SS Chapter 1 - The First Americans

Question 1

The practice of bringing water to fields, usually by means of ditches and channels.

Accepted Answer

irrigation

Question 2

To change in order to live in a new place.

Accepted Answer

adapt

Question 3

Which of the following is about Native American councils?

Accepted Answer

councils made decisions

Question 4

Why did early Native Americans spread throughout North America?

Accepted Answer

to follow animal herds

Question 5

Who moved the houses?

Accepted Answer

women

Question 6

A person who travels from place to place in order to survive.

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nomad

Question 7

The system by which nations and other groups make laws and carry out the affairs of citizens.

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government

Question 8

A group of family members who lived in the past.

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ancestor

Question 9

A group made up of different nations that share the same goals.

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league

Question 10

How did Native Americans change their environment to improve their lives?

Accepted Answer

they burned shrubs to grow grasses

Question 11

Who lived in wigwams and longhouses?

Accepted Answer

Iroquois

Question 12

How did the Puebloans change their crop growing environment because of the little rainfall?

Accepted Answer

They dug irrigation canals to provide water

Question 13

Who learned traditions from storytellers?

Accepted Answer

children

Question 14

A system of beliefs and ways of living that are special to a certain group

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culture

Question 15

Who traveled from the village to go on trading missions?

Accepted Answer

men

Question 16

Who cleared the fields for planting?

Accepted Answer

men

Question 17

What is an example of Native American economy in ancient America?

Accepted Answer

the people used the bison

Question 18

A complex culture that has made advances in learning

Accepted Answer

civilization

Question 19

A decision-making body that makes decisions for the good of the group.

Accepted Answer

council

Question 20

Which tribe made houses from adobe?

Accepted Answer

Pueblo

Question 21

What was an achievement of the Mayan civilization?

Accepted Answer

they used the sun and moon to create a calendar

Question 22

Who built the large city of Tenochtitlan?

Accepted Answer

Aztecs

Question 23

A large animal that once roamed the Great Plains.

Accepted Answer

bison

Question 24

How do experts think the first people came to North America?

Accepted Answer

walking across a land bridge

Question 25

Who removed and replaced the council members?

Accepted Answer

women

Question 26

The system of growing crops for food.

Accepted Answer

agriculture

Question 27

Which of the following is NOT one of the earliest Native American groups?

Accepted Answer

Cherokee

Question 28

Who lived in teepees made of bison skin?

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Plains

Question 29

To move.

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migrate

Question 30

Who provided a special connection to the spirit world?

Accepted Answer

children

Question 31

Someone who hunts animals and collects wild plants for food.

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hunter-gatherer

Question 32

Who is know for building huge earthern structures?

Accepted Answer

Mound Builders

Question 33

Who protected the community when there was conflict over land?

Accepted Answer

men

Question 34

Which of the following is true about Native American religions?

Accepted Answer

they believed animals and the earth had spirits

Question 35

The system by which a group makes, uses, and shares or distributes goods and services.

Accepted Answer

economy

Question 36

Who was responsible for gathering and preparing food?

Accepted Answer

women

Question 37

Who butchered the bison and cleaned the fish?

Accepted Answer

women

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