Quiz on Early American History

Indicate whether the statement is true or false. The Maya were the first Americans to use horses and wheeled carts.

• True

• False

Indicate whether the statement is true or false. Archaeologists do not know the exact date when the first people appeared in North America.

• True

• False

Indicate whether the statement is true or false. Some early Americans hunted bison and mammoths.

• True

• False

Indicate whether the statement is true or false. The Anasazi built mud-brick dwellings called mounds.

• True

• False

Indicate whether the statement is true or false. The Cherokee lived in the northernmost region of North America.

• True

• False

Indicate the answer choice that best answers the question. The first Native Americans probably reached North America by crossing which of the following?

• A. Alaskan Sea

• B. Bering Strait

• C. Atlantic Ocean

• D. Pacific Ocean

Indicate the answer choice that best answers the question. Which of these resulted from the Maya's study of astronomy?

• A. 365-day calendar

• B. colorful cave paintings

• C. the first globe

• D. discovery of Neptune

People in which American region made use of tepees?

• North

• Plains

• Southwest

• West

Who chose the male members of the Iroquois Grand Council?

• male members

• group mothers

• clan mothers

• all the people

Which of these Native American groups relied on salmon as a main food source?

• Chinook

• Cherokee

• Apache

• Plains peoples