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SS5 Ch2 The First Americans
Contributed by: Lewis
  • 1. A method of channeling water in order to grow crops in dry land
A) surplus
B) barter
C) agriculture
D) irrigation
E) civilization
  • 2. An extra amount of something
A) barter
B) irrigation
C) surplus
D) agriculture
E) clan
  • 3. A culture with cities, government, and many different jobs for people to do
A) civilization
B) clan
C) confederation
D) pueblo
E) agriculture
  • 4. A sled-like device used by peoples of the Western Plains
A) dugout
B) lodge
C) longhouse
D) potlatch
E) travois
  • 5. a group of related families
A) tribe
B) clan
C) confederation
D) nomad
E) civilization
  • 6. An organization of groups that band together to form a type of government
A) barter
B) wampum
C) confederation
D) clan
E) civilization
  • 7. Land bridge between Asia and Alaska during the Ice Age
A) Tenochtitlan
B) Siberia
C) glacier
D) Canada
E) Beringia
  • 8. The main crop of a region
A) potlatch
B) agriculture
C) surplus
D) staple
E) wampum
  • 9. The movement of people from one place to another
A) migration
B) nomad
C) clan
D) civilization
E) confederation
  • 10. To trade
A) opportunity cost
B) staple
C) consumer
D) barter
E) economy
  • 11. A person who moves around and doesn't stay in one place
A) potlatch
B) civilization
C) nomad
D) clan
E) chieftain
  • 12. Growing plants for food; farming
A) irrigation
B) barter
C) surplus
D) agriculture
E) civilization
  • 13. A large house made with wood poles and bark
A) adobe
B) longhouse
C) earth lodge
D) tepee
E) potlatch
  • 14. A town
A) longhouse
B) agriculture
C) migration
D) civilization
E) pueblo
  • 15. Why did the Southwest Indians have to rely on irrigation to grow their crops?
A) because of the lack of rain in the region
B) because they planted corn deep in the ground
C) Because they planted in areas that flooded
D) because few trees grew in the area
  • 16. What did the Haudenosaunee do to make their nation stronger?
A) They created a confederation and formed a league.
B) They replaced the chiefs with clan mothers.
C) They hunted large animals.
D) They stopped trading with other American Indian nations.
  • 17. Over many years, hunters followed the _______ of animals.
A) migration
B) homes
C) watering holes
D) fur
  • 18. Many Haudenosaunee families lived together in a _____.
A) cliff-side home
B) mud hut
C) longhouse
D) tepee
  • 19. Two important natural resources for the Northwest Indians were
A) trees and buffalo
B) potlatch and longhouses
C) wood and salmon
D) water and buffalo
  • 20. Southwest Indians adapted to
A) their climate by bartering for wood
B) a dry climate with little water
C) dug holes for wells and irrigation
D) the lack of trees in their area by sending hunting parties to bring back wood.
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