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The Earliest Americans
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1
Why did the Plains Indians use every part of the buffalo they used shelters called tepees?
there was nothing else in the forest to make tool with.
they relied on the buffalo a most important resource.
big-game animals, such as buffalo, were scarce.
they were creating a surplus to prepare for annual drought.
2
A food _____________ meant survival for the Pueblo people during times of drought.
surplus
potlatches
travois
sod
3
Arctic Indians hunted and fished for food and built houses made of wood.
False
True
4
The Makahs
learned new ways of living from the Hopi Indians.
created a well-developed form of government before others.
were nomads who used shelters called tepees.
built dugouts to hunt whales.
5
The Olmec and Mayan civilizations
are known as the "mother civilizations."
developed calendars.
were both divided into social classes.
both began to develop around 500 BC in Canada.
6
Plains Indians used all the parts of the buffalo.
False
True
7
The Anasazi lived in pueblos in the southwestern United States.
True
False
8
Northwest Coast Indians hunted salmon, other fish, and whales.
True
False
9
On a timeline with years in BC, the longer ago the bigger the number.
False
True
10
Which of these events happened first?
The giant animals starved and gradually dies out.
The Ice Age ended causing the glaciers to melt.
Nomadic people began to settle in communities.
11
The Chinooks and other Northwest Coast Indians showed their wealth by holding __________.
tepee
surplus
potlatches
agriculture
12
Which of these early American civilizations lived in groups of houses called pueblos?
the Mound Builders
the Anasazi
the Olmec
the Maya
13
____ is grassy earth held together by roots, but into blocks or mats, and used to cover lodges.
sod
travios
agriculture
tepee
14
Ancient Indians gradually began to plant seeds and grow food crops, beginning the practice of
sod
origin story
potlatches
agriculture
15
The Navajos lived in dome-shaped shelters called hogans.
True
False
16
Inuit Indians lived in the Arctic region which was cold frozen land with few resources.
True
False
17
Who were the best-known traders among the Northwest Coast Indians?
the Pueblos Indians
the Chinooks
the Iroquois
the Sioux
18
What did the Algonquians and the Iroquois have in common?
They had month long ceremonies for the annual whale hunt.
They helped the Navajos adjust to desert life.
They built earthen mounds as burial and worship sites.
they were both from the Eastern Woodlands area
19
A(n) ______________ tell about the beginnings of Native American people.
surplus
origin story
potlatches
sod
20
Plains Indians did NOT in tepees made of wooden poles wrapped in buffalo hides.
False
True
21
Because the Olmecs remained in one place, they were considered nomads.
False
True
22
The land bridge theory suggests that
the first Americans traveled to the Americas in boats.
Native Americans have always lived in the Americas.
hunting groups traveled to North America across Beringia.
early people arrived up to one million years ago.
23
The dry, desert environment
required the Southwest Indians to adapt their way of life.
resulted in the need for extensive trading networks.
was home to the Eastern Woodland Indians.
led archaeologists to develop the land bridge theory.
24
What is a tepee?
a dwelling made from blocks of ice
a cone-shaped tent of wood pole covered with buffalo skin
an adobe house built on a mesa
a long, wooden building in which many Iroquois lived
25
A horizontal time line runs across the page, reading from left to right.
False
True
26
Northwest Coast Indians lived in shelters made of ice.
False
True
