WorksheetsAmerica, Africa, & Europe Before 1500
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Which of the following actions helped the Aztec to build a powerful and wealthy state?
They created expensive carvings to sell for great profits.
They seized many towns to control a broad trade network.
They destroyed older civilizations to prevent the spread of disease.
They introduced a calendar to organize the activities of their people.
How did the Anasazi benefit from building cliff dwellings?
It expanded their system of agriculture.
It increased their protection from enemies.
It improved their ability to capture rainwater.
It eliminated their need for building materials.
Which of the following describes how the Iroquois League made decisions?
Representatives from each nation reached a consensus.
Chiefs from each nation bargained with goods and resources.
Elders from each nation cast secret ballots to guide the council.
Individuals from each nation voted until a majority was reached.
Which of the following describes a commonly held view among Native Americans with respect to land ownership?
Land should be purchased for farming.
Land could be traded for valuable goods.
Land should be shared among all living things.
Land could be exchanged in peace negotiations.
Which of the following describes a way Ghana became wealthy through trade?
being a center for salt and gold trading
mining salt and exchanged large slabs of it for gold
forcing travelers to pay a fee to sue its trade route
seizing valuable possessions from defenseless traders
Mansa Musa traveled to ______ on a spiritual journey, and along the way, he introduced his empire to the world.
Ghana
Tripoli
Benin
Mecca
Which type of government developed during the Greek Classical Period?
a democracy, in which citizens rule themselves
a monarchy, in which one rulers makes laws for the benefit of the people
an aristocracy, in which a small group makes all the laws
a dictatorship, in which one ruler makes laws for the benefit of himself or herself
The invention of the _______ helped spread new ideas during the Renaissance.
feudal system
hajj
totems
printing press
What region of people used sealskin as a method of clothing?
Great Basin
Southeast
Arctic
Great Plains
A business in which investors pool their wealth for a common purpose.
plantation system
encomienda
joint stock company
slavery
_________ led to the growth of civilizations.
Farming
Building
Sewer Systems
Donald Trump
Which disease is responsible for the deaths of millions of people throughout Europe?
Black Death
Chicken Pox
Measles
Mumps
What discovery turned nomads into farmers?
clay
tomatoes
maize
brick
Which was the largest of the early American civilizations?
Olmec
Inca
Aztec
Maya
In the 1500s what changed the ways of life for Native Americans forever?
arrival of Europeans
lack of food
wars between nations
climate changes
Which of the following people was not an early Greek or Roman philosopher?
Socrates
Plato
Aristotle
Muhammed
Seneca, Oneida, Mohawk, Cayuga, & Onondaga were part of the most powerful group of Natives Americans in the NW Woodlands called
Mayans
the Iroquois League
Democracy
the Five Civilized Tribes
Which early civilization adapted to their environment by using floating gardens to help provide enough food for their population?
Mayan
Incan
Aztec
Olmec
