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