American Beginnings

Who was given credit for discovering the Americas?

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Christopher Columbus

• Luis San Vitores

• Hernando Cortes

Which Native American tribe lived in the Mississippi river valleys?

• Mississippian

• Aztec

• Olmec

• Maya

What is a Beringia?

• land bridge between Asia and Hawaii

• land bridge between Atlantic and Alaska

• land bridge between Asia and Alaska

• land bridge between North America and South America

Besides Hohokam, what other civilization started in the desert areas of southwestern North America?

• Kwakiutl

• Anasazi

• Maya

• Hopewell

Which tribe built adobe houses in the Southwest?

• Anasazi

• Adena

• Pueblo

• Inca

How did the Native Americans treat their lands?

• with respect

• as a resource that belonged to all groups

• made very little changes to it

• all the above

Most Native American groups believed that spirits lived in the world, spirits of relatives who had died might still serve as a guide to the living.

• True

• False

A person of mixed Spanish and Native American descent

• Mestizo

• Pueblo

• Taino

• Chamorro

Which Civilization lived along the coast of Golf of Mexico?

• Olmec

• Mississippian

• Hohokam

• Adena

Which Treaty was an agreement between Spain and Portugal to explore different lands?

• Treaty of Versailles

• Treaty of Tordesillas

• Treaty of Ghent

• Treaty of Peace