Ancient American Indian Civilizations

What do experts know for a fact about the first Americans?

• People migrated in search of resources.

• People migrated to North America from Asia.

• People arrived in North America 10,000 years ago.

• People arrived on boats that crossed the Pacific Ocean.

Which is the best example of American Indians changing their environment for shelter?

• The Mound Builders moved earth to build mounds and bury their dead.

• California Indians set fires to clear land from planting and hunting.

• The Puebloans dug canals for irrigation to support agriculture.

• Woodland Indians used trees and animal skins to make huts.

Which use of natural resources was unique to the Inuit Indians?

• hunting deer

• growing corn

• burning whale oil

• making home in cliffs

Which statement accurately compares the geography and climate for two different Indian groups?

• The Puebloans and many Aztecs both lived in desert regions, but the Aztecs used a lake to grow crops.

• The Woodland and Mound Builder groups had mild climates, but the Mound Builders were located along the coast.

• The Plains groups and Woodland groups had similar climates, but Plains Indians lived in hilly or mountainous regions.

• The Inuit and Calusa groups were both located by water, but the Calusa group in present-day Florida had a much colder climate.

Which statement accurately tells the difference between nomadic and stationary ancient American Indian groups?

• Stationary groups fish and nomadic groups never fish.

• Stationary groups usually live in forests and nomadic groups usually live in river valleys.

• Nomadic groups tend to hunt and gather more of their food and stationary groups tend to grow more of their food.

• Stationary groups usually live tepees that can be rolled up quickly to follow buffalo and nomadic groups tend to plant more food.

people who get food by hunting animals and gathering plants 

• hunter-gatherers

• nomad 

  
  

• civilization

• farmer

To move from one place to another.

• irrigation

• agriculture

• nomad

• migrate

The study of places and the Earth. 

• migrate

• geography

• climate

• agriculture

the usual weather conditions of a place 

• hunter-gatherers

• migrate

• geography

• climate

a person who moves from place to place, often following animals or finding new pastures

• civilization

• nomad

• migrate

• hunter-gatherers