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Pre-Columbus History

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Current scientific evidence suggests that the first humans arrived between _______________ and 30,000 years ago.

a)

10,000

b)

15,000

c)

20,000

2.

The _____________ built an empire through military conquest which numbered more than 5 million people by the 1500's.

a)

Aztec

b)

Mayan

c)

Incas

3.

North of Mesoamerica, other peoples developed their own cultures with hunter-gatherer societies transitioning to farming societies with the spread of ______________________technology.

a)

Architectural

b)

Agricultural

c)

Mid-Western

4.

The _________________ in Chaco Canyon constructed multistory buildings of adobe and cut stone, some containing more than 600 rooms and housing at least 1,000 people.

a)

Hohokam

b)

Anasazi

c)

Chacoyans

5.

Instead of India, what country did Cololumbus find?

a)

Taiwan

b)

China

c)

Cuba

6.

The people of the ________________________ became great mounted hunters and warriors with the introduction of horses by arriving Europeans.

a)

Northeast

b)

Great Plains

c)

Southeast

7.

Colombus believed he could circumnavigate the world. What does circumnavigate mean?

a)

Gathering

b)

To sail around

c)

To float around

8.

What was the name of the three ships that Christopher Columbus used?

a)

Nina, Pinta, Saint Anthony

b)

Pina, Ninta, Santa Clause

c)

Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria

d)

Nina, Pinta, Saint Nicholas

9.

What was the name of the exchange of goods between the Americas and Europe?

a)

The Columbian Exchange

b)

The New Transfer

c)

A whole new Compodres

10.

Which group of colonists wanted to seperate from the church. They were later known as Pilgrims.

a)

Separatists

b)

Puritans

c)

Martin Luther