Chapter 1 Overview and vocabulary

Question 1

What is the name of the figures in the picture?

Accepted Answer

totem poles

Question 2

In "slash-and-burn" farming, they burned trees in the forest, and ash helped make the soil fertile.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 3

Early humans who hunted animals and gathered fruits and vegetable were called...

Accepted Answer

hunter-gatherers

Question 4

A potlatch was a ceremony Tlingit and Chinook families used for special occasions.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 5

This word for the landform shown here also means "table" in Spanish.

Accepted Answer

mesa

Question 6

Carved inscriptions of picture writing is known as...

Accepted Answer

Hieroglyphs

Question 7

How do historians believe the first people arrived in North America?

Accepted Answer

They walked across a land bridge from Asia to Alaska.

Question 8

Which step of farming is the harvest?

Accepted Answer

gathering the crops

Question 9

A physical map shows _____, which are natural features of Earth's surface.

Accepted Answer

landforms

Question 10

Which ancient civilization was Pacal the Great from?

Accepted Answer

Mayan

Question 11

This type of land is mainly made up of hills and flat, grassy stretches of land.

Accepted Answer

prairie

Question 12

Oral history refers to stories that are written down and kept in libraries.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 13

John Herrington was the first Native American to fly in outer space.

Accepted Answer

True

Questions 13