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Reading Questions

Choose the best answer.

1. What was the name of the land bridge primitive peoples used to cross into
the North American continent?
a. Beringia
b. Bering Sea

c. Clovis
d. Hohokum

2. What is the last location mentioned in the passage where early
settlements were established?

a. Clovis, New Mexico
b. Alaska
c. Siberia
d. Pheonix, Arizona

3. What was an effect of the development of a land bridge leading to the

North American continent?
a. primitive people’s migrating to the North American continent
b. the extinction of the mammoth
c. the appearance of primitive agriculture
d. the appearance of irrigation

4. What is the feature of early settlements of near Pheonix, Arizona
compared to early settlements in Mexico?
a. irrigation systems
b. pyramid-like mounds
c. finely crafted spear points

d. cave paintings

5. Predict why primitive people crossed the land bridge into the North
American continent.
a. The western hemisphere was overcrowded.

b. They were naturally curious and explorative people.
c. The large animals they hunted for survival were attracted to the land bridge.
d. all of the above

6. In the passage the word courts means
a. a place where justice is administered

b. a designated area for playing a sport
c. a short street
d. the high ranking nobility in a monarchy

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