Chapter 1 Practice Test

1. Chapter 1 Practice Test The First Americans

2. Where did the first Americans migrate from? • Canada • Siberia • Alaska • China

3. Where did the first Americans migrate from? • Canada • Siberia • Alaska • China

4. Which of these enabled American Indians to settle in permanent villages? • Trading • Hunting • Herding • Farming

5. Which of these enabled American Indians to settle in permanent villages? • Trading • Hunting • Herding • Farming

6. Which animal was particularly important to the American Indians of the Great Plains? • Deer • Buffalo • Mammoths • Antelope

7. Which animal was particularly important to the American Indians of the Great Plains? • Deer • Buffalo • Mammoths • Antelope

8. How did the American Indians of the Southwest live? • They lived in adobe villages on top of flat mesas • They lived in underground pit houses beside major rivers • They lived in wooden longhouses in the forest • They lived in towns clustered around large earthen mounds.

9. How did the American Indians of the Southwest live? • They lived in adobe villages on top of flat mesas • They lived in underground pit houses beside major rivers • They lived in wooden longhouses in the forest • They lived in towns clustered around large earthen mounds.

10. How did the American Indians of the Eastern woodlands live? • They lived in adobe villages on top of flat mesas • They lived in underground pit houses beside major rivers • They lived in wooden longhouses in the forest • They lived in towns clustered around large earthen mounds.

11. How did the American Indians of the Eastern woodlands live? • They lived in adobe villages on top of flat mesas • They lived in underground pit houses beside major rivers • They lived in wooden longhouses in the forest • They lived in towns clustered around large earthen mounds.

12. Which of these was a strong influence on the kind of shelters used by each American Indian group? • Climate • Education • Religion • Wealth

13. Which of these was a strong influence on the kind of shelters used by each American Indian group? • Climate • Education • Religion • Wealth

14. Which of these was an important resource of the Northwest Coast people? • The Great Lakes • The Atlantic Ocean • The Pacific Ocean • The Gulf of Mexico

15. Which of these was an important resource of the Northwest Coast people? • The Great Lakes • The Atlantic Ocean • The Pacific Ocean • The Gulf of Mexico

16. Where are the people of the Great Plains located? • Between the Sierra Nevada and the Rocky Mountains • Present-day New Mexico, Arizona, Southern Utah and Colorado and parts of Texas and Oklahoma • Between the Rockies and the Mississippi Valley • From the Mississippi River to the Atlantic Ocean

17. Where are the people of the Great Plains located? • Between the Sierra Nevada and the Rocky Mountains • Present-day New Mexico, Arizona, Southern Utah and Colorado and parts of Texas and Oklahoma • Between the Rockies and the Mississippi Valley • From the Mississippi River to the Atlantic Ocean

18. What is an area in which a group of people share a similar culture and language? • Cultural region • Environmental region • A general region • Natural resource region

19. What is an area in which a group of people share a similar culture and language? • Cultural region • Environmental region • A general region • Natural resource region

20. How do historians learn how American Indians lived so long ago? • They read their journals • They live in their shelters • They study their artifacts • They speak to their families

21. How do historians learn how American Indians lived so long ago? • They read their journals • They live in their shelters • They study their artifacts • They speak to their families

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