WorksheetsSocial Studies Interim I
Total questions: 51
Worksheet time: 3615secs
A lifestyle where you move around a lot and do not settle in one place
Equator
Diplomacy
Nomadic
Empire
Having a lot of money or possessions
Wealth
Empire
Climate
Society
An extensive group of territories, states, or countries under a single supreme authority
Conquistadors
Government
Society
Empire
The weather conditions prevailing in an area in general or over a long period
Hot
Cold
Weather
Climate
The community of people living in a particular country or region and having shared customs, laws, and organizations
Society
Government
Citizens
Nomads
Originating or occurring naturally in a particular place; native
Conqueror
Citizen
Indigenous
American
Where were the Empires of Ghana, Mali, and Songhai located in Africa?
West Africa
North Africa
South Africa
Central Africa
What were the THREE Empires in Africa?
Songhai
Europe
Mali
Ghana
How did the Empires in Africa rise to power?
Taking over other countries in their area
Control of the trade of salt for gold
Their massive armies
By making treaties with other nations
In Africa in the 16th century they traded what TWO things?
Salt
Gold
Black Pepper
Artifacts
What was the greatest strength of the African Empires?
Their leadership
Their huge amounts of land
Their location (between the rainforest and desert)
Their massive armies
What TWO things led to the downfall of the African Empires?
Miscommunication and language barriers
Attacks by outsiders
Loss of control over trade
An increase in their wealth
What is true of ALL Native Americans across all cultural areas?
They lived in teepees
They spoke the same language
They relied on white tailed deer
They adapted to their climates and environments
An example of how Indigenous Americans interacted with their physical environment is:
Using their natural resources to build different kinds of shelters
Changing their method of communication
Having different cultural celebrations
Which Native American cultural area is area 4?
Northeast/Eastern Woodlands
Great Plains
Desert Southwest
Pacific Northwest Coast
Which Native American cultural area is area 3?
Northeast/Eastern Woodlands
Great Plains
Desert Southwest
Pacific Northwest Coast
Which Native American cultural area is area 2?
Northeast/Eastern Woodlands
Great Plains
Desert Southwest
Pacific Northwest Coast
Which Native American cultural area is area 1?
Northeast/Eastern Woodlands
Great Plains
Desert Southwest
Northwest Coast
What kind of shelters did the Native Americans in Area 1 live in?
Wigwams
Teepees
Adobe Shelters
Permanent Shelters/Longhouses
What kind of shelters did the Native Americans in Area 3 live in2
Wigwams
Teepees
Adobe Shelters
Permanent Shelters/Longhouses
What kind of shelters did the Native Americans in Area 3 live in?
Wigwams
Teepees
Adobe Shelters
Permanent Shelters/Longhouses
What kind of shelters did the Native Americans in Area 4 live in?
Wigwams
Teepees
Adobe Shelters
Permanent Shelters/Longhouses
How did Native Americans in the Desert Southwest water their crops?
(a)
Select the Artifact and the Cultural Area from which it came:
Wampum Belt
Headdress
Northeast/Eastern Woodlands
Great Plains
What was the purpose of Wampum Belts?
To be decorative
To represent peace treaties
To look cool
To represent the leader of the tribe
What was the purpose of the Iroquois Confederacy?
To represent Northeast/Eastern Woodlands Culture today
To lead all Native American tribes
To replace the Justice League
To be a government for the tribes in the Northeast/Eastern
Why were the tribes of the Great Plains nomadic?
They follows around the herds of Buffalo/Bison
They just loved to move around
They had to move new places to plant new crops
They had to move around to find new resources
Select the name of this artifact and the cultural area it came from?
Northeast/Eastern Woodlands
Pacific Northwest Coast
Totem Pole
Moccasins
How would a decrease in the population of buffalo have affected the Native Americans of the Plains?
Their society would have been better off
They would have had more food
They would not have been able to continue with their nomadic culture
Which TWO areas both had plenty of access to water and fish?
Eastern Woodlands
Plains
Desert Southwest
Northwest Coast
What was an important part of Eastern Woodlands culture?
Wealth
Cooperation
War
Buffalo
An agreement to work together by two or more groups of people
Alliance
Government
Region
Conquer
Working together towards a common goal
Nomadic
Conquer
Cooperation
Societies
To take control of an area
Moccasins
Wealth
Variety
Conquer
Which region is West Africa?
1
2
3
4
Where were the empires of Ghana, Mali, and Songhai located?
1
2
3
4
Region 1
North Africa
Central Africa
West Africa
South Africa
Region 2
North Africa
Central Africa
West Africa
South Africa
Region 3
North Africa
Central Africa
West Africa
South Africa
Region 4
North Africa
Central Africa
West Africa
South Africa
Select West Africa on the Map
Place the African Empires in TIMELINE order (which came first, second, and last?)
Ghana
Mali
Songhai
Select Central Africa on the Map
Select North Africa on the Map
Select East Africa on the Map
Select South Africa on the Map
Select the region that had the resource of salt.
Select the region that had the resource of gold.
The (a) region had the resource of (b) .
The (a) region had the resource of (b) .
Sort these topics into the categories of Eastern Woodlands, Plains, or BOTH.
Wigwams
Lots of Farming
Lots of wood from forests
Wampum
Settled
Hunting
Gathering
Adapted to their Environment
Teepees
Not as much farming
Nomadic
Buffalo
Headdresses
Horses
Wide open fields
Many lakes for fishing
