World History Chapter 16

Where did the Olmec establish their civilization?

• Yucatán Peninsula

• present-day Peru

• Gulf of Mexico coast

• south central Mexico

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?

• the development of stone tools

• archaeologists

• last Ice Age

• prehistoric people

As farming spread, people began to

• fight with one another.

• move southward.

• rely on hunting and gathering.

• settle in one place.

Metalworking was introduced to Mesoamerica by which group?

• Olmec

• Zapotec

• Toltec

• Aztec

extends both north and south of the Equator

• North America

• South America

Match the following

• hunter-gatherers

• used animals for food, clothing, and shelter

• Yucatán

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

• mounds

• home of the Maya

• the Caribbean

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

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?

• Tlingit

• Inuit

• Cherokee

• Apache