Name ___________________________________________________
Block _______
American Indians Test Review
Vocabulary and General Information
1.
Natural resources
are useful materials found in nature, including water,
animals, vegetation, and minerals that determined what
shelters and main source of food was for each Indian
tribe
2.
Asia
was the continent from where archaeologists believe early
Americans came from
3.
Bering Land Bridge
scientists think that people and animals migrated over this
in search of food (also known as Beringia)
4.
Cactus Hill
was an ancient campsite 45 miles south of
Richmond, Virginia that is believed to be 18,000 years old
5.
Food
American Indians used their environment to meet these
Clothing
three basic needs
Shelter
6. _____Archeology ______
study human behavior and cultures of the past through
the recovery and analysis of artifacts
Resources – Write the type of resource being described
7. __Natural Resources_____
things that come directly from nature
8. __Capital Resources_____
goods produced and used to make other goods and
services
9. __Human Resources ____
people working to produce goods and services
10. __ Human Resources ___
people who fished, made clothing, and hunted animals
11. __ Capital Resources_____
the canoes, bows, and spears American Indians made
12. __Natural Resources_
The fish American Indians caught, wild animals they
hunted, and crops they grew
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For the remaining questions, use Inuit, Lakota (Sioux), Iroquois, Pueblo, or Kwakiutl
Location of American Indian Tribes
13.
Inuit
Present-day Alaska and northern Canada (Arctic Indians)
14.
Kwakiutl
Pacific Northwest (Coastal Indians)
15.
Lakota (Sioux)
Grassland of the Great Plains (Plains Indians)
16.
Pueblo
Southwest in present-day New Mexico and Arizona
(Desert Indians)
17.
Iroquois
Northeast North America (Eastern Woodlands Indians)
Surroundings of the American Indian Tribes
18.
Kwakiutl
Rainy, mild climate
19.
Iroquois
Heavily forested
20.
Inuit
Temperature below freezing much of the year
21.
Pueblo
Desert areas and areas bordering cliffs and mountains
22.
Lakota (Sioux)
Dry grasslands
American Indian Shelters
23.
Iroquois
Longhouse
24.
Pueblo
Adobe houses
25.
Inuit
Igloo
26.
Lakota (Sioux)
Tepee
27.
Kwakiutl
Wooden plank houses with totem poles
Main Source of Food for First Americans
28.
Inuit
Whales, seals
29.
Kwakiutl
Fish, especially salmon
30.
Pueblo
Corn
31.
Lakota (Sioux)
Buffalo
32.
Iroquois
Deer, elk, beans, squash
American Indian Map
Write the name of the American Indian tribe that lived in each numbered region.
33.
Iroquois
34.
Lakota (Sioux)
35.
Pueblo
36.
Kwakiutl
37.
Inuit