MOD 1 American Beginnings

Organize to show which group of early Americans these sentences describe

Groups:

(a) Olmec

,

(b) Maya

,

(c) Aztec

,

(d) Inca

• most prominent empire builder in the Americas

• Built a culture in the Valley of Mexico

• Empire stretched 2,500 miles along the mountainous coast of South America

• Mysteriously collapsed in 400 BC

• Was locate in the rainforest of southern Mexico

• Built a culture in what isnow Guatemala and Central America

• believed to be the first empire in the Americas

Match the description of Native American Activities to the correct region. Each is only used once.

• California

• organized potlatches and displayed totem in front of their dwellings

• Southwest

• needed to irrigate their farms in order to keep them growing

• Northwest Coast

• traveled by foot and canoe and built villages and farms in forest clearings

• Eastern Woodlands

• hunted waterfowl with slingshots and nets

A network of trails and river roads allowed the

(a)   to trade with each other. Traders carried goods from place to place all the way from ​ (b)   to the Atlantic coast. However. even though the Native Americans traded many different products, ​ (c)   was something they never traded but rather believed it was owned by everyone.

• Native Americans
• Mexico
• land
• California
• plants
• Europeans
• pottery
• animals
• Africans

The Portuguese established trade networks across the Sahara.

• True

• False

Islam was highly influential among the West Africans in the 1400s.

• True

• False

Slaves were brought from West Africa's mainland to islands off the West African coast.

• True

• False

Prior to the 1400s, the West African and European people had little contact with each other.

• True

• False

Which West African leader became legendary for never losing a battle?

• Askia Muhammad

• Ewuare

• Songhai

• Sunni Ali

Essential elements of West African societies included family, community, and tradition. The​ (a)   was the basic unity of society. Religion was of great importance in all aspects of daily life in West Africa. Religious rituals, worship of ancestral spirits, and belief in a​ (b)   were essential elements.

• family
• single creator
• tribe
• messiah
• clan

How did Ferdinand and Isabella's kingdom end 700 years of warfare?

• They hired conquistadores

• They built the Spanish Armada

• They sent Columbus west to explore

• They drove the Muslims out of the Iberian Peninsula