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WorksheetsThe First Americans
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
According to evidence, how did the first people arrive in the Americas?
a)
they swam
b)
by boat
c)
the crossed the land bridge
d)
the first humans began in North America
2.
What was Beringia?
a)
A land bridge connecting Asia and North AMerica
b)
An early Native American tribe
c)
A glacier
d)
A chief
3.
To move from place to place to find food
a)
nomadic
b)
farming
c)
hunting
d)
sedentary
4.
Lifestyle that offered a stable source of food, which meant people did not have to move constantly
a)
nomadic
b)
farming
c)
hunting
d)
sedentary
5.
Capital Tenochtitlán was an important center of trade
a)
Maya
b)
Aztec
c)
Inca
d)
Olmec
6.
This culture used human sacrifice to please the gods
a)
Maya
b)
Aztec
c)
Inca
d)
Olmec
7.
This culture wrote in hieroglyphics
a)
Maya
b)
Aztec
c)
Inca
d)
Olmec
8.
This culture cut terraces into the mountain to farm
a)
Maya
b)
Aztec
c)
Inca
d)
Olmec
9.
In what area did Native Americans build mounds for burial chambers and other religious functions
a)
Central North America
b)
Southwest
c)
Four Corners
d)
Artic Ocean
10.
Large stone dwellings and homes built in the walls of steep cliffs
a)
Mounds
b)
Teepees
c)
Pueblos
d)
Pyramids
11.
Tribe that built igloos
a)
Navajo
b)
Hopi
c)
Inuit
d)
Adena
12.
In Eastern N. America, the Iroquois and Cherokee had formal codes of _________
a)
conduct
b)
morals
c)
law
d)
religion
13.
Had an empire built around war
a)
Aztec
b)
Maya
c)
Inca
d)
Iroquois
14.
People on the Plains mostly lived in
a)
Pueblos
b)
Long Houses
c)
Teepees
d)
Mounds
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