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WorksheetsPre-Columbian Americas
Total questions: 41
Worksheet time: 21mins
The Great Serpent Mound was found in what state?
Alabama
Illinois
New Mexico
Ohio
The mounds of Cahokia was found in what state?
Alabama
Illinois
New Mexico
Ohio
The Anasazi villages of Chaco Canyon was found in what state?
Alabama
Illinois
New Mexico
Ohio
The Mound Builders lived between what two bodies of water?
Atlantic Ocean and Mississippi River
Atlantic Ocean and Hudson River
Great Lakes and Ohio River
Pacific Ocean and Mississippi River
Which of the Mound Builders groups was the oldest?
Adena
Hopewell
Mississippians
Which of the Mound Builders groups was the youngest?
Adena
Hopewell
Mississippians
What two foods did the mound builders mainly grew?
Beans and Maize
Beans and Squash
Maize and Watermelon
Maize and Corn
The name Anasazi translates to what?
Alien Ones
Ancient Ones
Eldest Ones
Young Ones
What was the name of Anasazi homes?
Mandan
Mounds
Pueblos
Tipis
These were round rooms used for special religious ceremonies.
Kivas
Mounds
Pueblos
Tipis
This was how the Pueblo people irrigated their crops.
Buckets
Canals
Hoses
Rivers
Spirits of the Pueblo people believe in that control nature
ItzamNa
Jaguar God
Kachina
Zeus
Which two of these people where descendants of the Pueblo People?
Hopi
Iroquois
Mandan
Zuni
Which Great Plains tribe lived along the Missouri River in lodges
Hopi
Iroquois
Mandan
Zuni
Dwellings used by Plains Indians that could be taken from place to place.
Kivas
Mounds
Pueblos
Tipis
Large grassland area west of the Mississippi River and east of the Rocky Mountains.
Great Plains
Mammoth Steppe
Sahara
Savanna
Which of these was not a nation that made up the Iroquois League?
Cayuga
Inca
Mohawk
Oneida
Onondaga
Middle America located between United States and South America
Chihuahua
Mesoamerica
West Indies
Yucatan Peninsula
It divides the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico
Chihuahua
Mesoamerica
West Indies
Yucatan Peninsula
Most of Mesoamerica is located where?
Belize
Guatemala
Mexico
Nicaragua
The height of land above sea level
Elevation
Mountains
Sea Level
Volcanoes
A type of farming in which patches of land are prepared for planting by cutting down and burning the natural vegetation
Ashfall agriculture
Firestorm agriculture
Ocean agriculture
Slash-and-burn agriculture
A tropical American tree whose seeds are used to produce chocolate
Beans
Cacao
Maize
Squash
Olmec lived in what modern country?
Belize
Guatemala
Mexico
Nicaragua
A very rich and fertile soil deposited by flowing water
Alluvial Soil
Great Soil
Lemuria Soil
Perfect Soil
Pick the two most important cities in Olmec civilization.
Cahokia
La Venta
San Lorenzo
Tenochtitlan
Who was the main god of the Mayans?
ItzamNa
Jaguar God
Kachina
Zeus
Who was the chief god of the Olmec?
ItzamNa
Jaguar God
Kachina
Zeus
The Olmec made their giant heads out of what?
Basalt
Concrete
Granite
Obsidian
A culture that shapes and influences the customs and ideas of later cultures?
Brother Culture
Father Culture
Mother Culture
Third Cousin Twice Removed Culture
The Mayans were located in all, but which of these countries?
Belize
Guatemala
Mexico
NIcaragua
What was the highest ranking of the classes in Mayan culture?
Nobility
Peasant
Ruling
Slaves
What was the lowest ranking of the classes in Mayan culture?
Nobility
Peasant
Ruling
Slaves
Who ruled each Mayan city?
Duke
Emir
King
Sultan
What number was discovered independently by the Mayans?
Zero
One
Eighty-Nine
Three hundred and sixty-two
Pick the two astronomical events the Mayans predicted accurately.
Eclipses of the Sun
End of the World
Orbit of Venus
Orbit of Utapau
Match the sculpture/building to the civilization that made it.
Anasazi
Mayans
Mississippians
Northwest Indians
Olmec
Match the sculpture/building to the civilization that made it.
Anasazi
Mayans
Mississippians
Northwest Indians
Olmec
Match the sculpture/building to the civilization that made it.
Anasazi
Mayans
Mississippians
Northwest Indians
Olmec
Match the sculpture/building to the civilization that made it.
Anasazi
Mayans
Mississippians
Northwest Indians
Olmec
Match the sculpture/building to the civilization that made it.
Anasazi
Mayans
Mississippians
Northwest Indians
Olmec
