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Grade 5 Pre-Colonial Period
Engravings on the teeth or bones of whales or walruses are called scrimshaw.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Pre-Colonial Period
           Dogsleds            allowed tribes in the Arctic to travel quickly over snow-covered ground.
Grade 5 Pre-Colonial Period
Monks Mound was the largest earthwork in the Americas.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Pre-Colonial Period
Subarctic tribes made embroidery and bead work using porcupine quills.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Pre-Colonial Period

The Great Serpent Mound is an example of an          effigy          mound.
Grade 5 Pre-Colonial Period
Wild rice was a staple food for tribes around the Great Lakes.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Pre-Colonial Period
Many different tribes in the California cultural area practiced the Kuksu religion.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Pre-Colonial Period
Natural barriers separated many of the cultural areas.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Pre-Colonial Period
There was not a large variety of languages in North America before the arrival of Europeans.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Pre-Colonial Period
The term for the native, non-Arctic people of Canada is                First Nations                .
Grade 5 Pre-Colonial Period
Which of these allowed American Indians to be able to stay in the same place?
  1. Being able to hunt
  2. Being able to trade
  3. Being able to herd animals
  4. Being able to grow crops
Grade 5 Pre-Colonial Period
Subarctic tribes mixed meat with fat and berries to make an easy-to-carry and long-lasting food known as               .
  1. jerky
  2. maize
  3. caribou
  4. pemmican
Grade 5 Pre-Colonial Period
How many cultural phases were there between the arrival of the first Native Americans and Europeans?
  1. 1
  2. 3
  3. 4
  4. 6
Grade 5 Pre-Colonial Period
In the California cultural area, some houses were made using what type of reed?
  1. tule
  2. papyrus
  3. giant reed
  4. canary grass
Grade 5 Pre-Colonial Period
What is wampum?
  1. a feathered headband
  2. a belt made of shells and beads
  3. a leather bracelet
  4. a knitted belt
Grade 5 Pre-Colonial Period
The dry, desert environment--
  1. was home to the Eastern Woodlands Indians.
  2. required the Southwest Indians to adapt their entire way of life to it, planting crops such as corn and storing the surplus.
  3. resulted in the need for extensive trading networks, which used a language developed by the Chinooks.
  4. led archaeologists to develop the land bridge theory of migration.
Grade 5 Pre-Colonial Period
Arctic tribes hunted                 .
  1. seals
  2. whales
  3. walruses
  4. all of the above
Grade 5 Pre-Colonial Period
The Great Basin cultural area is located between the Sierra Nevada and                 Mountains.
  1. Rocky
  2. Coastal
  3. Andes
  4. Appalachian
Grade 5 Pre-Colonial Period
Which Indian tribe built hogans in the desert Southwest for shelter?
  1. Pueblos
  2. Navajos
  3. Eskimos
  4. Zunis
Grade 5 Pre-Colonial Period
What was Christopher Colombus looking for on his voyage?
  1. A short cut to the Indies
  2. The New World
  3. Canada
  4. Some New Jordans
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