Chapter 1 Test - The First Americans

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1. How does climate relate to the information in the map?

• a) The first Americans moved north in search of food.
• b) The first Americans moved west in search of dry land.
• c) The first Americans moved north in search of cooler climates.
• d) The first Americans moved south in search of warmer climates.

2. What is the definition of culture?

• A an organized and advanced society
• B a group of relatives who lived in the past
• C the way people make rules and decisions
• D the way of life shared by a group of people

3. What is an economy?

• A a system a group uses to make and exchange goods
• B a system a group creates to make rules and decisions
• C a traded good that is a raw material and not manufactured
• D a trade agreement between groups in a league or nation

4. The Inuit lived in a ___________ climate by _________.

• cold
• the sea
• hot
• mild
• the desert

5. The Mound Builders livved in a _________ climate by _________.

• mild
• rivers
• hot
• cold
• the sea

6. Which action is the clearest example of an American Indian group changing its environment?

• A. sailing across the Pacific Ocean
• B. making peace with a warring group
• C. digging canals to transport water to crops
• D. migrating across a temporary land bridge

12. Which natural forces did some American Indian groups believe spirits represented?

• a) The wind and rain
• b) The mountains and rivers
• c) The sun and moon
• d) None of the above

13. What did historians call men or women who were believed to have special religious powers?

• a) Ancestors
• b) Kachina
• c) Shaman
• d) Spirits

14. What did American Indians develop to fit their ways of life and guide their members?

• a) Systems of government
• b) Systems of education
• c) Systems of transportation
• d) Systems of communication