Early Americas

What caused sea levels to fall, uncovering the land bridge between Siberia and present-day Alaska?

• Terraces

• Glaciers

• Surplus

• Settlements

What did people begin to do that led to permanent settlements?

• Build terraces

• Create quipus

• Farm

• Develop city-states

What allowed the first cities to form?

• Surplus of food

• Development of quipus

• Building of causeways

• Creation of terraces

What gave rise to new civilizations in the Americas?

• Organized government, different social classes, complex religion, and record keeping

• Building terraces

• Creating quipus

• Developing city-states

What is a political unit that controls a city and its surrounding land?

• Quipus

• City-state

• Causeways

• Terraces

What did the Aztecs form to the northwest with causeways or raised dirt roads?

• Surplus

• Glaciers

• Civilization

• Settlements

What did the Incas use to spread royal orders?

• Quipus

• Terraces

• Teams of runners

• City-states

What were quipus used for?

• Building terraces

• Creating city-states

• Message-recording devices

• Developing causeways

What did the Incas create to farm mountainsides?

• Quipus

• City-states

• Causeways

• Terraces

Which of the following was an achievement made by the Maya?

• calendar systems

• floating gardens

• quipu

• terrace farming