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Chapter 2 Social Studies Lesson 1: Early People Lesson 2: The Eastern Woodlands Lesson 3: The Plains General Vocabulary Lesson 5: The Northwest and the Arctic 200 400 600 800 1000 Final Jeopardy Question

Topic 1: 200 Question: According to the land bridge theory, this was the continent early people crossed into North America Answer Asia Back

Topic 1: 400 Question: Define the word migration. Answer A movement of people Back

Topic 1: 600 Question: The main reason that early peoples in the Americas began to live in larger, more settled villages. Answer They developed agriculture Back

Topic 1: 800 Question: The early civilization in the Americas that developed a counting system that included zero. Answer The Mayan Back

Topic 1: 1000 Question: This early civilization developed a 365 day calendar. Answer The Olmecs Back

Topic 2: 200 Question: This was used to group Eastern Woodland peoples as Iroquoian or Algonquian. Answer The language they spoke. Back

Topic 2: 400 Question: This was the major purpose for the Iroquois League. Answer To resolve conflicts among people and groups Back

Topic 2: 600 Question: This was the most important natural resource to the people in the Eastern Woodlands. Answer Wood Back

Topic 2: 800 Question: This made it possible for the peoples of the Eastern Woodlands to produce more goods. Answer Division of labor Back

Topic 2: 1000 Question: Name at least two ways people of the Eastern Woodlands used trees. Answer Tools, canoes, build longhouses, weapons, shelter, etc. Back

Topic 3: 200 Question: Besides water, this was the most important natural resource for the Plains Indians. Answer Buffalo Back

Topic 3: 400 Question: A celebration to honor a cultural or religious event. Answer ceremony Back

Topic 3: 600 Question: Describe the type of land found in the plains. Answer Flat, dry, fields of grass Back

Topic 3: 800 Question: This type of shelter is made from wooden poles tied together at the top with animal skins stretched over the poles. Answer Tepees Back

Topic 3: 1000 Question: The purpose of a travois. Answer To carry belongings as the people moved to follow the buffalo Back

Topic 4: 200 Question: Objects made by early people Answer Artifacts Back

Topic 4: 400 Question: Long, wooden buildings that could hold up to 50 people. Answer Longhouse Back

Topic 4: 600 Question: The way the people of a state, region, or country use their resources to meet their needs. Answer Economy Back

Topic 4: 800 Question: The Olmec _____________ had a strong influence on the Mayan cities that developed later. Answer Culture Back

Topic 4: 1000 Question: The Pueblo people made their houses out of this material Answer Adobe Back

Topic 5: 200 Question: The reason the economy of the Native Americans in the Arctic caused families to band together. Answer When food was scarce, the family shared seal meat. Back

Topic 5: 400 Question: The most important natural resource to people of the Northwest Coast Answer wood Back

Topic 5: 600 Question: Name at least two ways the people of the Northwest Coast used trees. Answer Tools, canoes, longhouses, weapons, shelter, etc. Back

Topic 5: 800 Question: Name one way the people of the Arctic adapted their shelters because they didn’t have trees. Answer Used blocks of ice to make igloos Used sod to build a house Lived in tents made of sealskins Back

Topic 5: 1000 Question: The two types of fish that could be dried for food and traded by the people of the Northwest Coast Answer salmon and whale Back

Final Jeopardy: Question: Give the three features that are common to most civilizations. Answer Ways of life Religion Learning Back