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Which of these was a strong influence on the kind of shelters used by each American Indian group?
a) wealth
b) climate
c) education
d) religion

Which conditions challenged the survival of American Indians in the Southwest?
a) extreme cold and flat land
b) dense forests and wild animals
c) high temperatures and lack of water
d) dangerous storms and flooded fields

Which of these was most important in determining the way of life of an American Indian group?
a) language skills
b) land ownership
c) food sources
d) religious celebrations

Which of these was an important resource of the Northwest Coast people?
a) Great Lakes
b) Pacific Ocean
c) Gulf of Mexico
d) Mississippi River

Which of these enabled American Indians to settle in permanent villages?
a) trading
b) farming
c) herding
d) hunting

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) mining
b) hunting
c) gathering
d) fishing

Which of these describes one way American Indians adapted the environment to meet their needs?
a) Southwest people made many things with corn.
b) Eastern Woodlands people burned trees to plant corn.
c) Northwest Coast people ate fish.
d) Great Plains people made clothing from animal hides.

How did the American Indians in the Southeast live?
a) They lived in adobe villages on top of flat mesas.
b) They lived in wooden longhouses in the forest.
c) They lived in underground pit houses beside major rivers.
d) They lived in towns clustered around large earthen mounds.

How do historians learn how American Indians lived so long ago?
a) They live in their shelters.
b) They read their journals.
c) They speak to their families.
d) They study their artifacts.

Which of these was most important to the survival of the American Indians?
a) warm and mild climate conditions
b) ability to use natural resources
c) trade to meet their daily needs
d) land and home ownership

Which of these best explains why different cultural regions formed in North America?
a) Groups settled in the areas at various times.
b) Groups needed to distinguish themselves from other groups.
c) Groups adapted to the environments in which they settled.
d) Groups chose where they lived based on their special skills.

Which of these describes how American Indians viewed their environment?
a) They believed that the land should remain unchanged.
b) They believed they were a part of a community of living things.
c) They believed they owned the land on which they lived.
d) They believed they were the rulers of the region in which they lived.

Why did the first Americans migrate from Asia to the Americas?
a) in search of food
b) to locate fertile farmland
c) to flee from hostile tribes
d) in search of a better climate

Which of these characterizes an American Indian cultural region?
a) People come from the same family.
b) People have the same leader.
c) People migrated together.
d) People share a similar language.

How do scientists think people migrated from Asia to the Americas during the last Ice Age?
a) They traveled across a land bridge.
b) They sailed across a narrow strait.
c) They traveled south from Canada.
d) They sailed to Mexico and then drifted north.

How was it possible for the mesa people to grow corn in the desert?
a) They planted drought-tolerant corn.
b) They traded their crops for water.
c) They dug irrigation ditches.
d) They used rain barrels.

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