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1st Term - Social Studies Exam / 9th

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The ____________________ indicates that the first inhabitants of the Americas have common physical features that can only be explained by a common origin.

a)

Multiple Origin Theory

b)

Common Origin Theory

c)

Early Settlement Theory

d)

Late Settlement Theory

2.

The ____________________ claims that the Asians arrived 15.000 or 20.000 years ago.

a)

Common Origin Theory

b)

Multiple Origin Theory

c)

Early Settlement Theory

d)

Late Settlement Theory

3.

The oldest remains of cultivated plants have been found in the Middle East and in ____________________.

a)

Tahuantinsuyo

b)

Mesoamerica

c)

Southern Cone

d)

Africa

4.

The development of agriculture was a gradual process taking efficient advantage of the geographic environments.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

Agriculture was not important for humanity.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

Hunters fish with nets, spears and fishhooks.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

Time of the year when crops are cut and harvested from the fields.

a)

Cultivation

b)

Harvest

8.

This culture has as deities the jaguar, the serpent, the Earth and the rain.

a)

Olmecs

b)

Aztecs

c)

Mayas

9.

This culture was located in the territory that now is known as Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador.

a)

Mayas

b)

Incas

c)

Olmecs

d)

Aztecs

10.

This culture developed mathematical and astronomical knowledge.

a)

Mayas

b)

Aztecs

c)

Incas

11.

The capital city of the Mayas was ____________________.

a)

Tenochticlan

b)

Chichén Itzá

c)

Tahyantinsuyo

12.

On top of the pyramid of the native social of Andean American were the ____________________.

a)

Main chief

b)

Chief Curaca

c)

Adult common folk

13.

This culture was located in what now is known as Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile and Argentina.

a)

Incas

b)

Mayas

c)

Aztecs

d)

Olmecs

14.

The founder of the Inca Empire was ____________________.

a)

Manco Capac

b)

Christopher Columbus

c)

Mama Ocllo

15.

Agriculture was the mos important economic activity of the Incas.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

The power of the Inca empire was represented by their god ____________________.

a)

Sun

b)

Moon

c)

Priest

17.

In the Inca empire, the "virgins of the sun" dedicated themselves to serve the gods.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

The Tahuantinsuyo was a big territory divided into ____________________ regions.

a)

Two

b)

Four

c)

Three

d)

Eight

19.

The different regions of the Tahuantinsuyo were connected by an extensive network of roads called ____________________.

a)

Amazonas Ave.

b)

Great Inca Road

c)

The Inca network

20.

The economic motivation for the conquest was ____________________.

a)

The Silk Road was blocked by the Ottoman Empire

b)

Europe was poor

c)

They wanted to find sugar

21.

One of the demographic consequences of the conquest was ____________________.

a)

the decrease of the native population due to diseases and exploitation.

b)

the exploitation of gold and silver.

c)

a cultural fusion.

d)

the affection of the native American cultures.

22.

The conquest of the Aztecs was commanded by Hernán Cortés.

a)

True

b)

False

23.

The conquest of the Incas was commanded by Francisco Pizarro.

a)

True

b)

False

24.

The reward for the service in the conquest was known as ____________________.

a)

Tribute collection

b)

Encomienda

c)

Mita

d)

Obraje

25.

Different forms of indigenous work was known as ____________________.

a)

Mita

b)

Encomienda

c)

Obraje

d)

Tax

26.

During the Scientific Revolution, the scientist responsible of the law of universal gravitation was ____________________.

a)

Isaac Newton

b)

Galileo Galilei

c)

Rene Descartes

d)

Francis Bacon

27.

A drastic change in scientific thought (1543-1687 -17th century)

a)

Scientific Revolution

b)

Enlightenment