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WorksheetsBenchmark 4 Review
Total questions: 28
Worksheet time: 14mins
Which of these civilizations built mounds for their dead?
Aztec and Inca
Anasazi and Pueblo
Adena and Hopewell
Maya and Egyptian
Which civilization was near woodlands in the southeast near a long river and large cities?
Mississippian
Maya
Adena
Pueblo
Which of all of these Indian tribes are considered part of the Eastern Woodlands Indians?
Adena, Hopewell, Anasazi
Adena, Hopewell, Mississippian
Maya, Anasazi, Aztec
Mississippian, Pueblo, Anasazi
What group of Indians captured water from the run off of mesas into canyons and used irrigation?
Adena
Hopewell
Anasazi (Pueblo)
Mississippian
Where would you find the Serpent Mound?
Yucatan Peninsula
Along the Mississippi River
Near Colorado
In the Ohio Valley
What was true about all of the civilizations in North America and Mesoamerica?
Each one had monotheistic religious practices.
Each had writing and number systems.
Each adapted to their environment.
Each had elaborate governmental systems.
Because of the dry arid conditions faced by the Anasazi civilization, what forms of irrigation did they use. Choose two.
sink holes
floating gardens
ditches
canals
Inca terrace farming and Aztec floating gardens are examples of what?
slash and burn
adaptation to geography
religious practices
forms of art
How did the Aztec civilization become successful?
by building an extensive road system
by developing a unique calendar system
by conducting human sacrifice to honor the gods
by expanding agriculture through terrace farming and chinampas
What was the result of Spanish conquistador, Hernan Cortes conquest of Tenochtitlan n 15221.
new trade routes to Asia
capture of Machu Picchu
the Aztec empire fall
Columbus discovered America.
What was the cause for the decline of the Inca Empire?
Dias killed the last emperor
Pizarro killed the last emperor
there was a food storage
leaders were so cruel that the people left
What were the bridges called that connected the island of Tenochtitlan to the mainland?
trails
moats
causeways
suspension
What bizarre practice did the religious of the Aztecs do to honor their gods?
give blood offerings
Human sacrifice
festivals
praying to the one true God.
Which of these did the Maya achieve? (3)
magnetic compass
calendar for farming and religion
step pyramids and ball courts
hieroglyphics and numbers
What was the basic reason for European Exploration?
the desire to get a new labor force
design world maps
build wealth through new trade
destroy other peoples
Which European powers saw the Age of Exploration as a chance to spread Christianity? (3)
France
England
Portugal
Spain
What was the original reason that European countries started exploring?
To find trade routes to Americas
find trade routes to Greenland
to find water routes to India and China
to find water routes to Antarctica.
Which explorer had the Americas named for him?
John Cabot
Amerigo Vespucci
Vasco De Gama
Samuel Champlain
Where did Columbus land?
Bahamas
North America
South America
Asia
What ways did the European explorers impact the "New World"?
Colonies were developed
Native American civilizations were destroyed
Islam spread to the Americas
Monasteries grew.
What is the New World?
Asia
Africa
Americas
Europe
Why did Europeans want off of the Silk Road and have a water route?
Muslims controlled the land routes and made it dangerous.
the Protestant Reformation demanded it.
The Trans Saharan routes ended.
No one wanted Asian good any longer.
How did the Columbian Exchange change the modern world?
language and art
trade and culture
roads and dams
behavior and religion
What was the Columbian Exchange?
exchange of ideas
exchange of plants, animals, and ideas between the New World and the Old World.
exchange of animals for plants
exchange of books and weapons.
What is the Old World?
Africa and India
South America and North America
Europe and Asia
Asia and Africa
Which disease killed millions of New World Native Americans?
measles
smallpox
bubonic plague
Flu
What was the main European interest in Africa?
to sell farm products
supply slave labor to the Americas
recruit Africans to fight in wars
set up new colonies
What were the advantages of the Columbian Exchange?
new and improved diet and health
employment opportunities
end of violence
improved medicinal techniques to end the plague.
