Unit 2 Pre- Assessment

The Inuit people lived in Arctic areas where the temperature is

• below freezing much of the year

• mild with four distinct seasons

• extremely hot during the day and freezing at night

• above 100 degrees most of the year

Scientists do not agree about-

• where American Indian tribes lived

• how people came to the Western Hemisphere

• what natural resources did American Indians use

• how Europeans first came to the Western Hemisphere

The Kwakiutl homeland includes

• New Mexico and Arizona

• Pacific Northwest coast

• northeast North America

• Virginia

What is an example of a capital resource used by many American Indians?

• stones

• fish

• spears

• doctor

Where do American Indians live today?

• Canada and Alaska

• in their homelands and throughout North America

• only on reservations in different parts of the United States

• mostly in South America

What did scientists find at Cactus Hill?

• dinosaur bones from 20,000 years ago

• proof that Columbus was the first European explorer in North America

• ancient sea creatures which proved the land was once under water

• artifacts that proved humans lived there, 18,000 years ago

In what area of North America did the Lakota people live

• pink

• green

• orange

• blue

What American Indian homeland is represented by the yellow near that is near the east coast?

• Kwakiutl

• Inuit

• Pueblo

• Iroquois

The Lakota people inhabited the interior of the United States, called the

• Breadbasket of America

• Panhandle

• Great Plains

• Central Interior

Where is Cactus Hill located?

• Richmond

• Jamestown

• Nottoway River

• northwestern Virginia