Quiz #1--The Earliest Americans, Native American etc.

Before the arrival of Europeans, the most advanced Native American societies were located in what is now

• California

• The eastern United States

• The American Southwest

• Mexico

The exposure of a land bridge between Asia and present-day Alaska during the last Ice Age resulted in

• The introduction of new plants & animals to Asia & Europe

• The development of farming in the Americas

• The migration of people into the Americas

• The establishment of advanced cultures in North America

The decimation of the native population of the Americas and the need for plantation labor resulted in the

• encomienda system

• establishment of religious tolerance

• West African Slave Trade

• Columbian Exchange

The voyage of enslaved Africans across the Atlantic to the Americas was known as the

• Northwest Passage

• African Diaspora

• triangular trade

• Middle Passage

Who was the first European to sail to North America?

• Christopher Columbus

• Leif Eriksson

• Ferdinad Magallan

• Vasco De Gama

Why did early peoples in the Americas migrate South? (Check all that apply)

• Seeking warmer climate

• escaping political violence

• following the herds

• to begin trade

What three countries partook in triangular trade?

• The Americas

• Mexico

• Europe

• Asia

• Africa

Which of the following was not a view about land ownership by Native American groups?

• Individuals owned the land they used to grow crops.

• Land was for everyone. a person's right to use was temporary.

• The land itself was for the use of everyone in the village.

• Individuals owned the crops not the land used.

Who was Henry the Navigator? (check all that apply)

• started school of navigation

• Portuguese ruler

• first explorer to find a sea route from Europe to Asia

• first European to set sail to North America

Which one of the following was the earliest farm cultures in the Southwest?

• Hopewell

• Olmec

• Anasazi

• Inuit