Ch 1 Test Practice

What is migration?

• the movement of people who are searching for food

• animals that are moving for food

• people who stay in one spot

• people who come and go

What is a land bridge called?

• Bering Strait

• Bridge

• Beringia

• China Bridge

What are the animals that the nomads hunt?

• pigs, elephants, dogs

• chickens, tigers, bears

• bison, mastodon, and mammoths

• cows, rabbits, deer

What is a nomad?

• animals that move place to place to hunt

• people who move place to place to hunt

• people who are kind to other villages

• a person that stays in one place

What did the first Americans plant for food?

• turnips, radishes, carrots

• potatoes, tomatoes, green beans

• onions, cabbage, watermelon

• maize, pumpkins, beans, squash

What 2 areas did the "land bridge" connect?

• Asia

• China

• Alaska

• Mexico

What did the first Americans build their houses with? (Pick all that apply)

• Clay

• Stone

• Wood

• Straw

What is carbon dating?

• the process of describing the age of an artifacts

• locates food for early Americans

• Ancient civilizations

• the process of building housing