Unit 2 Test Review (Early Peoples)
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- Q1
What was the land bridge?
The land bridge connected Asia and North America
The land bridge connected North and South America
The land bridge connected Europe and Africa
The land bridge connected Asia and Africa
30s - Q2
Why was the land bridge significant?
The land bridge allowed for European settlers to colonize America.
The land bridge allowed for horses to travel from North America to South America
The land bridge allowed for the first humans to cross over into the Americas.
The land bridge allowed for cars to drive from Asia to the Americas.
30s - Q3
What do archaeologists use to study the past?
Interviews with famous celebrities
Artifacts such as tools, pottery, shells, and bones
Textbooks
Primary sources such as diaries, photographs, and journals
30s - Q4
When is it believed the first people reached Texas?
35,000 years ago
11,000 years ago
8,000 years ago
20,000 years ago
30s - Q5
What is a hunter-gatherer?
Someone whose food source is found through hunting and/or gathering
Someone who grows crops
Someone who gets their food through the drive through
30s - Q6
What did the earliest Texans hunt?
Fish
Nuts, berries, and roots
They farmed
Large mammals
30s - Q7
What are the three major advances in technology during this time?
Pottery, bow & arrow, and horses
Bow & arrow, airplane, and pottery
Pottery, bow & arrow, and agriculture
Agriculture, the plow, and the gun
30s - Q8
Why was pottery a beneficial advancement?
It allowed for Native Americans to store clothing
It allowed for Native Americans to cook and store food
It gave Native American children something to play with
It allowed Native American children to learn a new skill
30s - Q9
Why was the bow & arrow a beneficial advancement?
It allowed for Native Americans to kill at a greater distance
It allowed for Native Americans to practice killing animals
It allowed for Native Americans to protect themselves against Spanish settlers
30s - Q10
What became well established around A.D. 1200?
Horses
Bow & Arrow
Agriculture
Pottery
30s - Q11
How did agriculture change the way that Native Americans lived?
It allowed Native Americans to move around more frequently
It allowed Native Americans to have their own food supply and stay in one place
It allowed for Native Americans to be able to trade
30s - Q12
What is a shaman?
A person that was believed to have the ability to cure one's sickness and talk to spirits
A person that was able to farm and harvest crops
A person that was the political leader of a tribe
30s - Q13
Why was the shaman so important?
They acted as a political leader to help with trouble
They acted as a doctor within the tribe and were able to communicate with their afterlife
They acted as a religious leader to lead worship
30s - Q14
The Caddo Tribe had more than 20 groups along the Red River and East Texas
truefalseTrue or False30s - Q15
Which tribe had complex social system based on rank/status?
Karankawa
Apache
Caddo
Jumano
30s