Native Americans and Their Land

Question 1

a change or adjustment in a way of life that allows people to survive in a particular environment

Answer 1

adaptation

Question 2

everything that surrounds a given area

Answer 2

environment

Question 3

movement of people from one country or area of the world to a new place in another country or area

Answer 3

migration

Question 4

something from nature that is useful to people, such as soil, water, vegetation, and minerals

Answer 4

natural resource

Question 5

a circular area, sometimes underground, where tribe members talk, work, or perform religious ceremonies

Answer 5

kiva

Question 6

a story that explains where ancestors of tribe members came from

Answer 6

origin story

Question 7

The snow goggles were an Inuit ___________.

Answer 7

adaptation.

Question 8

We take care of our ________________.

Answer 8

environment.

Question 9

Tribe members met in a _________ to share stories.

Answer 9

kiva

Question 10

The ________ routes were very long.

Answer 10

migration

Question 11

Examples of natural resources

Answer 11

soil, water, trees, minerals, nuts, berries, wildlife

Question 12

The brothers share their _________ with us.

Answer 12

origin story

Question 13

The Hopi tribe used a _______ for meetings and ceremonies.

Answer 13

kiva

Question 14

__________ occurs when people move from one place to another.

Answer 14

migration

Question 15

Your _______ is everything that surrounds you.

Answer 15

environment

Question 16

Most scientists believe that the first Americans came from the continent of ______.

Answer 16

Asia

Question 17

Tell me about the Hopi Origin Story

Answer 17

At first, the people lived happily inside Earth.
People began to argue with one another.
Chief decided people needed to leave Earth’s inside.
Bird found a hole at the top of the Earth.
The chief’s advisors grew sturdy plants that reached like a ladder to the hole on top of the Earth. People climbed these plants to leave the Earth’s inside. Once people were outside the Earth, the traveled E, W, N, S until they found good land to live on.

Question 18

During the last part of the ice age, a _______ connected Asia and North America.

Answer 18

land bridge

Question 19

Number the events below in order of occurrence:

More Siberians follow by foot and boats.

Siberian hunters follow big game across the land bridge.

Siberians spread throughout North American and eventually to South America.

Big game crosses the land bridge between Asia and North America.

Answer 19

1. Big game crosses the land bridge between Asia and North America.
2. Siberian hunters follow big game across the land bridge.

3.More Siberians follow by foot and boats.

4.Siberians spread throughout North American and eventually to South America.

Question 20

Name some parts of an environment

Answer 20

sunlight, air, water, land, animals, insects, plants

Question 21

Inuits had to ________ to their harsh environment.

Answer 21

adapt

Question 22

The Inuits did not waste any of the _______ that they caught.

Answer 22

animals

Question 23

To build _______, the Inuits used materials they found around them.

Answer 23

shelters

Question 24

To keep ________, the Inuits dressed in animal skins and __________.

Answer 24

warm, fur

Question 25

Name 4 types of environment Native Americans settled in

Answer 25

grasslands, desserts, mountains, arctic ice fields

Question 26

A type of environment where there’s very little rain

Answer 26

desserts

Question 27

A type of environment where there’s lots of ice, snow and forests

Answer 27

mountains

Question 28

A type of environment with enough rain for grasses to grow

Answer 28

grasslands

Question 29

A type of environment that is covered with huge sheets of ice

Answer 29

arctic ice fields

Question 30

In which environment would it be easiest to survive? Why?

Answer 30

Grasslands; plenty of food and water

Question 31

In which environment would it be hardest to survive? Why?

Answer 31

Desserts and Arctic Ice Fields