Unit 1: American Indians and Their Land

Choose the correct term to complete each sentence. People use ________, like trees, to make things they need.

• adaptation

• kiva

• migration

• natural resources

Choose the correct term to complete each sentence. The ________ of people from Asia to North America began at least 12,500 years ago.

• adaptation

• environment

• migration

• natural resources

Choose the correct term to complete each sentence. A place where members of some tribes shared stories was called a(n) ________.

• environment

• kiva

• migration

• natural resource

Choose the correct term to complete each sentence. Wearing animal skin for clothes was a(n) ________ that the Inuits made to survive where they lived.

• adaptation

• environment

• kiva

• migration

Choose the correct term to complete each sentence. Sunlight, air, and water are all a part of the ________.

• adaptation

• environment

• kiva

• migration

Many American Indian groups tell origin stories to

• teach their children the art of warfare.

• explain how Earth and its people came to be.

• predict how the world will end.

• take the place of their native language.

According to the Hopis, where did people live at first?

• in the sky

• inside Earth

• across the sea

• in a dense forest

As they migrated, the first Americans went in search of big game such as

• whales.

• walruses.

• bears.

• caribou.

A natural environment includes

• plants.

• factories.

• stories.

• culture.

Which of the following is NOT a natural resource?

• climate

• minerals

• trees

• water