NA Regions Assessment Study Guide

Natural resources are something from nature that are useful to people, such as soil, water, vegetation, and minerals. An example of a natural resource is a____________.

• tree

• clothes

• pottery

• wigwam

Migration means_____________________.

• something from nature that is useful to people, such as soil, water, vegetation, and minerals

• movement of people from one country or area of the world to a new place in another country or area

• a story that explains where ancestors of tribe members came from

• a picture that represents an important event or idea

Adaptation is a change or adjustment in a way of life that allows people to survive in a particular environment. Which answer is an example of an adaptation?

• American Indians had a variety of cultures, or ways of living.

• American Indians settled throughout North America.

• The Inuits wore animal skins for clothing to survive in the cold.

• Each region differs in climate, physical features, and natural resources.

What is an artifact?

• moving from place to place often with changes in the seasons, to follow sources of food

• a narrow, deep valley with steep sides

• an area of the world where people develop similar ways of life, or cultures

• an object, such as a tool or clothing, made by a group of humans

The Dakota tribe of the Great Plains was nomadic. What does nomadic mean?

• way of living of a group of people

• moving from place to place often with changes in the seasons, to follow sources of food

• an object, such as a tool or clothing, made by a group of humans

• a change or adjustment in a way of life that allows people to survive in a particular environment

True or False? Each Native American group developed its own culture, or way of living.

• True

• Fasle

Natural resources affected the culture of the Native Americans by influencing

• what they ate.

• what shelters they built.

• the clothes they wore.

• All of the above

Most scientists believe that the first Americans came from the continent of_____________.

• Canada

• North America

• South America

• Asia

Which tribe and region created this artifact?

• Kwakiutis, Northwest

• Hopis, Southwest

• Seminoles, Southeast

• Dakotas, Great Plains

Which tribe and region created this artifact?

• Kwakiutis, Northwest

• Hopis, Southwest

• Seminoles, Southeast

• Dakotas, Great Plains