Native Cultures Review

Archaeologists know the exact date when the first people migrated to North America.

• True

• False

The only way that people could have reached North America from Asia is by going across the Bering Land Bridge.

• True

• False

The Clovis Theory supports all of the following, EXCEPT...

• The first people in North America arrived by boat.

• The first people in North America arrived by the Bering Land Bridge.

• The first people in North America settled near Clovis, New Mexico.

• The first people in North America hunted big game animals.

According to archaeological findings discussed in our readings, the disappearance of the Clovis people was most likely due to...

• War with other Paleo-Indian groups.

• Climate change from the Ice Age to a more stable climate similar to today.

• Lack of plant life to use for food.

• Lack of big game animals to hunt for food.

As the early people spread throughout the Americas, a variety of cultural groups emerged. These different cultures were mostly determined by...

• The plant life in the area.

• The geographic area and climate of the region.

• The elders of each tribe.

• Their ancestral heritage.

Why has the Clovis Theory recently been questioned?

• New archaeological findings and artifacts dating before the Clovis people.

• Archaeological findings dating after the Clovis people.

• Ancient watercraft technology has been discovered.

• Historians now believe that the Bering Land Bridge was a myth.

The migration theories of the first people in the Americas include all of the following as possible routes, EXCEPT...

• By foot across the Bering Land Bridge from northern Asia to Alaska.

• By boat from Asia to the Americas following the coastline south.

• By boat across the North Pacific Ocean from southern Asia to South America.

• By boat north through the Arctic Ocean to northern Alaska.

Beringia was...

• A temporary narrow strip of land connecting northeast Asia to Alaska.

• A land mass as wide as Alaska where people lived as they migrated from Asia to North America.

• A water route through the Bering Strait.

• A man-made bridge.

Assuming the Bering Land Bridge theory is correct, Paleo-Indians migrated to North America because...

• They were in search of a new territory to settle.

• They wanted to move south to warmer regions.

• They were following large game mammals for food.

• They were forced out by neighboring tribes.

Which Alaska Native cultural group was located in the Arctic?

• Inupiaq

• Athabaskan

• Yupik

• Aleut

• Alutiiq