Ch. 1 Hist 1301

The land bridge that existed between 9 and 15 thousand years past was called

• Bering Sea

• Beringia

• Glacingia

• Glacier Sea

Asian and American Indians share genetic likenesses on this chromosome, indicating credibility to the migration theory.

• Y

• X

• XY

Agriculture became front and center after migration due to

• the lack of hunting and gathering techniques

• the domestication of plants and animals

• the absence of apex predators

Which culture developed the first writing system in the Western Hemisphere?

• Inca

• Maya

• Olmec

• Pueblo

Mesoamerica, in modern geographic terms, can be considered to include (choose all that apply)

• United States

• Mexico

• Brazil

• Chile

• Panama

Read the excerpt below and answer the question: "When we saw so many cities and villages built in the water and other great towns on dry land we were amazed and said it was like the enchantments...on account of the great towers and cues and buildings rising from the water, and all built of masonry. And some of our soldiers even asked whether the things that we saw were not a dream?...I do not know how to describe it, seeing things as we did that had never been heard of or seen before, not even dreamed about." -Bernal Diaz del Castillo (One of Hernan Cortes's soldiers) What was the reaction of the European observers upon seeing the Aztec cities and villages described in the passage?

• They were indifferent and unimpressed.

• They were frightened and alarmed.

• They were amazed and likened it to enchantments.

• They were skeptical and thought it might be a dream.

Match the correct Meso American Civilization with their accomplishments:

• calendar, trash collection, steam baths,

• Inca

• mathematical system, glyphs, record book

• Maya

• a system of colored strings and knots ca

• Olmec

• giant head sculptures, aqueducts, solar

• Aztec

The culture of the Mayan and the Aztecs is built upon the:

• Kukulkan

• Olmec

• Quetzalcoatl

Which culture developed a road system rivaling that of the Romans?

• Mayans

• Incas

• Aztecs

• Egyptians

The Inca worshipped this god _INTI_ and called its perspiration ______.