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- 1. Multiple ChoiceHow did American Indians in the Southeast live?lived in wooden house in the forestlived in towns around large earthen moundsadobe villages on flat mesasunderground pit houses by major rivers
- 2. Multiple ChoiceHow do scientists think people migrated from Asia to the Americas during the Ice Age?sailed across a narrow straittraveled south from CanadaTraveled across a land bridgesailed to Mexico and drifted north
- 3. Multiple ChoiceHow do historians learn how American Indians lives so long agoread their journalslive in their sheltersspeak to the familiesstudy their artifacts
- 4. Multiple ChoiceWhy did the first Americans migrate from Asia to the Americas?searching for foodto locate farmlandflee from hostile tribessearch for a better climate
- 5. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the most important to the survival of the American Indians?home ownershiptrading with other tribes for needsability to use natural resorceswarm and mild climate
- 6. Multiple ChoiceWhich of these characterizes an American Indians cultural region?people migrating togetherhaving the same leaderpeople sharing the same languagepeople from the same family
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWhich of these describes how American Indians viewed their environment?believing they were part of a community of living thingsbelieved they owned the landbelieved land should not be changedbelieved they were rulers of the region they live in
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWhich of these best explains why different cultural regions formed in North America?believing they were part of a community of living thingsgroups choose where to live based on special skillsgroups needed to separate themselves from othersgroups adapted to the environment where they settled
- 9. Multiple ChoiceHow is it possible for the mesa people to grow corn in the desert?believing they were part of a community of living thingsdug irrigation ditchestraded crops for waterplanted drought tolerant corn
- 10. Multiple ChoicePlains Indians wore clothing made from animal hides. What activity was most important to them?believing they were part of a community of living thingsmininghuntinggathering
- 11. Multiple ChoiceWhich conditions challenged the survival for American Indians in the Southwest?believing they were part of a community of living thingsextreme cold and flat landdense forests and wild animalsdangerous storms and flooded fields
- 12. Multiple ChoiceWhich of these describes one way American Indians adapted the environment to meet their needs?believing they were part of a community of living thingsSW people made things with cornGreat Plains people made clothing from animalsEastern Woodlands people burned trees to plant corn
- 13. Multiple ChoiceWhich of these was a strong influence on the kind of shelters used by each Indian group?wealthclimatereligioneducation
- 14. Multiple ChoiceWhich of these enabled American Indians to settle in permanent villages?tradinghuntingherdingfarming
- 15. Multiple ChoiceWhich of these was an important resource of the NW coast people?Great LakesPacific OceanGulf of MexicoMississippi River
- 16. Multiple ChoiceWhat cultural region can be described as dense grasses, treeless grasslands, and buffalo herds.Great BasinSoutheastGreat PlainsSouthwest
- 17. Multiple ChoiceWhat were important resources for American Indians of the Eastern Woodlands?Large herds of BuffaloPacific OceanForests and LakesFarming Corn
- 18. Multiple ChoiceWhich American Indian group would struggle to survive in a hot and dry climate?SouthwestCaliforniaPlateauSoutheast
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