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Chapter 1, Lesson 1 Review: Ancient American Civilizations
Chapter 1, Lesson 1 Review: Ancient American Civilizations
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5th Grade, Pearson, My World Social Studies, Texas
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How did they adapt to their environment: Mound Builders
developed kayaks for hunting in icy water
learned to farm in a dry climate
built huge earthen structures
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Which of the following best describes how humans came to live all across North America?
Hunter-gatherers followed wild animals across the continent
Farming communities started in the far North and expanded.
Settlers arrived from both Asia and Europe and moved inland from both sides
Small bands of people from S America slowly migrated northward
3
Which of the following was an achievement of the Mayan civilization?
They conquered the Aztecs.
They charted the movement of the sun, moon, and stars.
They built irrigation systems that brought water to fields.
They built the city of Tenochtitlan.
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How did they adapt to their environment: Ancient Puebloans
learned to farm in a dry climate
developed kayaks for hunting in icy water
built huge earthen structures
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About 10,000 years ago, people took a major step that allowed them to live in larger, permanent settlements. What step?
They developed the spear.
They invented the wheel.
They developed language.
They began to practice agriculture.
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The people who first came to the Americas hunted wild animals & plants for food. These activities are an examples of?
settling in places with few geographical challenges
developing a system of agriculture
adapting to the land where they lived
adopting the culture of a place
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How did they adapt to their environment: Inuits
developed kayaks for hunting in icy water
built huge earthen structures
learned to farm in a dry climate
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People who settled in different parts of N & S America developed different cultures as they adapted to local conditions.
False
True
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Which early North American culture adapted to their environment by building dwellings under the shelter of cliffs?
The Inuit
The Mayas
The Mound Builders
The Ancient Puebloans
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Which of the following is an example of how geographic features influenced the settlement pattern of early peoples?
A Tlingit story says people in the Pacific NW were created by Raven
The earliest people in the Americas were hunters who came via a land bridge
The boats that carried early people to N and S America were made of wood
4,000 years ago, the Mayas settled in what we now call Central America
