocky Mountains, and Few trees
Forests, swamps
What cultural group is shown in the picture?
Eastern Woodlands
The Subarctic
The Plains
The Southeast
What is the climate like in the Northwest Coast region?
rainy and mild
hot and humid
freezing cold and snow
hot and desert-like
What did the Northwest Indians use to make canoes?
Animal hides
Nuts and berries
Plant and animal resources
Salmon
What present day US states is the Northwest region located in?
Canada
Washington & Oregon
Florida
California
What food did the Northwest Indians eat? (Select 2)
Salmon they had fished
Bark from trees
Polar bears they hunted
Roots and berries they gathered
What type of climate is found in the Great Basin region?
Hot and humid
Hot, dry summers and cold, snowy winters
Hot and dry at all times
Freezing cold at all times
What natural features are found in the Great Basin region?
Grasslands
Deserts
high mountains, arid plains, deep canyons, and large lakes
Little hills
For the Great Basin cultural area, what event happened LAST?
Europeans bring horses to America.
All Great Basin Indians hunt on foot.
Great Basin Indian culture begins to differ dramatically between tribes.
Some Great Basin Indians start riding horses to hunt buffalo herds.
In what shelter did the Great Basin Indians live?
Mostly nomadic, and sometimes living in brush shelters
Igloos
Wigwams
Wattle & daub
What did the California Indians use for clothing?
pineapples
salmon
deer hides
animal skins and plant fibers
What mountain range was directly east of the California region?
(a)
True or False: The California cultural groups ate waterfowl, shellfish, deer, elk and antelope.
