Americas Quiz

The Americas are made up of North America, South America, Central America, and the Caribbean.

• True

• False

The Rocky Mountains are lower than the Appalachians.

• True

• False

Growing and trading crops helped early Americans form more complex societies.

• True

• False

One of the most difficult challenges faced by the ancient Maya were the sinkholes that were found in southern Mexico and Central America.

• True

• False

The Hopi of the Pacific Northwest built homes from adobe.

• True

• False

- grand emperor retreat complex built by the Inca high in the Andes Mountains

• Machu Picchu

• Montezuma I

• isthmus

• Mesoamerica

- powerful ruler who expanded the Aztec empire and built temples, aqueducts, and roads

• Montezuma I

• hogan

• isthmus

• Mesoamerica

- Navajo home

• Montezuma I

• hogan

• isthmus

• Mesoamerica

- region between central Mexico and Costa Rica

• Machu Picchu

• Montezuma I

• hogan

• Mesoamerica

- narrow strip of land connecting two larger land bodies

• Machu Picchu

• hogan

• isthmus

• Mesoamerica