Americas- 16.2 Quiz

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

• Eastern Woodlands

• calendars

• city-states

• quipu

• tepees

The peoples of the Great Plains lived in cone-shaped tents called __________.

• Eastern Woodlands

• calendars

• city-states

• quipu

• tepees

Because it was covered by dense forests, the land wast of the Mississippi River was known as ___________.

• Eastern Woodlands

• calendars

• city-states

• quipu

• tepees

The Inca used __________ for both mathematics and record keeping.

• Eastern Woodlands

• calendars

• city-states

• quipu

• tepees

Both the Maya and the Aztec had two ___________, one for tracking religion and one for farming.

• Eastern Woodlands

• calendars

• city-states

• quipu

• tepees

The Maya

• had no major cities

• invented the wheel

• lived in South America

• used the concept of zero

Inuit means

• "igloo builders"

• "in the North"

• "mighty hunters"

• "the people"

Which of the following is an example of a Native American group that lived on the west coast of North America?

• Apache

• Cherokee

• Inuit

• Tlingit

The Inca leader Pachacuti

• developed a written language

• built a huge ancient empire

• headed a disorganized empire

• died as a young man