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1.1 Quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 5hrs 31mins

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Class
Date
1.

Many of the first Americans may have crossed over to North America from Asia on what is today the

a)

Beringia

b)

Bering Strait

c)

North America

d)

South America

2.

The Bering Strait was a dry land bridge that people today call

a)

Peninsula

b)

Bering Strait

c)

Beringia

d)

United States

3.

Hunter Gatherers were

a)

people who sit at home

b)

people who stay in one place and farm

c)

people who play PS5

d)

people who roam from place to place in search of food

4.

Geography and climate influenced

a)

the weather

b)

the land

c)

the way people live

d)

the schools people went to

5.

Native American groups who lived in dry hot areas used ________________ to bring water to crops

a)

their moms

b)

nomads

c)

irrigation

d)

agriculture

6.

Groups in the Southwest and east of the Mississippi built permanent settlements near

a)

the mountains

b)

the forest

c)

mounds

d)

water

7.

Groups in the Pacific Northwest

a)

used irrigation for their crops

b)

used the region's oceans and rivers to catch fish

c)

went to Walmart to buy their food

d)

were hunter gatherers

8.

The plains natives were nomads. They depended on the ____________ as their main source of food.

a)

fish

b)

deer

c)

buffalo

d)

birds

9.

Civilizations are

a)

cities and towns

b)

groups of people practicing agriculture

c)

groups of nomads

d)

organized systems of government, religion, and learning

10.

Nomadic people

a)

hunted and gathered

b)

had limited agriculture

c)

limited fishing

d)

all of the above

11.

Stationary people

a)

all of the above

b)

used agriculture

c)

limited hunting and gathering

d)

used irrigation

12.

Which group invented a writing system?

a)

Maya

b)

Inuit

c)

Pueblo

d)

Aztec

13.

How did the Aztec modify their environment to survive?

a)

They made dwellings out of cliffs to stay cool

b)

they made homes out of blocks of snow

c)

they built "floating gardens" to grow their crops

d)

they used trees and earth to build mounds

14.

How did the Inuit use their environment to survive?

a)

They relied on the sea for whales, seals, and other sea life

b)

they built mounds out of trees and earth

c)

they created "floating gardens" for their crops

d)

they build cliff dwellings to stay cool

15.

What did the Mound Builders use their mounds for?

a)

homes

b)

religious ceremonies or graves

c)

markets

d)

places to hunt

16.

The Puebloans ___________

a)

built homes inside of cliffs to stay cool

b)

used irrigation to to water their crops

c)

built mounds for religious ceremonies or graves

d)

created an advanced system for math

17.

Wherever agriculture developed it helped feed more people and populations began to grow. This created something called

a)

nomads

b)

technology

c)

civilizations

d)

irrigation

18.

People in the woodlands

a)

used the ocean

b)

used forests for food and shelter

c)

used irrigation for their crops

d)

fished in nearby rivers

19.

The first Americans headed _____________ from the Bering Strait

a)

north

b)

east

c)

south

d)

west

20.

The first Americans think people crossed Beringia

a)

to avoid bad weather

b)

going to a concert

c)

making new homes

d)

tracking animals to hunt