America Before 1492
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- Q1The first people to arrive in the Western Hemisphere were calledPrehistoric IndiansAsian-AmericansArchaic IndiansPaleo-Indians10s
- Q2The first people in North America came across a land bridge known as theIce BridgeIsthmus of PanamaSiberian PathwayBering Strait10s
- Q3The primary source of getting food for early Native Americans was:HuntingHunting and GatheringAgricultureGathering10s
- Q4The descendants of Paleo-Indians are:Pacific Coast IndiansWoodland IndiansArchaic IndiansAztecs10s
- Q5Archaic Indians survived by:AgricultureHuntingGatheringHunting and Gathering10s
- Q6Archaic Indians that hunted buffalo on foot lived where?Great BasinSouthwestEastern WoodlandsGreat Plains10s
- Q7Archaic Indians that hunted but relied on plants because of unpredictable rain lived where?Great BasinPacific NorthwestGreat PlainsEastern Woodlands10s
- Q8Archaic Indians that stalked deer as an important prey lived where?Great PlainsGreat BasinEastern WoodlandsSouthwest10s
- Q9Archaic Indians that carved totem poles and ate mostly fish lived where?Eastern WoodlandsPacific NorthwestGreat PlainsGreat Basin10s
- Q10Archaic Indians that lived in pueblos and excelled at irrigation lived where?SouthwestGreat BasinEastern WoodlandPacific Northwest10s
- Q11Archaic Indians that built burial mounds lived where?SouthwestPacific NorthwestGreat BasinEastern Woodlands10s
- Q12What supplemented the Archiac Indians' main way of life around 4000 BC?huntingagriculturetradegathering10s
- Q13Which is NOT one of the Eastern Woodland Indian divisions?IroquoianMuskogeanAlgonquianAztec10s
- Q14Strong Native group that lived in modern-day Mexico and was powerful around the 1300s:IroquoianSiouxIncaAztec10s