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