US History Post-test Summer 2021

The first Americans are believed to have come to North and South America from Asia during

• the last Ice Age.

• the birth of Jesus.

• the American War Revolutionary War.

• the American Civil War.

The first Americans are believed to have come to North and South America from Asia by (check all correct answers)

• boat

• car

• airplane

• walking across a land bridge that no longer exists.

The greatest technological and social advance by prehistoric society was

• controlling fire.

• inventing the wheel.

• farming/ agriculture.

• writing.

Once prehistoric society perfected their farming/ agricultural techniques, they had a surplus (extra) food. This led to

• war.

• electricity.

• iphones.

• population growth.

The population boom in North and South America led to four great empires ...

• the Olmec, Mayan, Aztec and Incan empires.

• the Roman, Spanish, African and British empires.

• the Iriquois, Huron, Mescalero and Apache empires.

• the Virginia, Florida, New York and Massachusetts empires.

North of Mexico, hundreds of different tribes with hundreds of different cultures existed.

• True

• False

What is a theory?

• a belief.

• a guess.

• an idea.

• an idea or belief based on evidence.

The Columbian Exchange is

• Christopher Columbus' voyage to America.

• the value of a dollar compared to a peso.

• the mixing of cultures between the Western and Eastern Hemispheres of the world after Columbus' voyage to the Western Hemisphere.

• getting something else when you don't like what you bought at first.

Four main European countries invaded North America ...

• Africa, Europe, Asia, and Australia.

• Spain, France, Netherlands, and England.

• Germany, Portugal, Belgium and Poland.

• Olmecs, Mayans, Aztecs and Incans.

The United States traces its history back to ...

• England/ Great Britain.

• Native Americans.

• Spain.

• France.