5.04+5.05 (S1)

Which best describes the historical term "New World"?

• Expanded understanding of the landmasses as a result of Magellan's travels.

• A term given to Spanish culture by civilizations of the Americas.

• A song from Aladdin.

• How Europeans referred to North and South America in the 1400s & 1500s.

Generally considered the earliest civilization in the Americas and located at letter C on the map?

• Olmec

• Aztec

• Mayan

• Incan

This civilization created a large network of roads to link their empire.

• Olmec

• Aztec

• Mayan

• Incan

The Maya carved the monuments called stelae.

• True

• False

This early civilization fit giant stones together without the use of mortar.

• Olmec

• Aztec

• Mayan

• Incan

Hiram Bingham was an archaeologist who rediscovered the Inca location of Machu Picchu in the 1900s.

• True

• False

Whose capital city of Tenochtitlán had a population larger than most European cities?

• Olmec

• Aztec

• Mayan

• Incan

According to scholars, to be considered a civilization, these three things must be present.

• Farming & extra food.

• Work is divided among the people.

• Permanent settlements.

• A religion with recorded beliefs.

The Aztec scribes painted books and kept records of taxes.

• True

• False

Who used khipu, a system of recording numbers by tying knots on strings?

• Olmec

• Aztec

• Mayan

• Incan