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Chapter 2 - First Americans (Prehistory - 1600) - Review

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A region in which people share a similar way of life.

a)

Culture Region

b)

Confederacy

c)

Tribe

d)

Sachem

2.

The oldest known civilization in the Americas

a)

Maya

b)

Iroquois

c)

Olmec

d)

Aztec

3.

Thick sheets of ice that cover vast areas of the Earth are called?

a)

Glaciers

b)

Quipu

c)

Kachina

d)

Sachem

4.

What landform did ancient peoples cross to travel to North America?

a)

Rocky Mountains

b)

Northwest Coast

c)

Bering Land Bridge

d)

Canadian Ice Shield

5.

What are the Pillars of Civilization?

a)

Social Structure, Technology, Written Language, Government, Religion, Art

b)

Cities, Technology, Government, Religion, Art

c)

Computers, Written Language, Weapons, Medicine

d)

Social Structure, Technology, Government, Religion, Art

6.

What is the benefit of having a surplus?

a)

You can use it to read star constellations and create a calendar.

b)

Ancient peoples could cross this during the Ice Age to enter the Americas for the first time.

c)

You have more of a particular item than what you need. This allows you to focus your energy on other needs/ wants.

d)

None of the Above.

7.

The Aztecs farmed using "_________________", unique floating farms found on Lake Texcoco.

a)

Quipu

b)

Chinampas

c)

Nomads

d)

Terraces

8.

Terraces, wide shelves of land cut into a hillside, were used by which group of people?

a)

Maya

b)

Aztec

c)

Iroquois

d)

Inca

9.

Lived in Longhouses.

a)

Maya

b)

Aztec

c)

Iroquois

d)

Inca

10.

Called themselves the "Warriors of the Sun"

a)

Maya

b)

Aztec

c)

Iroquois

d)

Inca

11.

Had an extensive system of roads that helped to manage their empire.

a)

Maya

b)

Aztec

c)

Iroquois

d)

Inca

12.

The Iroquois Confederacy was made up of the Mohawk, Onondaga, Oneida, Cayuga, and Seneca

a)

True

b)

False

13.

The Inca capital city was on an island in the middle of a lake.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

The Maya were able to make an accurate 365 day calendar.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

The Aztec farmed using mountain terraces.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

The Iroquois lived in present day New York.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

The Maya, Aztec, and Inca all believed in a similar Sun God.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

Around 30,000 years ago the Earth was in a/ an

a)

Agricultural Revolution

b)

An Ice Age

c)

Global Warming

d)

None of the Above.