Lesson 1 - The First Americans (Assessment)

Front

How do scientists think people migrated from Asia to the Americas during the last Ice Age?

Back

They traveled across a land bridge.

Front

Which of these describes how American Indians viewed their environment? They believed they were a part of a community of living things. They believed that the land should remain unchanged. They believed they owned the land on which they lived. They believed they were the rulers of the region in which they lived.

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They believed they were a part of a community of living things.

Front

How do historians learn how American Indians lived so long ago?

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They study their artifacts.

Front

Which of these best explains why different cultural regions formed in North America?
Options:
Groups settled in the areas at various times.
Groups chose where they lived based on their special skills.
Groups needed to distinguish themselves from other groups.
Groups adapted to the environments in which they settled.

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Groups adapted to the environments in which they settled.

Front

Which of these is a feature that determines Native American cultural regions?
Options:
People migrated together.
People have the same leader.
People share a similar language.
People come from the same family.

Back

People share a similar language.

Front

_______ is the name of the land bridge that once connected Asia and North America.

Back

Beringia

Front

Which of these was a strong influence on the kind of shelters used by each American Indian group? wealth, climate, religion, education

Back

climate

Front

Which of the following statements is TRUE about Native Americans?
Native American farming practices were harmful to the environment.
People who live in the same cultural region share a language and way of life.
Native Americans all lived in the same environment.
There were not many people in America before the 1400s.

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People who live in the same cultural region share a language and way of life.

Front

When learning about Native Americans, you should focus on facts and evidence, not on...

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assumptions.

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Groups that don't explain enough about their cultural region will be asked to...

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elaborate.