Ch.7 Mesoamerica QuiZ

extends both north and south of the Equator

• South America

• Antarctica

• Australia

• Europe

created by the early people of North America, but not by those from Central and South America

• mounds

• hunter-gatherers

• the Caribbean

• Yucatán

used animals for food, clothing, and shelter

• hunter-gatherers

• mounds

• the Caribbean

• Yucatán

collective name for a group of islands located in waters off northern South America

• the Caribbean

• Yucatán

• South America

• mounds

home of the Maya

• Alaska

• Mexico

• Peru

• Yucatán

The four geographical areas of the Americas are North America, South America, Central America, and

• the Arctic.

• Argentina.

• the Caribbean.

• Tierra del Fuego.

A land bridge from Asia to the Americas was made possible by which of the following?

• archaeologists

• the development of stone tools

• last Ice Age

• prehistoric people

As farming spread, people began to

• fight with one another.

• move southward.

• rely on hunting and gathering.

• settle in one place.

Where did the Olmec establish their civilization?

• Gulf of Mexico coast

• present-day Peru

• south central Mexico

• Yucatán Peninsula

Maya __ were connected by culture, political ties, and trade.

• temples

• city-states

• monuments

• art