7th Grade Quarterly

When archaeologists discovered human remains and artifacts along the coast of California they came up with the...

• Land Bridge Theory
• Ocean Crossing Theory
• Coastal Migration Theory
• Atlantic Rim Theory

Which document is an example of a primary source?

• a textbook account of the Civil War

• a diary kept by a Native American child

• an encyclopedia article about the Aztecs

• a biography of the life of George Washington

Lines that measure NORTH and SOUTH of the equator are...

• Latitude lines

• Longitude lines

• the equator

• the Prime Meridian

Land that is surrounded by water on 3 sides is called a....

• peninsula
• island
• cape
• mountain

What are mountains?

• land that is flat and grassy with few trees

• land that is surrounded by water on 3 sides

• high, steep rugged land that rises sharply above the surrounding land

• land that is completed surrounded by water

Some archaeologists believe a land bridge existed during the Ice Age and allowed migration between which two continents?

• Asia and Australia

• North America and Europe

• Asia and South America

• Asia and North America

According to our theories, how did the Ice Age climate (weather) cause people to inhabit North America?

• followed earlier settlers because the climate in the Americas were warmer and more favorable for large game

• water travel was safer as a result of a stable sea levels and few storms
• the glaciers froze up large amounts of water, forming a land-bridge between Asia and the Americas.

• the glaciers formed rivers and lakes, separating land masses.

Which of the following terms best describes the typical lifestyle of the first Americans?

• hunting and gathering

• dry soil agriculture
• cereal grain agriculture
• crop rotation

According to archaeologists, what were some of the animals the earliest people of the Americas hunted?

• long-horned bison, mastodons and Mammoths
• elephants, antelope and cattle
• camels, giant ground sloths and tigers
• wolves, rabbits, and elephants

The Inca terrace farming and the Aztec floating gardens are examples of...

• civilizations' abilities to adapt to their region's physical geography

• slash-and-burn farming techniques

• Mesoamerican art forms symbolizing the importance of agriculture
• economic policies that harmed Latin American civilizations