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early americans

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The study of acient people is called archeology

a)

true

b)

false

2.

the tools, weapons, and art work of early people are called

a)

archeology

b)

nomad

c)

carbon dating

d)

artifacts

3.

The land bridge that connected Asia and the Americas we called

a)

siberia

b)

antarctica

c)

alaska

d)

beringia

4.

the crossing of the land bridge was a migration, a movement of a large number of people into a new area.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

people who move from place to place in search of hunting grounds or food sources are called...

a)

mastodons

b)

nomads

c)

cultures

d)

nemads

6.

what happened to the beringia land bridge when the ice age began to end and temperatures started to rise

a)

it was destroyed by an earthquake

b)

the oceans rose and covered it with water

c)

it stayed the same and still connects continents

d)

it grew wider and allowed more people to migrate

7.

when the number of large mammals began to disappear people had to find different for food

a)

sources

b)

estimates

c)

nomads

d)

cultures

8.

which method of getting food changed the nomadic way of life

a)

hunting

b)

gathering

c)

fishing

d)

farming

9.

the scientific method called carbon dating allows scientists to estimate the approximate age of an artifact

a)

true

b)

false

10.

culture is defined as

a)

a method of farming

b)

a scientific dating technique

c)

an approximate number

d)

a way of life

11.

The Olmec, Maya, Aztec, and Inca were highly developed societies, also called

a)

artifacts

b)

civilizations

c)

quipus

d)

hieroglyphics

12.

Between 1500 B.C. and 300 B.C., the ... people farmed and built stone houses, monuments, and drainage systems in what are now Mexico, Guatemala, and Hounduras

a)

Olmec

b)

Maya

c)

Aztec

d)

Inca

13.

The Maya civilization was a ...., or a society ruled by religious leaders.

a)

philosophy

b)

anarchy

c)

democracy

d)

theocracy

14.

the maya traded a wide varietyof items, such as jade statues, turqoise jewerly, and cacao beans for making chocolate.

a)

true

b)

false

15.

the Aztec city Tenochititlan was biult on an island in Lake Texcoco after a group og the Aztec hunters saw a sign from their god.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

One key religious belief of the Aztec was that........, was necessarly to please the gods and secure abundant harvest.

a)

gold jewerly

b)

conquering neighboring communities

c)

human sacrifice

d)

releasing prisioners of wars

17.

The capital City of the Inca empire is

a)

cuzco

b)

Tenochititlan

c)

topa Inca

d)

MAchu picchu

18.

To farm their mountains lands, the inca cut....., into the sides of the steeps terrains

a)

artifacts

b)

quipus

c)

heiroglyphics

d)

terraces

19.

to connect their vast empire, the Maya built at least 10,000 miles (16,093 km) of stone paved roads

a)

True

b)

False

20.

The Inca made...., by knotting different colors of string in strait in special patterns to record information.

a)

Quechua

b)

Quipus

c)

Terraces

d)

Hierrolyphics