Unit 13 The Americas Test

First Name

Last Name

Teacher

• Meerman
• Visser

Hour

• 1st
• 2nd
• 3rd
• 4th
• 5th

🗣️7 – W3.1.9 Which of the following are ways that early American civilizations showed evidence of religious beliefs. Select all that apply.

• Building large temples to honor the gods.
• Offering sacrifices (sometime human) to the gods.
• Creating a holy book to read and help teach the religion.
• Respect for nature because they believe both animals and plants have spirits.

📖7 – W2.1.1 Why was story telling was particularly important to North American tribes?

• To make sure that future generations remembered when to plant and harvest crops
• Because they did not have a written language and stories passed down history and knowledge.
• So that families could become closer in a time without electronics and modern entertainment.
• Without stories native peoples would not remember hunting grounds and places to gather food.

According to this image people crossed from ___________ into North America crossing over the_____________.

• Europe / Atlantic Ocean
• Asia / Bering strait land bridge
• Africa / Atlantic slave trade
• Greenland / Polar icecap

Select the 4 geographical areas of the Americas.

• North America
• South America
• Central America
• Caribbean
• West America

How did early Americans develop more complex societies?

• Growing & trading
• Praising the sun god
• Asking their history teachers for help
• By staying nomadic

Many early Americans settled in hot, often dry, places and not in river valleys. Because of this they had to become experts at ___________ if they wanted to survive and grow their population.

• Hunting
• Fishing
• Irrigation
• Language