Chapter 9 Section 1 Quiz

During what time period was the Americas attached to Asia?

• Middle Ages

• Ice Age

When the glaciers froze and the lea levels lowered, a land bridge stretched from Asia to what current state in the United States?

• California

• New York

• Alaska

• Arizona

Hunters from Asia followed herds of what animal across the land bridge to the Americas?

• Buffalo

• Mammoths

• Camels

• Polar Bears

What happened to the Mammoths

• They were hunted to the point of extinction

• They froze to death crossing the land bridge

• They evolved into elephants

Now in the Americas, farming starting in what is now Central Mexico, what was the most important crop they grew?

• Beans

• Rice

• Maize

• Oranges

Now, North and South America are separated from the rest of the world. But years ago, they were connected to Asia by a land bridge....what was the name of that land bridge?

• Beringia

• Landium Corridorum

• Nautico

• Asiana