Notebook
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Mr. Graver
United States History
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Chapter 1 Study Guide
Roots of the American People
Wow! Did you have any idea those “First Americans” were so advanced? Imagine,
they traveled to two brand new continents hunting the dangerous woolly mammoth,
established the first American civilizations (like the Maya, Aztec, Inca
Mississippians and Anasazi), and developed lots of different cultural areas across
North America from the Eastern Woodlands to the Far West. With all of these
people and cultures established in North America for thousands of years, it will be
rather funny in Chapter Two when Christopher Columbus declares he “discovered”
America!
Directions: Answer the following questions on this Study Guide using your Text
Book, Notepacket, Video Sheets, Readings, and Puzzles from Chapter 1. Study
these sheets like crazy and you’ll do VERY well on the Chapter Test! See Mr.
Graver if you have any questions or need extra help!
There will be 20 Multiple Choice questions on the test!
1. Where did the Anasazi live in what is now the United States (4 states!)?
2. What caused Native American groups to each develop distinct ways of life all
across North America?
3. What were some things the Aztecs did to the people they conquered which
proves they were harsh rulers?
4. What were TWO great accomplishments of the Incas?
5. What did Octavian do in Rome after the Roman Republic collapsed?
6. What were TWO great accomplishments of the Aztecs?
7. What does the Land-Bridge Theory believe?
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8. What were TWO great accomplishments of the Mayas?
9. What ancient civilization was the first to create Democracy?
10. What 2 continents were populated when people crossed the Land-Bridge
from Asia?
11. Why do we think people crossed the Land-Bridge from Asia?
12. Why did the discovery of farming, made about 8,000 years ago in America,
change people’s lives forever?
13. What did the Aztecs do as an offering to the gods?
14. What first European country had an explorer travel the great Incan
highway?
15. What did Pericles say about Athens that tells us he was very proud of his
Democracy there?
16. What did Native Americans have a very close relationship to?
17. What does the Coastal-Route Theory believe?
18. What is another name for the Mound Builders?
19. What 2 ancient civilizations really influenced the founders of the United
States?
20. What could adult male citizens do in Athens that no one else could?
There will be 15 MATCHING questions on the test!
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21. _________________________ are what we call the practice of passing on your
history by memorizing stories and reciting them to younger generations.
22. The _________________________ were excellent farmers who dug irrigation
canals in the desert to water their crops.
23. _________________________ is when people bring water to their fields from
another location by digging canals and ditches.
24. _________________________ was the name of the Inca capital city.
25. _________________________ is the name we give to the land that made up
the Land Bridge between what is now Siberia and Alaska.
26. _________________________ is a Native American apartment home made of
sun dried bricks.
27. _________________________ is a thick sheet of ice that can be thousands of
miles long and a mile thick.
28. _________________________ means having more than you need.
29. A _________________________ is a type of government where the people
choose representatives to govern them.
30. A _________________________ is a type of boat some Native Americans used
to hunt whales and seals.
31. _________________________ is what we call an advanced culture in which
people have developed cities, science, and industries.
Irrigation
32. _________________________ is what we call a group of
Kayak
people’s way of life that includes their religion, laws,
Hohokam
language, music, and food.
Cultural Areas
Republic
33. _________________________ is what we call regions where
Cuzco
groups of people share common ways of life.
Surplus
Oral Traditions
34. _________________________ is a type of government where
Tepee
ordinary citizens make the decisions.
Glacier
Culture
35. _________________________ is a type of Native American
Pueblo
home made from animal skins.
Beringia
Civilization
Direct Democracy
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There will be 10 TRUE or FALSE questions on the test!
36. In Native American culture, what responsibilities did the men usually have?
What responsibilities did the women usually have?
37. What did the Romans believe about their Code of Laws?
38. Why do we think the Mississippians built their mounds?
39. What usually happens to the population when people begin to
farm?
40. How do we think the Land Bridge was created between Asia and North
America thousands of years ago?
41. What were the names of the first 3 large civilizations in the Americas?
42. Why did the Anasazi build their homes on the sides of cliffs?
43. What great discovery did SOME Native American cultures discover? What
inventions did they make to enable them to be even better at it?
44. Why did the Athenians think education was so important?
45. What did SOME Native American groups do with other groups when they
had surpluses of food and goods?
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There will be 5 Native American MATCHING questions on the test!
Use the chart on pages 11 & 12 of your Notepacket to answer these!
46. What Native American group created a government and made laws to keep
peace?
47. What Native American group hunted and depended heavily on buffalo?
48. What Native American group lived in what is now Arizona, New Mexico and
Colorado where it is very dry for most of the year?
49. What Native American group lived in an Arctic climate where ice covered
much of the land?
50. What Native American group did NOT farm but had so much food to hunt
and gather (bear, deer, salmon, roots and berries) that they lived in
permanent homes?
Great Plains
South West
Eastern Woodlands
Far North
North West
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There will be 5 Native American
CULTURAL MAP QUESTIONS on the test!
Study your Native American Cultural Map to answer these!
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51.__________
52.__________
53.__________
54.__________
55.__________
A. Far West
B. Southeast
C. Eastern Woodlands
D. Southwest
E. Great Plains