1. Native American Unit Review Mr. Embry

2. How To Play 2 Teams-Chosen by Mr. Embry 1 score keeper for each team-Chosen by Mr. Embry 3 rounds-questions are more difficult and worth more points as the rounds move forward. Each correct answer will provide the team with the opportunity to double their score. Each wrong answer will allow the opposition the opportunity to steal the question.

3. Round 1 (1 Point) What does the word culture mean?

4. Round 1 (1 Point) Culture is defined as people’s way of life. Culture includes things such as food, language, clothing, and artwork.

5. Round 1 (1 Point) What is the difference between Climate and Weather?

6. Round 1 (1 Point) Climate is the average weather conditions over a long period of time. Weather is the current atmospheric conditions.

7. Round 1 (1 Point) What does it mean to adapt?

8. Round 1 (1 Point) Adapting is the same thing as changing or modifying your surroundings to make them more suitable.

9. Round 1 (1 Point) What is an artifact?

10. Round 1 (1 Point) Artifacts are man made objects that we use to learn about the people who made them.

11. Round 1 (1 Point) Explain the process of irrigation…

12. Round 1 (1 Point) Irrigation is the idea of bringing excess water to a region that me not receive or produce enough water necessary for survival.

13. Round 1 (1 Point) How do we believe the first Native Americans arrived in the Americas?

14. Round 1 (1 Point) Scientists believe that the Native Americans came across the Bering Land Bridge that connected present-day Alaska and present-day Russia.

15. Round 1 (1 Point) Why did the first Natives leave the continent of Asia?

16. Round 1 (1 Point) The first Natives are believed to have been nomadic hunters. During the Ice Age the Mammoths left Asia and forced the Natives to follow them

17. Round 2 (2 Points) How did the Natives of the Northwest Coast get the majority of their food?

18. Round 2 (2 Points) Natives of the Northwest coast were mainly hunters and they received the majority of their food from the rivers and oceans in the region.

19. Round 2 (2 Points) What was the food supply like for the Natives living the Great Basin?

20. Round 2 (2 Points) Natives of the Great Basin had a limited supply of food and water. They spent most of their time looking for these two essential things.

21. Round 2 (2 Points) How did the Native Americans adapt to the cool and hot temperatures of the desert climate that they lived in?

22. Round 2 (2 Points) They built well-insulated Pueblos built out of adobe bricks.

23. Round 2 (2 Points) The Buffalo was important for food, clothing, shelter, and tools for which Native American region?

24. Round 2 (2 Points) The Midwest/Great Plains

25. Round 2 (2 Points) Describe the women’s role in the civilized Iroquois Tribes…

26. Round 2 (2 Points) Women were considered head of the house they were able to own land and expected to plant and harvest the crops.

27. Round 2 (2 Points) What did the towns of the Southeast cluster around?

28. Round 2 (2 Points) Their towns were clustered around large Earthen Mounds

29. Round 2 (2 Points) Which Cultural Region carved large Totem Poles?

30. Round 2 (2 Points) Natives of the Northwest Coast carved large Totem Poles to honor their Gods, spirits, and family history.

31. Round 2 (2 Points) Describe the environment of the Great Plains

32. Round 2 (2 Points) The Great plains consisted of miles of open prairies, treeless terrain, and dense grasses for the large herds of buffalo to roam.

33. Round 2 (2 Points) Which Native American Cultural Region contained the largest fresh water lakes?

34. Round 2 (2 Points) The Eastern Woodlands contained the 5 Great Lakes Superior Huron Ontario Michigan Erie

35. Round 2 (2 Points) Which Cultural region had a hot dry climate?

36. Round 2 (2 Points) Hot and Dry Climate is located in the the Southwest. Present- Day Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, and Texas

37. Round 2 (2 Points) Explain 4 different ways Native Americans got their food

38. Round 2 (2 Points) Hunting, Gathering, Fishing, Farming

39. Round 2 (2 Points) What makes a place a civilization?

40. Round 2 (2 Points) Civilization is defined as a group of people with advanced culture. Usually some for of government, literature, communication, and social order is present in a civilization.

41. Round 2 (2 Points) What does specialized workers refer to?

42. Round 2 (2 Points) Specialized workers refers to the idea of people being able to practice a specific skill or duty in order to become accomplished at that task.

43. Round 2 (2 Points) How did the introduction of horses by the Spanish Explorers help the Natives of the Great Plains?

44. Round 2 (2 Points) Natives of the Great Plains relied heavily on the herds of buffalo roaming the area. The use of horses made the natives more mobile and better equipped to track down the buffalo.

45. Round 2 (2 Points) What type of shelter did the Cliff Dwellers of the southwest create?

46. Round 2 (2 Points) Cliff Dwellers are people who dug shelters out of the sides of cliffs and caves. The Anasazi were the most famous North American Cliff Dwellers

47. Round 2 (2 Points) Explain Terrace Farming

48. Round 2 (2 Points) Terrace farming was a practiced used by the Mayans and the Incas. This practice involved leveling out a hill side in order to use it for farmland.

49. Geography Review (2 Points) How is distance east and west of the Prime Meridian measured?

50. Geography Review (2 Points) Degrees longitude

51. Geography Review (2 Points) What is the difference between an isthmus and a strait?

52. Geography Review (2 Points) Isthmus is a narrow piece of land connecting two larger land masses. A strait in a narrow body of water connecting two larger bodies of water

53. Geography Review (2 Points) What is common misrepresentation when using a projection map?

54. Geography Review (2 Points) Sizes and shapes of landmasses get distorted the further from the equator they are and thus affecting distances between objects.

55. Geography Review (2 Points) What is the difference between a peninsula and an island?

56. Geography Review (2 Points) A peninsula is surrounded by water on 3 sides and an island has water all the way around it

57. Round 3 (5 Points) Provide an Example of how Native Americans of the Arctic tundra adapted to their harsh environment

58. Round 3 (5 Points) Native Americans from the arctic region had to adapt to the frigid temperatures or else they would die. To do this they built igloos during the winter months, made think clothing out of animal hides, and snow goggles out of animal bones to protect their eyes.

59. Round 3 (5 Points) Explain how Native Americans of the Southwest adapted to their environment

60. Round 3 (5 Points) Native Americans in the Southwest had to use irrigation to bring water into their region. They also had to use adobe to build their homes since wood, and sticks were not available. The Pueblos were well insulated to keep the heat out during the summer and the cool out during the winter.

61. Round 3 (5 Points) Name the 3 southern Empires and give their relative location

62. Round 3 (5 Points) Aztecs-Central Mexico Mayas-Southern Mexico/N. Central America Inca-South America

63. Round 3 (5 Points) Identify a cultural achievement for each of the southern empires

64. Round 3 (5 Points) Aztecs-Causeways leading into their city. Tribute for citizens Mayan-365 day calendar, mathematics and counting Inca-10,000 mile road system, Astronomy to accurately align the stars and predict weather patterns.