Pre Columbian societies to colonial North America

Which statements are true regarding Native Americans?

• The Aztec, Inca, and Maya are the 3 most important MesoAmerican Indian Empires

• Mayans didn't know how to use the wheel for farming

• Aztecs had sophisticated writing and irrigation systems

• Sophisticated art and architecture were not found with the Mayans

Which statements are true regarding Native Americans?

• The Aztec, Inca, and Maya are the 3 most important MesoAmerican Indian Empires

• Mayans didn't know how to use the wheel for farming

• Aztecs had sophisticated writing and irrigation systems

• Sophisticated art and architecture were not found with the Mayans

Which statements are true regarding the Anasazi

• They lived on the side of cliffs

• Massive burial mounds were found with them

• They built canals for irrigation

• Lived on the banks of the Mississippi River

Which statements are true regarding Cahokia

• Characterized by Massive burial mounds

• Lived on the side of cliffs

• Had a large urban center of 140,000 people

• Located on the Banks of the Mississippi River

Which statements are true regarding the Woodland tribes

• Lived on the Pacific coast

• Lived on the Atlantic Coast

• Women were responsible for farming

• Had large burial mounds for their dead

Which statements are true of Native Americans?

• Their primary staple was wheat

• Their primary staple was corn

• Some woodlands tribes practices patrilineal ownership

• They believed in communal ownership

Which statements are true Native Americans?

• prior to Columbus, most of the population was in Central and South America

• prior to Columbus, most of the population was located in Mesoamerica.

• The Iroquois Confederacy were wiped out during the American Reolvution

• Referred to as the Greeks of the New World

Which statements are factual?

• Mercantlism is an economic theory that sees trade as "zero-sum".
• The Great Awakening led people to question the monarchy if "all people are equal before God"
• The Navigation Acts enabled freer trade for the English colonies
• Mercantlism supports the idea of free and open trade

Which statements are factual?

• A person who believes in Mercantlist theory would appreciate the Navigation Acts of 1660 and 1663
• The Great Awakening led to a split between the "Old Lights and the "New Lights"
• The Old Lights helped to found new Universities like Yale
• The colony of Georgia was established as a safe haven for Catholics

Which statements are factual?

• Navigation Acts were intended to give England control of trade
• Old lights were people who rejected the Great Awakening
• The Dominon of New England was developed as a response to the Great Awakening
• Mercantlism helped fuel the Great Awakening