Early American Civilizations Quiz

During the last Ice Age, the oceans became shallower because

• the seawater evaporated.

• the ice in the glaciers started to melt.

• it did not rain for many years.

• much of the water was locked up in glaciers.

Beringia is the name of the land bridge that once connected

• North America and Turtle Island.

• Alaska and California.

• Asia and North America.

• Asia and Siberia.

Indian peoples tell of their beliefs about the world and their place in it through their

• origin stories.

• theories.

• technology.

• mesas.

People were able to keep a regular surplus of food after the development of

• earthworks.

• the atlatl.

• agriculture.

• culture.

The people who built pueblos were the

• Olmecs.

• Mississippians.

• Anasazi.

• Hopewells.

The Olmec culture is known as the 'mother civilization' of the Americas because

• Olmec farmers were the first farmers to grow corn in the Americas.

• the Olmecs built large earthwork mounds in their cities.

• the Olmecs were the first people to live in the Americas.

• Olmec culture influenced the cultures of so many later groups.

People who wander from place to place and have no settled home are called

• nomads

• band

• tribes

• clan

A small group of people who work together to do things, such as hunt, is called a

• band

• tribes

• clan

• kitchen

Cultural diffusion takes place when people of different cultures begin to exchange ideas and goods.

• True

• False

a kind of sandy clay that can be dried into bricks and used for building

• nomads

• adobe

• atlatl

• archaeologists