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SS Chapter 1 Test Review

Total questions: 32

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the definition of culture?

a)

an organized and advanced society

b)

a group of relatives who lived in the past

c)

the way people make rules and decisions

d)

the way of life shared by a group of people

2.

What is an economy?

a)

a system a group uses to make and exchange goods

b)

a system a group creates to make rules and decisions

c)

a traded good that is a raw material and not manufactured

d)

a trade agreement between groups in a league or nation

3.

Which American Indian group would wear fancy headdresses made from feathers?

a)

Inuit

b)

Puebloan

c)

Great Plains

d)

Pacific Northwest

4.

The Inuit lived in a ___________ climate by ___________.

a)

hot, the sea

b)

cold, rivers

c)

cold, the sea

d)

hot, the desert

5.

The Mound Builders lived in a __________ climate by _______.

a)

mild, rivers

b)

hot, the sea

c)

hot, cold

d)

mild, the sea

6.

Which action is the clearest example of an American Indian group changing its environment?

a)

sailing across the Pacific Ocean

b)

making peace with a warring group

c)

digging canals to transport water to crops

d)

migrating across a temporary land bridge

7.

Look at the picture of the shelter to determine which cultural group is being described. Then pick out a characteristic that describes this same group.

a)

used kayaks

b)

ate corn and beans

c)

hunted buffalo

d)

used irrigation

8.

Look at the picture of the shelter to determine which cultural group is being described. Then pick out a characteristic that describes this same group.

a)

nomadic

b)

ate corn and beans

c)

hunted whales

d)

used irrigation

9.

Look at the picture of the shelter to determine which cultural group is being described. Then pick out a characteristic that describes this same group.

a)

nomadic

b)

ate corn and beans

c)

hunted whales

d)

used kayaks

10.

Look at the picture of the shelter to determine which cultural group is being described. Then pick out a characteristic that describes this same group.

a)

nomadic

b)

hunted buffalo

c)

hunted whales

d)

used irrigation

11.

Look at the picture of the shelter to determine which cultural group is being described. Then pick out a characteristic that describes this same group.

a)

nomadic

b)

used kayaks

c)

hunted whales

d)

used irrigation

12.

Look at the picture of the shelter to determine which cultural group is being described. Then pick out a characteristic that describes this same group.

a)

ate corn and beans

b)

used kayaks

c)

hunted buffalo

d)

used irrigation

13.

Does group 1 describe nomadic people or stationary people?

a)

Nomadic

b)

Stationary

c)

Neither

d)

All the Above

14.

Does group 2 describe nomadic people or stationary people?

a)

Nomadic

b)

Stationary

c)

Neither

d)

All the Above

15.

Which statement about the migration of people in North America is mostly widely accepted?

a)

The first Americans arrived by boat when frozen seas melted due to climate

b)

The first Americans were able to travel over a land bridge due to climate

c)

The first Americans started growing good when the climate changed 15,000 years ago.

d)

The first Americans started hunting and gathering when the climate changed 10,00 years ago.

16.

Why were there so many cultural differences between early American Indian groups?

a)

They didn't like each other so they wanted to be different.

b)

They lived in different environments which caused them to develop different cultures.

c)

There were no cultural differences. Everyone is exactly the same.

d)

I have no clue. Why are you asking me this?

17.

Which customs of American Indian living does this art show?

a)

Women made decisions about meals but were separated from family units

b)

Women were the center of the family, and the oldest women made decision.

c)

Age determined roles, which were passed down from one generation to the next.

d)

Gender determined roles, which were passed down from one generation to the next.

18.

Hunting was a man's responsibility.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

planting crops was a man's responsibility.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

gathering water was a man's responsibility.

a)

True

b)

False

21.

keeping the camp safe was a man's responsibility.

a)

True

b)

False

22.

clearing land for crops was a man's responsibility.

a)

True

b)

False

23.

preparing and storing food was a man's responsibility.

a)

True

b)

False

24.

How can a Woodland Indian group use this resource to grow their economy?

a)

They can use the bones and teeth to make weapons

b)

They can use the fur for clothing during colder months

c)

They can trade extra furs for resources from other places

d)

They can worship the spirit of the animal and give thanks for it.

25.

Which statement best supports the argument that women had a voice in some American Indian government?

a)

Women decided what meals to make and when to eat them.

b)

Women ruled their families and raised children until their teens.

c)

Women decided when to pack up their homes and migrate elsewhere.

d)

Women had power to choose or remove the men who sat on councils.

26.

Which belief best supports an American Indian's claim that it is necessary to pray for permission before a hunt?

a)

They believe their religion is important to their culture.

b)

They believe the animals have spirits of their own.

c)

They believe in passing traditions onto the children

d)

They believe in using as much of the animal as possible.

27.

Look at the Venn Diagram. Which answer completes the Venn Diagram to correctly compare past and present governments of the Pueblo people?

a)

The Pueblo were governed by a constitution

b)

A religious leader, the cacique, led the people.

c)

The Green Corn Ceremony celebrated the gods.

d)

A confederacy of groups formed the Navajo Nation.

28.

Which resources were used by the people who lived in these homes?

a)

fish and seal fur

b)

corn and fish

c)

seal fur and pottery

d)

corn and pottery

29.

Which resources were used by the people who lived here?

a)

fish and corn

b)

fish and pottery

c)

fish and seal fur

d)

corn and pottery

30.

The costumes in these pictures show the Aztecs believed in __________ and their prayers were ___________.

a)

government, performed

b)

ancestors, written

c)

animism, performed

d)

technology, offered by men

31.

Where did the Cahuilla group live?

a)

Woodlands

b)

Plains

c)

Pacific Northwest

d)

Desert Southwest

32.

How did the first Americans most likely come to North America?

a)

They migrated over time as individuals

b)

They migrated all at once as individuals

c)

They migrated over time in several large groups

d)

They migrated all at one in individual family units.