Journey Across Time National Edition

Chapter 16: The Americas

Self-Check Quizzes

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
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