5th grade ss ch 2 lesson 2 quiz

Which early American Indian group is referred to as mound builders?

• Ancestral Puebloans

• Mississippians

• Great Plains people

• Inuit

How did the Ancestral Puebloans respond to long droughts?

• They built homes in the sides of cliffs

• They left their villages and moved closer to water sources

• They began digging ditches to water their crops

• They formed alliances with neighboring people

The main purpose of the Iroquois League was to

• end warfare among its members

• unite members under a single government

• promote trade among its members

• make peace with the Algonquians

Scientists rely heavily upon what kind of evidence to learn about early American like the Mississippians?

• written records

• stone monuments

• religious epics

• artifacts

How did the Ancient Puebloans adapt to their physical environment?

• They built networks of ditches to irrigate the desert

• They cleared forests to make room for farmland

• they relied on fishing and hunting for food

• they built mounds to increase farmland