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1) How do scientists think people migrated from Asia to the Americas during the last Ice Age?
A
They traveled south from Canada.
B
They traveled across a land bridge.
C
They sailed to Mexico and then drifted north.
D
They sailed across a narrow strait.
2) Which of these characterizes an American Indian cultural region?
A
People share a similar language.
B
People come from the same family.
C
People migrated together.
D
People have the same leader.
3) Why did the first Americans migrate from Asia to the Americas?
A
to flee from hostile tribes
B
in search of a better climate
C
in search of food
D
to locate fertile farmland
4) Which of these describes how American Indians viewed their environment?
A
They believed they were the rulers of the region in which they lived.
B
They believed that the land should remain unchanged.
C
They believed they owned the land on which they lived.
D
They believed they were a part of a community of living things.
5) Which of these best explains why different cultural regions formed in North America?
A
Groups adapted to the environments in which they settled.
B
Groups needed to distinguish themselves from other groups.
C
Groups settled in the areas at various times.
D
Groups chose where they lived based on their special skills.
6) Which of these was most important to the survival of the American Indians?
A
warm and mild climate conditions
B
trade to meet their daily needs
C
land and home ownership
D
ability to use natural resources
7) How do historians learn how American Indians lived so long ago?
A
They speak to their families.
B
They study their artifacts.
C
They read their journals.
D
They live in their shelters.
8) How did the American Indians in the Southeast live?
A
They lived in underground pit houses beside major rivers.
B
They lived in wooden longhouses in the forest.
C
They lived in towns clustered around large earthen mounds.
D
They lived in adobe villages on top of flat mesas.
9) American Indians who lived on the Plains wore clothing made from animal hides. Which of these was an important economic activity in this region?
A
hunting
B
gathering
C
fishing
D
mining
10) Which of these describes one way American Indians adapted the environment to meet their needs?
A
Northwest Coast people ate fish.
B
Eastern Woodlands people burned trees to plant corn.
C
Great Plains people made clothing from animal hides.
D
Southwest people made many things with corn.
11) Which of these enabled American Indians to settle in permanent villages?
A
herding
B
trading
C
hunting
D
farming
12) Which of these was an important resource of the Northwest Coast people?
A
Pacific Ocean
B
Gulf of Mexico
C
Mississippi River
D
Great Lakes
13) Which of these was most important in determining the way of life of an American Indian group?
A
land ownership
B
food sources
C
language skills
D
religious celebrations
14) Which of these was a strong influence on the kind of shelters used by each American Indian group?
A
education
B
climate
C
wealth
D
religion
15) Which conditions challenged the survival of American Indians in the Southwest?
A
dangerous storms and flooded fields
B
dense forests and wild animals
C
extreme cold and flat land
D
high temperatures and lack of water
16) How was it possible for the mesa people to grow corn in the desert?
A
They dug irrigation ditches.
B
They planted drought-tolerant corn.
C
They traded their crops for water.
D
They used rain barrels.
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