World History: Journey Across Time: The Early Ages

Chapter 16: The Americas


1.	Scientists believe that people in Asia followed the animals they were hunting across a __________ to the Americas.
		A)	land bridge
		B)	glacier
		C)	peninsula
		D)	wooded plain


2.	The __________ were the first Mesoamericans to establish a trading empire.
		A)	Aztec
		B)	Toltec
		C)	Olmec
		D)	Maya


3.	Which of the following correctly identifies the order in which the Mesoamerican civilizations developed?
		A)	Maya, Olmec, Toltec, Aztec
		B)	Olmec, Maya, Toltec, Aztec
		C)	Aztec, Toltec, Olmec, Maya
		D)	None of the above.


4.	The __________ built the largest empire in the ancient Americas.
		A)	Moche
		B)	Inca
		C)	Cuzco
		D)	Aztec


5.	The Adena and __________ formed the mound-building culture that settled lands stretching from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico.
		A)	Inca
		B)	Maya
		C)	Anasazi
		D)	Hopewell


6.	The Maya settled in the __________.
		A)	desert
		B)	Southwest
		C)	Petén
		D)	Mississippi River valley


7.	Commoners of Aztec society could join the noble class __________.
		A)	paying money to the emperor
		B)	praying to the gods
		C)	through marriage to a noble
		D)	by performing one act of bravery in war


8.	The language spoken by the Inca was ___________.
		A)	quipu
		B)	Cuzco
		C)	Quechua
		D)	hieroglyphics


9.	An Italian sea captain named _____ landed his fleet on the island of Hispaniola in August 1492.
		A)	Christopher Columbus
		B)	Atahualpa
		C)	Francisco Pizarro
		D)	Hernán Cortés


10.	The _____ were the first Europeans to try to find a way around Africa.
		A)	French
		B)	Spanish
		C)	Portuguese
		D)	British