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7th Grade: Chapter 1: The First Americans

Quiz by Meghan Ginley

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  • Q1
    Where did the Cherokee peoples live?
    Northern part of North America
    Southern part of North America
    Eastern part of North America
    Western part of North America
    30s
  • Q2
    Who were the Mound Builders?
    Inuit
    Adena, Hopewell, Mississippians
    Anasazi
    Cherokee
    30s
  • Q3
    What things did (early!) early Americans hunt?
    rabbits
    deer
    caribou
    bison and wholly mammoths
    30s
  • Q4
    What is the theory of how the early peoples arrived in North America?
    crossed the Atlantic
    crossed the Bering Strait
    crossed the Pacific
    crossed the Alaskan sea
    30s
  • Q5
    The Maya created a 365-day calendar based on their study of _____.
    cave paintings
    astromony
    ancient peoples
    the first globe
    30s
  • Q6
    People from which region used tepees?
    West
    North
    Southwest
    Plains
    30s
  • Q7
    The Iroquois Grand Council was chosen by ______.
    all the people
    group mothers
    clan mothers
    male members
    30s
  • Q8
    _______ relied on salmon as their main food source.
    Chinook
    Plains People
    Cherokee
    Apache
    30s
  • Q9
    T or F: Archaeologists do not know the exact date when the first people appeared in North American.
    True
    False
    30s
  • Q10
    T or F: The Maya people relied on horses and wheeled carts.
    False
    True
    30s
  • Q11
    What is a clan?
    a rough calculation of a number
    a group of related families
    a scientific way to determine the age of an artifact
    a building
    30s
  • Q12
    What is carbon dating?
    a way to understand ancient languages
    a building
    a group of related families
    a scientific way to determine the age of an artifact
    30s
  • Q13
    What does the word "complex" mean?
    highly detailed
    ancient
    confusing
    simple
    30s
  • Q14
    What is a structure?
    an ancient religion
    a building
    a formula
    a rough calculation of a number
    30s
  • Q15
    What is an estimate?
    an example of something
    a rough calculation of a number
    a random guess
    a thesis statement
    30s

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