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

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