US History Chapter 1 test

Glaciers caused ocean levels to drop 300 foot lower creating a land bridge between Asia and Alaska called the ________.

• bearing land Bridge

• Siberian Passage

• Atlantic Crossing

• Pacific Gateway

People migrated from Asia to North America between ______ and ______ BC.

• 38,000 and 10,000 BC

• 25,000 and 5,000 BC

• 50,000 and 20,000 BC

• 15,000 and 2,000 BC

After the ice age, a new environment developed. Paleo-Indians hunted and grew crops.

• True

• False

Native Americans planted seeds, learned to breed animals, farm, and grow plants, and eventually settled in one place.

• True

• False

Who developed the earliest civilization using stone architecture, growing maize or corn, and living in small villages?

• Maya

• Olmec

• Aztec

• Inca

The Maya had ________ and large plazas.

• pyramids

• boats

• castles

• towers

The Aztec were fierce warriors who had the city of ________, created a calendar, and a writing system.

• Tenochtitlan

• Cuzco

• Machu Picchu

• Chichen Itza

The Inca were a small tribe in the Andes mountains. They had a strong central government with a king, but no ________.

• written language

• roads

• religion

• farming

The Hopewell lived along the Mississippi and supported by agriculture and trade. They built a large ________.

• burial mound

• temple

• fortress

• canal

Some of the mounds were shaped like birds and ________.

• snakes

• trees

• rocks

• fish