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Chapter 1 Review
 

1. What kinds of animals did the first Americans eat?

 
 
 
 

2. How was the land bridge that connected Asia and North America created?  Why was it important?

 
 
 
 
 

3. What did early Americans do with the animals they hunted?

 
 
 
 
 

4. Why did early Americans begin hunting smaller animals?

 
 
 
 
 

5. What did the Maya use pyramids for?

 
 
 
 
 

6. How did the Aztec’s neighbors feel about the Aztec?  Why?

 
 
 
 

7. How were the Inca able to farm in the mountains?

 
 
 
 

8. Why did the Anasazi build homes into the sides of cliffs?

 
 

9. Where did the Mound Builders build their mounds?

 
 
 
 
 
 

10. What did the Mound Builders use their mounds for?

 
 
 
 
 

11. Did the Mound Builders create any shapes with their mounds?  If so, what?

 
 
 
 
 

12. How did people in the north adapt to their surroundings?

 
 
 
 
 

13. In which part of North America did the Tlingit, Nez Perce, Pomo, and the Shoshone live?  Why did they live different lifestyles from each other?

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

14. How did people on the Plains get their horses?

 
 
 
 
 

15. What was the purpose of the Iroquois Confederacy?