5th - SS Chapter 1 lesson 1&2 rev

Question 0

A thick sheet of ice

Answer 0

Glacier

Question 1

A long period of extreme cold

Answer 1

Ice Age

Question 2

To move

Answer 2

Migrate

Question 3

An explanation for something

Answer 3

Theory

Question 4

An object that someone made in the past

Answer 4

Artifact

Question 5

A person who studies artifacts to learn how people lived long ago

Answer 5

Archaeologist

Question 6

A narrow body of water between Asia and North America.

Answer 6

Bering Strait

Question 7

Theory about how people first came to the Americas?

Answer 7

During the Ice Age (40,000 - 10,000 years ago), hunters from Asia followed large animals across land bridge to the Americas.

Question 8

After Ice Age about 10,000 year ago, what happened to large animals like the mammoths?

Answer 8

They became extinct so hunters had to start hunting smaller animals.

Question 9

About 7000 years ago, people started doing what?

Answer 9

Growing their own food.

Question 10

Farming, or agriculture, let people what?

Answer 10

Settle in one place or settled into communities.

Question 11

Why do some scholars think people migrated from Asia to North America during the Ice Age?

Answer 11

During the Ice Age, the Bering Strait became shallower forming a land bridge allowing hunters to follow the large animals.

Question 12

How did the first Americans live during the Ice Age?

Answer 12

In small groups.

Question 13

Why did hunters have to find new ways to get food when the Earth’s climate began to get warmer?

Answer 13

The large animals died out, or became extinct, or perhaps the hunters killed them off.

Question 14

How do you think the early people discovered how to grow food?

Answer 14

They accidentally spilled seeds and those seeds began to grow.

Question 15

An activity done for a special purpose or event.

Answer 15

Ceremony

Question 16

A high landform with a flat top and steep sides.

Answer 16

Mesa

Question 17

A long period of time without rain.

Answer 17

Drought

Question 18

About 3,000 years ago, people known as ____________ settled east of the Mississippi River.

Answer 18

Mound Builders

Question 19

Why did Mound Builders settle there?

Answer 19

Good place to live, there were forests, lakes, and rivers.

Question 20

What was the Mound Builders’ main crop?

Answer 20

Corn

Question 21

What are three Early American Cultures?

Answer 21

The Mound Builders, the Anasazi, and the Inuit.

Question 22

Who lived in the four corners land?

Answer 22

The Anasazi’s.

Question 23

What is the four corners land?

Answer 23

Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado and Utah

Question 24

The Anasazi’s were the first to develop a system to carry water from streams to the crops in the fields. What was system called?

Answer 24

Irrigation

Question 25

What crops could the Anasazi grow?

Answer 25

Corn, squash and beans.

Question 26

Where did the Inuit’s live?

Answer 26

Near the Arctic Ocean.

Question 27

What did the Inuit’s hunt?

Answer 27

Whales, walruses, and seals.

Question 28

The Inuit’s built light, one-person boats called?

Answer 28

Kayaks

Question 29

The Inuit’s lived in ___________, made of ice.

Answer 29

Igloos

Question 30

The Mound Builders built thousands so mounds. What were they used for?

Answer 30

They were used for burial places, to honor animal spirits, and to hold ceremonies.

Question 31

What do the mounds tell archaeologists about the Mound Builders?

Answer 31

The mounds they left behind tell archaeologists that they were organized people.

Question 32

Who lived in what is now the Southwest United States?

Answer 32

The Anasazi lived there.

Question 33

Where did the Anasazi build their homes?

Answer 33

The Anasazi built their homes into the side of cliffs.

Question 34

Explain how the Anasazi were able to farm in the desert.

Answer 34

The Anasazi developed an irrigation system - dug ditches to carry water from the streams to their crops.

Question 35

How did the Inuit adapt to life in the cold climate near the Arctic Ocean?

Answer 35

The Inuit built igloos out of ice and hunted whales, walruses, and seals.

Question 36

Compare and contrast the cultures of the Mound Builders, Anasazi, and Inuit.

Answer 36

All three cultures built things need to adapt to their environment - Mound Builders built mounds, Anasazi built ditches to supply water to crops, and Inuit built igloos and kayaks.

All three cultures lived in very different environments - Mound Builder lived in the forests east of the Mississippi River, Anasazi lived in the desert in the Southwest, and Inuit lived in a very cold climate near the Arctic Ocean.