WorksheetsPre-Columbus History
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Current scientific evidence suggests that the first humans arrived between _______________ and 30,000 years ago.
10,000
15,000
20,000
The _____________ built an empire through military conquest which numbered more than 5 million people by the 1500's.
Aztec
Mayan
Incas
North of Mesoamerica, other peoples developed their own cultures with hunter-gatherer societies transitioning to farming societies with the spread of ______________________technology.
Architectural
Agricultural
Mid-Western
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.
Hohokam
Anasazi
Chacoyans
Instead of India, what country did Cololumbus find?
Taiwan
China
Cuba
The people of the ________________________ became great mounted hunters and warriors with the introduction of horses by arriving Europeans.
Northeast
Great Plains
Southeast
Colombus believed he could circumnavigate the world. What does circumnavigate mean?
Gathering
To sail around
To float around
What was the name of the three ships that Christopher Columbus used?
Nina, Pinta, Saint Anthony
Pina, Ninta, Santa Clause
Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria
Nina, Pinta, Saint Nicholas
What was the name of the exchange of goods between the Americas and Europe?
The Columbian Exchange
The New Transfer
A whole new Compodres
Which group of colonists wanted to seperate from the church. They were later known as Pilgrims.
Separatists
Puritans
Martin Luther
