The First Americans Ch 1 - 20 Questions
  • 1. A ________________ such as the one formed by the Iroquois, linked the governments of different groups.
A) federation
B) think tank
C) counsel
D) civilization
  • 2. Each _____________, village, built by the Anasazi was carefully made from sun-dried earth and stone.
A) pueblo
B) dwelding
C) culture
D) adobee
  • 3. ______________________ use symbols of pictures to represent things, ideas, and sounds.
A) Email
B) Comic Sans
C) Hyrowclifics
D) Hieroglyphics
  • 4. A __________________ is a highly developed society.
A) nomad
B) federacetion
C) civilization
D) Archaeology
  • 5. ___________ is a way of life for a particular group of people.
A) Civilization
B) Culture
C) Aztec
D) Carbon dating
  • 6. _________________ is the study of ancient peoples.
A) Archaeology
B) Biology
C) Scientoloy
D) Zoology
  • 7. An __________ is an item, such as a tool, left behind by a culture.
A) artifact
B) artery
C) pueblo
D) vessel
  • 8. An ____________ was a time period of cold temperatures when part of the earth was covered with ice sheets.
A) Decade
B) Legion
C) Century
D) Ice Age
  • 9. A ___________ is a person who moves from place to place.
A) mover
B) farmer
C) nomad
D) norman
  • 10. _________________________ helps determine the age of an artifact.
A) Carbon dating
B) Cultural dating
C) Ice dating
D) Carbonated dating
  • 11. Hieroglyphics uses _____________________ to represent things, ideas, and sounds.
A) Anasazi pueblo
B) carbon dating
C) culture
D) symbols and pictures
  • 12. Archaeologists use carbon dating to measure ________________ .
A) distance across the Asian/Amercias land bridge
B) the customs of ancient tribes
C) the age of artifact
D) the age of ice
  • 13. The first crops raised by Native Americans in Mexico was _______________ .
A) wheat (for flour)
B) kep (sea weed)
C) peanut (for peanut butter)
D) maize (corn)
  • 14. The land bridge connected what to regions?
A) Africa and present-day Alaska
B) Asia and present-day Alaska
C) present-California and Asia
D) England and New York
  • 15. Why did Asians cross the land bridge to the Americas?
A) to find food
B) to avoid the ice storms
C) to avoid war
D) to avoid the fires
  • 16. The Onondaga, Seneca, Mohawk, Oneida, and Cayuga formed the ______________________ .
A) Navajo League
B) Apache League
C) Mohawk League
D) Iroquois League
  • 17. In what area did the Chinook people live?
A) Southwest Coast
B) Southeast Coast
C) Northeast Coast
D) Northwest Coast
  • 18. The people of the Southwest lived in what type dwellings?
A) adobe homes and hogans
B) tents
C) wooden cabins
D) caves
  • 19. Living in cliff-side dwellings had what two advantages?
A) easy to defend and protection from the weather
B) low rent and running water
C) easy water and good food storage
D) better crops and a longer growing season
  • 20. The Inca controlled what region of the Americas?
A) South America's eastern lowlands
B) South America's western highlands
C) North America's western highlands
D) Middle America's central highlands
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