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Soc. Stud. Ch 1 The First Americans

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is culture?

a)

A group of people who make laws.

b)

Family members who lived before me

c)

An organized society.

d)

The way of life shared by a group of people which contains their art, language, ideas beliefs, and history.

2.

What is economy?

a)

A system that brings water to crops

b)

Shared beliefs of a group of people

c)

A system a group makes to trade and use goods (useful things)

d)

An igloo where the Inuit people live

3.

What region had American Indians whose leaders wore war bonnets?

a)

Great Plains

b)

Pacific Northwest

c)

Inuit of the far North

d)

the Southwest

4.

The Inuit lived by the ______.

a)

rivers (rios)

b)

desert (desierto)

c)

sea (mar)

d)

mountains (montanas)

5.

The First People moved _________ after crossing the land bridge. They needed a more mild climate.

a)

N - North (norte)

b)

S - South (sur)

c)

E - East (este)

d)

W - West (oeste)

6.

American Indians changed the land they lived on by clearing the land of trees, and ____________ to water crops.

a)

building houses

b)

making totem poles

c)

digging canals

d)

digging lakes

7.

The Inuit people lived in houses called ________. They hunted whales and seals and lived by the sea.

a)

teepees

b)

cliff houses

c)

igloos

d)

classrooms

8.

The people of the Southwest lived in cliff houses and used _______ to water crops.

a)

igloo

b)

teepee

c)

bison

d)

canals

9.

The people of the Great Plains lived in teepees and traveled to hunt _________.

a)

whales

b)

seals

c)

bison

d)

tomatoes

10.

American Indian women had jobs including- _________.

a)

hunting

b)

keeping the community safe

c)

making weapons

d)

planting and caring for crops

11.

American Indian men had jobs including- ___________.

a)

Taking care of the babies

b)

Planting crops

c)

hunting and keeping the community safe

d)

Making food and clothes

12.

In some American Indian governments women had the power to ___________.

a)

choose and remove leaders

b)

choose but not remove leaders

c)

remove leaders but not choose them

d)

vote

13.

American Indians who had extra animal fur could use them to ________.

a)

trade for other useful goods

b)

worship them and ask for protection

c)

eat

d)

write on

14.

The top leader of American Indian government is the ___________.

a)

council

b)

group

c)

president

d)

chief

15.

The Inuit people hunted _________ or food.

a)

whales and seals

b)

bison and wheat

c)

beaver and deer

d)

lions and tigers

16.

The Southwest Indians used canals to water and grow ____, _____, and _____ for food.

a)

squash, beans, and corn (maiz, frijoles, y calabaza)

b)

wheat, trees, and cotton (trigo, arboles, y algodon)

c)

fur, beads, and bison (piel, cuentas, y bisonte)

17.

What color area do the Pawnee people live?

a)

red

b)

orange

c)

yellow

d)

green