South and North America

Name (last name, first name)

Which pre-Inca culture produced finely pounded gold that was almost as thin as paper?

• Moche
• Nasca
• Wari
• Sicán

Which crops were grown by Inca farmers?

• corn, beans, and squash
• squash, potatoes, and quinoa
• quinoa, potatoes, and maize
• corn, beans, and potatoes

What did the Inca build to make up for the lack of flat farmland?

• terraces
• aqueducts
• complex irrigation systems
• bridges built of wood, stone, and thick rope

Why were totem poles built?

• A to honor a revered being or a family guardian
• B to show a tribe’s relationship to the natural world
• C to honor the spirit of the buffalo
• D to guard the entrance to the chief’s mound

The Inca built large cities of stone without the useof what?

• engineers
• quarries
• ropes and stone tools
• iron or steel tools

Which task was given to administrators in the Inca Empire?

• overseeing provincial governors
• keeping detailed records
• supervising ten families each
• farming

Why didn’t the Northwest Coast tribes farm?

• The region provided so much food and other resources that there was no need to farm.
• The amount of rainfall in the region made farming impossible.
• Thick forests took up all the good farmland.
• They never developed the complex irrigation systems that were needed.

The ancient Pueblo made their homes from which of these?

• split wood
• stone and adobe
• soil and grasses
• poles covered with skins or bark

Which animal was most important to the people of the Great Plains?

• sheep
• alpaca
• buffalo
• horse