The Americas

How would people adapt to living in deserts?

• Hunting large game

• Trading with people

• Moving constantly

• Irrigating their crops

How did the Inuit adapt to their environment in the very cold north?

• They built hogans.

• They built igloos.

• They built pueblos.

• They built tepees.

El Salvador and other central American countries are where the ancestors of which ancient people can be found today?

• Maya

• Zapotec

• Anasazi

• Mississippians

When cultures, such as the Mississippian, depended more on farming, what did it lead to?

• More powerful religions

• The rise of cities

• More wars

• An increase in a nomadic lifestyle

Where were the Inca located?

• Central America

• South America

• Mexico

• North America

Where were the Anasazi located?

• Central America

• Mexico

• Southwest United States

• South America

Where were the Maya located?

• Central America and the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico

• Southwest United States

• South America

• By the Mississippi River

Where were the Aztec located?

• Central Mexico

• Central America and the Yucatan Peninsula

• Southwest United States

• South America

Where were the Olmec located?

• Central Mexico

• South America

• Southwest United States

• Along the Gulf of Mexico in modern day Mexico

Which of the following is true of the Anasazi?

• They build huge burial mounds

• Carved cliff dwellings

• Were mostly hunter-gatherers

• Lived in the Andes