Social Studies Retake

Question 1

Scientists believed Asians crossed into North America over the land attaching Alaska and Russia called:

a) The bering straight
b) the Seward Peninsula
c) Mongolia
d) Beringia

Answer 1

D

The Beringia

Question 2

Native Americans are not really indigenous to the United States because they:

a) originated in Africa
b) came from Siberia
c) were born here
d) walked from South America

Answer 2

B

Came from Siberia

Question 3

The Native American culture known for totem poles and other wooden artifacts was the:

a) Anasazi
b) Inuit
c) Northwestern Coast
d) Plains

Answer 3

C

Northwestern Coast

Question 4

The Native American group that banded together tribes to create a government and lived upstate New York is:

a) Inuit
b) Plains
c) Iroquois
d) Moundbuilders

Answer 4

C

Iroquois

Question 5

The Native American culture that lived in long houses were the:

a) Inuit
b) Plains
c) Iroquois
d) Anasazi

Answer 5

C

Iroquois

Question 6

The Native American tribe that was also known as the “ cliff dwellers” are the:

a) Anasazi
b) Iroquois
c) Northwest Coast
d) Plains

Answer 6

A

Anasazi

Question 7

Plank houses are eating fish and forest animals was important to which group?

a) Inuit
b) Northwestern Coast
c) Eastern Woodlands
d) Plains

Answer 7

B

Northwestern Coast

Question 8

The Plains Native Americans were also called:

a) Nomads
b) Show offs
c) Cliff dwellers
d) Eskimos

Answer 8

Nomads

A

Question 9

The Anasazi were not dependent on farming for their food source because their climate was:

a) tundra -freezing temp. year round
b) humid continental - mild summers, cold winters
c) Mediterranean - wet mild winters; dry summers
d) desert -dry, little rain, extreme temperatures

Answer 9

D

Question 10

A type of home that can easily be moved is a :

a) tipi
b) wigwam
c) simple hut
d chickee

Answer 10

A

Tipi

Question 11

Which two groups relied heavily on fish as their main staple?

a) Inuit and Plains
b) Northwest Coast and Inuit
c) Northwest Coast and Iroquois
d) Mound Builders and Inuit

Answer 11

B

Northwest coast and INuit

Question 12

The Native of American culture group that used adobe its shelter because of the abundance of clay was the:

a) Plains
b) Eastern Woodlands
c) Moundbuilders
d) Anasazi

Answer 12

Anasazi

Question 13

The 3 sisters refer to:

a) the 3 harvest festivals observed by some cultures
b) corn beans squash
c) longhouses, wigwams, chickees
d) all of the above

Answer 13

B

Question 14

The buffalo was a major staple in the lives of:

a) plains
b) Northwest Coast
c) Iroquois
d) Inuit

Answer 14

Plains

Question 15

Who were the sky people?

a) part of the Christian creation belief stories
b) they were Mound Builders who entered the after life
c) they were heaven dwellers in the Iroquois creation story
d) they were the Mongolians who entered North America through the Bering Straight

Answer 15

C

Question 16

A bufflo was used for all of the following except:

a) tools
b) clothes
c) chickees
d) food

Answer 16

C

Question 17

The artifact that would belong to the Anasazi culture would be:

a) totem poles
b) clay pottery
c) masks
d) wampum

Answer 17

A

Question 18

Three other Native American Culture groups that DID NOT settle in North American culture would be:

a) Mayas, Anasazi, Incas
b) Incas, Aztecs, Inuit
c) Mayas, Incas, Aztecs
d) Aztecs, Incas, Iroquios

Answer 18

C

Question 19

A major accomplishment of the Mayan culture was:

a) the building of the roads and bridges
b) creating causeways
c) creating a calendar and the “0”
d) building aqueducts

Answer 19

C

Question 20

The Native American Culture group coquered by Spanish Conquistador Cortez which leads to the “curse of Montezuma” is

a) Mayas
b) Incas
c) Aztecs
d) Iroquois

Answer 20

C