WorksheetsThe Americas
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 9mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Native Americans living on the Great Plains
a)
were part of the Iroquois League.
b)
set up temporary villages.
c)
hunted for walruses and caribou.
d)
built homes from stone and blocks of earth.
2.
Why did the Inca use terrace farming?
a)
They were located in the Andes mountains.
b)
They needed canals to bring water to crops in the dry desert area.
c)
They were located above the Arctic Circle.
d)
They did not approve of slash-and-burn methods.
3.
What group was a mound builder society?
a)
Hohokam
b)
Hopewell
c)
Inca
d)
Iroquois
4.
What two groups had two calendars, one for tracking religion and one for farming?
a)
Maya and Aztec
b)
Olmec and Toltec
c)
Hopi and Zuni
d)
Tlingit and Chinook
5.
Because it was covered by dense forests, the land east of the Mississippi River was known as
a)
the Great Forest
b)
the Eastern Woodland
c)
the Great Plains
d)
the Tundra
6.
Which of the following is an example of a Native American group that lived on the west coast of North America?
a)
Apache
b)
Cherokee
c)
Inuit
d)
Tlingit
7.
The capital of the Inca Empire was _______.
a)
Cahokia
b)
Teotihuacan
c)
Cuzco
d)
Tollan
8.
The oldest civilization in the Americas was most likely built by the ____.
a)
Toltec
b)
Inca
c)
Moche
d)
Olmec
9.
North and South America are joined by _____.
a)
a land bridge
b)
an isthmus
c)
high mountains
d)
desert
10.
Where was the great Aztec city of Tenochtitlan located?
a)
on a swampy lake
b)
in the desert
c)
in the mountains
d)
on the coastline
11.
lived along the coasts of the tundra region
a)
Maya
b)
Hopi
c)
Anasazi
d)
Inuit
12.
built pueblos
a)
Iroquois
b)
Hopi
c)
Anasazi
d)
Inuit
13.
built homes from adobe
a)
Inca
b)
Hopi
c)
Anasazi
d)
Inuit
14.
Home of the Maya
a)
Yucatan
b)
Macchu Picchu
c)
Southwest
d)
Andes
15.
region between central Mexico and Costa Rica
a)
Yucatan
b)
Eastern Woodland
c)
Mesoamerica
d)
Mississippi River Valley
16.
Navajo home
a)
pueblo
b)
hogan
c)
teepee
d)
long house
17.
powerful ruler who expanded the Aztec empire
a)
Montezuma I
b)
Quetzalcoatl
c)
Pachacuti
d)
Pizarro
18.
Grand emperor retreat complex built by the Inca
a)
Machu Picchu
b)
Chichen Itza
c)
Pueblo Bonita
d)
Cahokia
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