Cliff dwellings found in the Desert West probably

provided protection against attack.

provided protection against frequent flooding.

were used as temporary homes for nomadic cultures.

What made the Incan Temple of the Sun particularly beautiful?

It was heavily decorated in gold.

What was a major difference between the Maya civilization and other civilizations in Mesoamerica?

It was made up of individual city-states.

It emerged much earlier than any other civilization.

Unlike other civilizations, its leaders preferred diplomacy over warfare.

It engaged in trade, while others did not.

What caused the end of the Inca Empire?

a disorganized central government

What types of structures were in Olmec towns?

massive burial mounds and apartment houses

igloos and larger residential buildings

Which of the following was true about Inca society?

Families were grouped into cooperative communities.

All lived with the fear of being sacrificed to the gods.

People were allowed to worship only the sun god.

Individual achievements were highly valued and richly rewarded.

Which statement correctly describes a characteristic of Moche farmers?

They developed massive irrigation systems including canals to irrigate the land.

They burned down forests and then cleared the land in order to plant on it.

They built raised fields along riverbanks to lift crops up above the annual floodwaters.

They created step terraces on steep slopes to prevent the rain from washing the soil away.

Which type of farming method did the Maya use?

They build raised fields along the banks of rivers to lift crops up above the annual floodwaters.

They created a system of terraced farming which made efficient use of canals to water their crops.

They built a complex irrigation system that included numerous canals for watering their crops.

They created artificial islands made of reed mats anchored to a shallow lake-bed with willow trees.

Which statement correctly describes a characteristic of the Inca civilization?

The Inca emperor owned all the land and people in his empire.

The Inca required conquered people to become slaves.

The Inca farmers worked the land as an independent enterprise.

The Inca developed a system of writing and invented a calendar.

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WHI Topic 09: People and Empires in the Americas

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Which of the following is an area extending from central Mexico to Honduras, where several of the ancient complex societies of the Americas developed?

Which of the following is a cold period in which huge ice sheets spread outward from the polar regions?

Which of the following is an ancient land bridge over which the earliest Americans are believed to have migrated from Asia into the Americas?

Which of the following is a cultivated cereal grain that bears its kernels on large ears-usually called corn in the United States?

Which of the following is a house made of snow or ice by the Inuit in winter?

Which of the following is an animal or other natural object that serves as a symbol of the unity of clans or other groups of people?

Which of the following is a village of large apartment-like buildings made of clay and stone?

Which of the following is a symbolic picture-especially one used as part of a writing system for carving messages in stone?

Which of the following is a ceremonial feast used to display rank and prosperity in some Northwest Coast tribes of Native Americans?

Which of the following is a book with pages that can be turned used by the Maya?

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