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2. 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
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Final Jeopardy Question

3. Topic 1: 200
Question:
According to the land bridge theory, this was the continent early people crossed into North America
Answer
Asia
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4. Topic 1: 400 Question: Define the word migration. Answer
A movement of people
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5. 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
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6. Topic 1: 800
Question:
The early civilization in the Americas that developed a counting system that included zero.
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The Mayan
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7. Topic 1: 1000
Question:
This early civilization developed a 365 day calendar.
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The Olmecs
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8. Topic 2: 200
Question:
This was used to group Eastern Woodland peoples as Iroquoian or Algonquian.
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The language they spoke.
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9. Topic 2: 400
Question:
This was the major purpose for the Iroquois League.
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To resolve conflicts among people and groups
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10. Topic 2: 600
Question:
This was the most important natural resource to the people in the Eastern Woodlands.
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Wood
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11. Topic 2: 800
Question:
This made it possible for the peoples of the Eastern Woodlands to produce more goods.
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Division of labor
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12. Topic 2: 1000
Question:
Name at least two ways people of the Eastern Woodlands used trees.
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Tools, canoes, build longhouses, weapons, shelter, etc.
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13. Topic 3: 200
Question:
Besides water, this was the most important natural resource for the Plains Indians.
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Buffalo
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14. Topic 3: 400
Question:
A celebration to honor a cultural or religious event.
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ceremony
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15. Topic 3: 600 Question: Describe the type of land found in the plains.
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Flat, dry, fields of grass
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16. 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.
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Tepees
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17. Topic 3: 1000 Question: The purpose of a travois. Answer
To carry belongings as the people moved to follow the buffalo
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18. Topic 4: 200 Question: Objects made by early people Answer Artifacts
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19. Topic 4: 400
Question:
Long, wooden buildings that could hold up to 50 people.
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Longhouse
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20. Topic 4: 600
Question:
The way the people of a state, region, or country use their resources to meet their needs.
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Economy
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21. Topic 4: 800
Question:
The Olmec _____________ had a strong influence on the Mayan cities that developed later.
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Culture
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22. Topic 4: 1000
Question:
The Pueblo people made their houses out of this material
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Adobe
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23. Topic 5: 200
Question:
The reason the economy of the Native Americans in the Arctic caused families to band together.
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When food was scarce, the family shared seal meat.
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24. Topic 5: 400
Question:
The most important natural resource to people of the Northwest Coast
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wood
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25. Topic 5: 600
Question:
Name at least two ways the people of the Northwest Coast used trees.
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Tools, canoes, longhouses, weapons, shelter, etc.
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26. Topic 5: 800
Question:
Name one way the people of the Arctic adapted their shelters because they didn’t have trees.
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Used blocks of ice to make igloos
Used sod to build a house
Lived in tents made of sealskins
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27. Topic 5: 1000
Question:
The two types of fish that could be dried for food and traded by the people of the Northwest Coast
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salmon and whale
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28. Final Jeopardy: Question:
Give the three features that are common to most civilizations.
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Ways of life
Religion
Learning
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