Week 8 Studies Weekly: Western Hemisphere

Where does the name America come from?

• Amelia Earhart

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Amerigo Indians

• Columbus

American Indians traveled across a _________________between Alaska and Asia to come to the new world.

Columbus came to the New World from Spain in the year__________.

South America is made up of how many countries?

• 10

• 5

• 3

• 12

______________ is another word for corn.

Which of the following empires were part of the Western Hemisphere?

• Maya

• Inca

• Aztec

• Egyptian

__________________ is the phrase we use when someone thanks you for doing something nice, and you tell them to do this by doing something nice for someone else.

Mesoamerica includes all the area in what two places? (Check 2)

• Central America

• North America

• Mexico

• Asia

Which group of people started a way of writing with pictures?

• Aztec

• Inca

• Inuit

• Maya

The Mayans were responsible for which of the following things? (check 4)

• huge pyramids

• a good calendar

• writing with pictures

• money and gold

• blood and war