Mesoamerican and Native American Civilizations

Who were the first people to build a civilization in America?

• Toltec

• Aztec

• Olmec

• Mayan

Which North American culture lived in the four corners area, where Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico now meet?

• Anasazi

• Hohokem

• Adena

• Mississippian

Which early Mesoamerican culture emerged in the Yucatan peninsula and expanded into what is now Central America and southern Mexico?

• Olmec

• Aztec

• Mayan

• Toltec

Which group known as the Chichimec, called the Mexica, established the city of Tenochtitlan in 1325 on the site of what today is Mexico City?

• Olmec

• Mayan

• Aztec

• Toltec

When the Europeans arrived in the 1500's, an estimated five million people were living under _______ rule.

• Olmec

• Aztec

• Adena

• Hohokem

Which Mesoamerican culture sculpted imposing monuments, including 8 foot high heads weighing up to 20 tons, from a hard rock known as basalt.

• Olmec

• Aztec

• Toltec

• Iroquois

One of the Mesoamerican cultures constructed the first large city in America, called Teotihuacan, about 30 miles northeast of where Mexico City is located today.

• True

• False

Which Mesoamerican culture had a talent for engineering and mathematics developing a complex and accurate calendar linked to the positions of the stars?

• Mayan

• Olmec

• Toltec

• Aztec

Which North American culture began in A.D. 300 in what is now south-central Arizona and created a civilization that featured a very elaborate system of irrigation canals?

• Anasazi

• Adena

• Hohokam

• Hopewell

Between A.D. 850 and 1100, the _________ living in Chaco Canyon in what is now northwest New Mexico began constructing, large multi-story buildings of adobe.

• Hohokam

• Anasazi

• Adena

• Mississippian