The Rise of Early American Civilizations, chapter 1

What continents did humans begin to migrate and inhabit?

• Antarctica, Europe, Oceania, South America, Africa and Asia

• Africa, Asia, Australia, South America, North America, and Europe

• North America, South America, Central America, Asia, Africa, Australia and Europe

• Oceania, Africa, Europe, Central America, Asia, and the Caribbean.

Fill in the blank. People used animals to help plow and fertilize the soil, provide wool for clothes and other uses because people could (a)   animals.

Around what time towns and villages turned into cities?

• Between 12,000 and 5,000 BC

• Between 12,000 and 8,000 BC

• Between 4,000 and 2,000 AD

• Between 4000 and 2000 BCE

Where did the earliest civilizations arise in?

• They arose in Australia and Africa.

• The earliest civilizations arose in Asia and the Americas.

• The earliest civilizations arose in Asia and Africa.

• The earliest civilizations arose in the Middle East and Egypt.

Fill in the blank. How are the early American civilizations called? (a)  

A synonym is a word that means the same. What is a synonym of Middle America according to the passage?

(a)  

What is the piece of land that connects North and South America?

• isthmus

• peninsula

• inland rainforest

• river banks

Where do Maya descendants live nowadays?

• The Mayans live from Mexico to Los Angeles.

• The Mayas live in Ecuador, Panama, and Venezuela.

• The Mayas live in Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador.

• The Mayas live in the Valley of Mexico.

Where did the Inca civilization begin?

• The Inca civilization began north of the Yucatan Península.

• The Inca civilization began in what is Nicaragua and northern Costa Rica today.

• The Inca civilization began in the Amazon jungle.

• The Inca civilization began in the Andes Mountains.

What animal does not belong to the Andes region?

• Quetzal birds

• chinchillas

• cougars

• alpacas