3.18 CW- American Indians

American Indians

Multiple Choice

Which of the following individuals is responsible for mis-naming the original inhabitants of the Americas?

• Erik the Red

• Mahatma Gandhi

• Christopher Columbus

• Ferdinand Magellan

Multiple Choice

According to many experts, how did the first wave of people arrive in the Americas?

• Taking a boat across the Pacific Ocean from what is now Japan

• Walking over a land bridge in what is now the Bering Strait

• Swimming across a channel separating modern Russia and Alaska

• Canoeing across the Atlantic Ocean from northern Africa

Multiple Choice

What can you infer from the fact that the first groups of people living in the Americas spoke so many different languages?

• The early cultures of the Americas had no interest in one another

• There were significant differences in the physical ways in which early inhabitants of the Americas spoke

• American Indian languages were very difficult to learn

• The societies that developed in the Americas were often quite different from one another

Multiple Choice

Use Context Clues

"some tribes were nomadic, that means they moved with the seasons following the animals they depended on for food" What is the best definition for the word nomadic?

• moving around from place to place

• hunting for food

• speaking many languages

• farming on permanent settlements

Multiple Select

Which of the following societies developed in Central America? Check all that apply)

• The Maya

• The Iroquois

• Aztecs

• The Sioux

• Incas

Multiple Choice

If you saw this object at a museum, what could you conclude about the American Indians who made it?

• They probably lived in the southeastern U.S.

• They probably lived somewhere in the Great Plains

• They probably lived in the American Southwest

• They probably lived in the Pacific Northwest

Multiple Select

What are some of the reasons many Native American Civilizations are gone now? (Check all that apply)

• they were killed by invaders

• died of diseases brought

  to the new world by Europeans

• conquistadors enslaved

  entire nations

• European settlers took their lands during westward expansion.

Multiple Choice

Put the following into the correct order: A) Indians were forced onto reservations; B) People walked across a land bridge into North America; C) Europeans spread disease among Native Americans

• B, A, C

• B, C, A

• C, B, A

• C, A, B

Multiple Choice

During westward expansion, the U.S. government retracted on many of the treaties it signed with various Indian tribes. In this sentence, what does the word "retracted" mean?

• Went back on

• Supported

• Promised

• Subscribed to

Multiple Choice

Even though they have been through a lot, people of American Indian ancestry have maintained their cultures and still celebrate their traditions.

• True

• False