Ch 16- The Americas- Chapter Test

What is a narrow piece of land that connects two larger areas of land?

• link

• isthmus

• complex

• maize

A crop that early American's grew, also known as corn

• flour

• cotton

• maize

• sweet potatoes

what is an area where the soil has collapsed into a hollow or depression?

• pot

• sinkhole

• lake

• sewer

a rope with knotted cords of different lengths and colors that the Inca used

• bowline

• double fisherman's knot

• sheet bend

• quipu

A square wooden home that the Navajo settled into

• hogans

• colonial

• cape cod

• adobe

The Americas are made up of North America, South America, Central America, and the Caribbean.

• TRUE

• FALSE

The Rocky Mountains are lower than the Appalachians.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Growing and trading crops helped early Americans form more complex societies.

• TRUE

• FALSE

One of the most difficult challenges faced by the ancient Maya were the sinkholes that were found in southern Mexico and Central America.

• TRUE

• FALSE

The Hopi of the Pacific Northwest built homes from adobe

• TRUE

• FALSE