Three Worlds Meet - Chapter 1 - Quiz 2

The people of this culture, who entered the Valley of Mexico in the 1200s, built great cities or ceremonial centers similar to those of the Maya and Inca.

• Aztecs

• Olmecs

• Adena

• Hohokam

This culture created the first empire of the Americas. Located in modern-day southern Mexico, this empire arose as early as 1200 B.C. and mysteriously collapsed around 400 B.C.

• Aztecs

• Maya

• Inca

• Olmecs

From approximately A.D. 250-900, this culture built a thriving civilization in what is now Guatemala and the Yucatan Peninsula.

• Aztecs

• Maya

• Inca

• Olmecs

According to the views and values of most Native American peoples, an individual could not claim ownership rights to

• land

• crops

• medicines

• household items

In the late 1400s, a West African might be enslaved and sent to the island of Principe or Sao Tome to work on a Portuguese ______.

• Farm

• Plantation

• Savanna

In the 1400s, the majority of Europeans made up the bottom of the social hierarchy.

• True

• False; top

• False; middle

In the 1400s, the daily life of the average European centered around the extended family.

• True

• False; nuclear

• False; kinship

The main goals for Christopher Columbus's first exploration of the Americas were to find gold, claim lands for Italy, and spread Christianity.

• True

• False; Portugal

• False; Spain

The Taino were the first Native Americas with whom Columbus came into contact.

• True

• False; Arawak

• False; Aztecs

In the 1500s, food was the main contribution of the Americas to the Columbian Exchange.

• True

• False; disease

• False; livestock