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Early Cultures of the Americas

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

We developed the kayak.

a)

Inca

b)

Maya

c)

Mound Builders

d)

Inuit

e)

Anasazi

2.

We lived in the Four Corners Region for approximately 1,200 years.

a)

Inca

b)

Aztec

c)

Mound Builders

d)

Inuit

e)

Anasazi

3.

We built one of the world’s largest cities.

a)

Aztec

b)

Inca

c)

Mound Builders

d)

Inuit

e)

Anasazi

4.

We developed a fast communication system.

a)

Aztec

b)

Inca

c)

Maya

d)

Inuit

e)

Anasazi

5.

We built floating gardens.

a)

Aztec

b)

Inca

c)

Maya

d)

Inuit

e)

Anasazi

6.

We built the Great Serpent Mound.

a)

Mound Builders

b)

Inca

c)

Maya

d)

Inuit

e)

Anasazi

7.

We built houses made from blocks of packed snow.

a)

Mound Builders

b)

Inca

c)

Maya

d)

Inuit

e)

Anasazi

8.

We held religious ceremonies in kivas, which only men could enter.

a)

Mound Builders

b)

Inca

c)

Maya

d)

Inuit

e)

Anasazi

9.

We lived east of the Mississippi River.

a)

Mound Builders

b)

Aztec

c)

Inca

d)

Inuit

e)

Anasazi

10.

We lived in present-day Peru.

a)

Mound Builders

b)

Aztec

c)

Inca

d)

Inuit

e)

Anasazi

11.

We developed a system of writing and a calendar.

a)

Mound Builders

b)

Aztec

c)

Maya

d)

Inuit

e)

Anasazi

12.

We were able to produce a large surplus of food.

a)

Mound Builders

b)

Aztec

c)

Maya

d)

Inuit

e)

Anasazi

13.

Our empire stretched from the Atlantic to the Pacific.

a)

Aztec

b)

Inca

c)

Inuit

d)

Mound Builders

e)

Anasazi

14.

We lived in the frozen lands near the Arctic Ocean.

a)

Aztec

b)

Inca

c)

Inuit

d)

Mound Builders

e)

Anasazi

15.

Artifacts tell archaeologists that trade was important to us.

a)

Aztec

b)

Inca

c)

Inuit

d)

Mound Builders

e)

Anasazi

16.

After the Ice Age ended, what new foods did early peoples find to eat?

a)

Fish

b)

Woolly Mammoths

c)

Berries

d)

Nuts

17.

Why did early peoples find a new food source after the Ice Age?

a)

The dinosaurs had become extinct.

b)

Many large mammals were dying out.

c)

They were bored of eating only meat.

d)

It was getting colder, and they could not fish in the ice.

18.

We lived the farthest North.

a)

Inca

b)

Maya

c)

Aztec

d)

Mound Builders

e)

Inuit

19.

We lived the farthest South.

a)

Inca

b)

Maya

c)

Aztec

d)

Mound Builders

e)

Inuit

20.

A climograph gives information about a place's ____________________.

a)

precipitation

b)

temperature

c)

specialization

d)

irrigation

e)

population

21.

We were farmers.

a)

Maya

b)

Aztec

c)

Inuit

d)

Inca

22.

We were conquerors.

a)

Maya

b)

Aztec

c)

Inuit

d)

Inca

23.

We lived in what is now the United States.

a)

Maya

b)

Aztec

c)

Mound Builders

d)

Anasazi

e)

Inca

24.

Payment demanded by rulers from the people they rule

a)

tribute

b)

civilization

c)

specialize

d)

theory

25.

A person who studies people from long ago

a)

archaeologist

b)

slavery

c)

mesa

d)

theory

26.

A group of lands and peoples ruled by one leader

a)

empire

b)

slavery

c)

artifact

d)

civilization

27.

A thick sheet of ice

a)

glacier

b)

migrate

c)

pyramid

d)

mesa

28.

An object the someone made in the past

a)

artifact

b)

slavery

c)

tribute

d)

specialize

29.

A long period without rain

a)

drought

b)

surplus

c)

ceremony

d)

pyramid

30.

Movement of people to another land

a)

migrate

b)

theory

c)

mesa

d)

surplus

31.

A possible explanation

a)

theory

b)

glacier

c)

mesa

d)

specialize

32.

Do only one kind of job

a)

specialize

b)

migrate

c)

surplus

d)

civilization

33.

Activity done for a special purpose or event

a)

ceremony

b)

artifact

c)

tribute

d)

surplus

34.

High, flat landform that rises steeply from the land around it

a)

mesa

b)

surplus

c)

glacier

d)

empire

35.

Culture with organized system of government, religion, and learning

a)

civilization

b)

specialization

c)

migrate

d)

ceremony

36.

Long period of extreme cold on earth

a)

Ice Age

b)

glacier

c)

pyramid

d)

tribute

37.

The practice of holding people against their will

a)

slavery

b)

arifact

c)

specialize

d)

migrate

38.

More than needed

a)

surplus

b)

specialize

c)

tribute

d)

mesa

39.

Building shaped like a triangle

a)

pyramid

b)

mesa

c)

tribute

d)

glacier

40.

We did not live in what is now the United States.

a)

Maya

b)

Aztec

c)

Inca

d)

Anasazi