The Americas

Please match each item with the correct statement below.

• collective name for a group of islands located in the waters off northern South America

• hunter-gatherers

• used animals for food, clothing, and shelter

• The caribbean

• extends both north and south of the Equator

• mounds

• created by the early people of North America, but not by those from Central and South America

• Yucatán

• home of the Maya

• South America

The four geographical areas of the Americas are North America, South America, Central America, and...

• the Arctic.

• Argentina.

• the Caribbean.

• Tierra del Fuego.

A land bridge to Alaska was made possible by which of the following?

• archaeologists

• the development of stone tools

• last Ice Age

• prehistoric people

As farming spread, people began to...

• fight with one another.

• move southward.

• rely on hunting and gathering.

• settle in once place.

Where did the Olmec establish their civilization?

• Gulf of Mexico coast

• present-day Peru

• south central Mexico

• Yucatán Peninsula

Maya​​ (a)   ​were connected by culture, political ties, and trade.

The people of the Great Plains lived in cone-shaped tents called​ (b)   .

Because it was covered by dense forests, the land east of the Mississippi River was known as ​the (c)   .

The Inca used​ (d)   for both mathematics and record keeping.

Both the Maya and the Aztec had two​ (e)   , one for tracking religion and one for farming.

• city-states
• teepees
• Eastern Woodlands
• quipus
• calenders
• hogans
• mounds
• igloos

The Maya...

• had no major cities

• invented the wheel

• lived in South America.

• used the concept of zero.

Inuit means...

• "igloo builders."

• "in the North."

• "mighty hunters."

• "the people."

Which of the following is an example of a Native American group that lived on the west coast of North America?

• Apache

• Cherokee

• Inuit

• Tlingit

The Inca leader Pachacuti...

• developed a written language.

• build a huge ancient empire.

• headed a disorganized empire.

• died as a young man.