1. Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
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2. Unit 2: The First Americans
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Unit 2: The First Americans
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4. Ask the Audience
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5. 50/50
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8. Pueblo means what in Spanish (used by Southwest Indians)?
50/50
town
teepee A B
longhouse
kiva C D
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9. AGRICULTURE is another word for…
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gathering
hunting A B
farming
fishing C D
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10. The Western Plains tribes were constantly on the move following the buffalo. A group of people who move around a lot and do not live in one place all the time are called___________?
50/50
nomads
homeless A B
warriors
clans C D
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11. During the Ice Age, humans followed __________ from Asia into North America?
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humans
maps A B
animals
stars C D
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12. 20.______ The Tlingit tribe was the first group to use cotton and wool for clothing.
This tribe had skilled horse riders and warriors, lived in teepees, and were migrating nomads…
50/50
AZTEC
COMANCHE A B
C MOHAWK
TLINGIT C D
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13. This tribe ruled MEXICO, invented one of the first calendars, and loved to play games.
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PLAINS
HOPI A B
COMANCHE
AZTEC C D
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14. Which region is mostly dry desert?
50/50
Woodlands
Northwest A B
Plains
Southwest C D
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15. Scientists think the first humans came to America by…
50/50
walking across a land bridge
riding on horses A B
following a river
sailing in canoes C D
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16. What were 2 important resources used by the Northwest/ Tlingit American Indians?
50/50
Beans and berries
Buffalo and wood A B
Wood and salmon
Corn/ Salmon C D
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17. Who believed that they were meant to be caretakers of the land and ate corn for every meal?
50/50
Tlingit
Hopi A B
Comanche
Aztec C D
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18. Why did the Southwest Indians use an irrigation system?
50/50
Corn was planted deep in the ground
Few trees in area A B
Lack of rain in area (little rain)
The area was flooded C D
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19. Who played an important role in the Haudenosaunee/ Iroquois government?
50/50
Clan mother
Clan President A B
Clan Chief
Clan father C D
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20. What did the Tlingit/ Pacific Northwest use to make clothing?
50/50
Cotton and animal skins
Bark, fur, wool A B
Grass and Wool
Animal skin, bark, fur C D
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21. animal skins and sticks
Southwest Indians such as the Hopi and Pueblo people built homes out of what material?
50/50
Adobe clay and stone
sticks, stones, grass A B
animal skins and sticks
wooden poles and bark C D
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22. You are getting closer! To officially earn the million… what were the 3 crops known as the “Three Sisters” and used by MOST Native American tribes???
50/50
Beans, squash, salmon
Corn, beans, squash A B
Berries, nuts, corn
Wood, carrots, animals C D
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