WorksheetsEarly Human Migration and the Bering Land Bridge
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
What is a culture?
A group’s set of common values and traditions.
A type of animal found in the wild.
A kind of food eaten by early people.
A tool used for hunting.
How did the environment change during the last Ice Age?
Large amounts of water froze, forming glaciers and lowering sea levels.
The weather became much warmer.
Forests covered all of North America.
Rivers dried up completely.
Why was the Bering Land Bridge important for early migrations?
It allowed people to cross from Asia to North America.
It was a place where people built their first cities.
It was used for farming and growing crops.
It was a source of gold and silver.
What did hunter-gatherers do to survive?
They hunted animals and gathered wild plants for food.
They built large farms and grew crops.
They traded with people in Europe.
They lived only in one place and did not move.
How did the formation of glaciers during the Ice Age allow for migration to North America?
Glaciers caused sea levels to drop, exposing the Bering Land Bridge.
Glaciers made it too cold for people to travel.
Glaciers blocked all possible migration routes.
Glaciers created new rivers for travel.
Which civilization developed the earliest known civilization in Mesoamerica?
Olmec
Maya
Aztec
Inca
Which civilization migrated to south and central Mexico in the mid-1100s?
Aztec
Maya
Olmec
Inca
In what year was Tenochtitlán founded?
1325
1200 BC
900s
1400s
By the mid-1400s, which civilization had expanded to include much of the western coast of South America?
Inca
Aztec
Maya
Olmec
What evidence do we have that cultures existed in Mesoamerica before the Aztecs?
The Olmec and Maya civilizations existed before the Aztecs
The Inca built roads
The Aztecs built Tenochtitlán
The Maya built canals
What was the greatest city in the Americas during the height of the Aztec culture?
Tenochtitlán
Cuzco
Chichen Itza
La Venta
What term describes people who lived by hunting animals and gathering wild plants?
Paleo-Indians
Hunter-gatherers
Migration
Environment
Which word from the word bank means the climate and landscape that surround living things?
Environment
Migration
Culture
Paleo-Indians
Which of the following is NOT a correct match?
Migration – movement of people or animals
Culture – set of common values and traditions
Environment – strip of land connecting continents
Hunter-gatherers – people who hunt and gather wild plants
How did the environment affect the lives of Paleo-Indians?
It made them build large cities.
It influenced them to become hunter-gatherers.
It forced them to stay in one place.
It made them farmers.
