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7. You can conclude that
a. the early societies of the North American continent were not very successful
b. the mammoth died out due to overhunting
c. the early North American peoples were not very good hunters

d. The Hohokum were probably influenced by settlements in Mexico

8. Which of the following is an opinion expressed in the passage?
a. Beringia was 1,500 kilometers wide.
b. Finely crafted spear points were found near Clovis, New Mexico.
c. By 3000 B.C., a primitive type of corn was being grown in New Mexico and

Arizona.
d. By the first century A.D., the Hohokum were living in settlements near
Phoenix, Arizona.

9. What is the purpose of the first paragraph?
a. to describe the method by which primitive people came to populate the

North American continent
b. to describe the early settlements of the North American continent
c. to offer a brief description of the land bridge connecting the North American
continent to the Western Hemisphere
d. to offer a brief description of the North American continent during the Ice
Age

10. What do the words ice sheets mean?
a. bedding that provides little warmth
b. very large sections of ice
c. large amounts of hail
d. slowly melting glaciers

True or False

Check “T” for true and “F” for false.

1. Before 3000 B.C., there was no evidence of T F
civilization in North America.

2. The Hohokum built ball courts. T F
3. As the mammoth died out the bison took its place T F

as the principal source of food and hide.
4. Beringia was made up of a moist and treeless T F

tundra.
5. The first people to cross into the North American T F

continent intended to do so.

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