Native American and European Exploration Quiz

What are students expected to describe about Native American society?

• Features prior to European Contact

• Features after European Contact

• Features during the Industrial Revolution

• Features of European society

What factors are students expected to identify regarding European exploration?

• Factors that pushed Europeans to sail across the Atlantic

• Factors that led to the Industrial Revolution

• Factors that influenced the Renaissance

• Factors that caused World War I

What characteristics are students expected to identify about European empires?

• Characteristics of different European empires in the Americas

• Characteristics of European empires in Asia

• Characteristics of European empires in Africa

• Characteristics of European empires in Australia

Which of the following aspects were incredibly diverse in the pre-contact American society?

• Governments, Languages, Cultures, Religious Beliefs

• Governments, Languages, Cultures, Economic Systems

• Governments, Languages, Economic Systems, Religious Beliefs

• Governments, Economic Systems, Cultures, Religious Beliefs

What did the pre-contact American society usually emphasize?

• Egalitarianism and consensus

• Individualism and competition

• Hierarchy and authority

• Isolation and independence

What were the pre-contact American societies mostly made up of?

• Clan-based tribes and large confederacies

• City-states and empires

• Nomadic groups and small villages

• Feudal states and kingdoms

How were the nations in pre-contact American society described?

• Separate Nations

• Unified Nations

• Colonial Nations

• Dependent Nations

What period enabled the development of large city centers between 950-1250 CE?

• Medieval Warm Period

• Renaissance Period

• Industrial Revolution

• Bronze Age

Which city near modern-day St. Louis was the largest city north of Mexico with an estimated population of 12,000?

• Cahokia

• Tenochtitlan

• Chichen Itza

• Machu Picchu

Which groups in the Southwest developed advanced irrigation systems and traded with others as far as the Mississippi and Central Mexico?

• Puebloans and Huhugans

• Aztecs and Mayans

• Incas and Olmecs

• Anasazi and Hohokam