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