8th grade social studies

Which Native American tribe is associated with the longhouse?

• Iroquois

• Navajo

• Apache

• Cherokee

What was a common trade route used by early North American Indians?

• Ganges River

• Amazon River

• Mississippi River

• Nile River

What are large thick moving sheets of ice:

• icebergs
• glaciers
• avalanches
• hailstorms

Who were the first people to cross into NA

• Vikings
• Native Americans/Hunter Gatherers

• Pilgrims
• Spanish explorers

Where was the maya civilization

• Mesoamerica
• North America
• South America
• Europe

Where was the inca civilization

• Andes Mountains
• Patagonia
• Machu Picchu
• Amazon Rainforest

What does civilization mean

• A group of people living together in a specific geographic area.
• A primitive society with little social organization or technological advancement.
• A complex human society characterized by advanced social, cultural, and technological development.
• The process of becoming more civilized and refined.

What caused the decline of the Mississippian civilization?

• excessive drought

• deadly disease

• it is a mystery

• invasion by another tribe

How did agriculture develop in North America?

• It spread northward from the Mesoamerica civilizations

• It spread from European explorers trading with the natives

• It spread southward from the natives along the arctic

• It spread from Asian explorers who sailed to North America

Which group build their temples and homes for the elite on top of platform mounds?

• Adena

• Hopwell

• Mississippian

• Anasazi