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WorksheetsEarly Americas Review Updated
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 9mins
Where is Mesoamerica?
Near present day Colorado
Where present day Mexico is
In South America, near the Andes Mountains
In the Caribbean Sea
What was the name of the first crop domesticated in Mesoamerica?
tomatoes
beans
squash
maize
What did the Southwestern Natives do to keep their crops growing?
Irrigation techniques like using canals to direct the water to the crops
sprinkling cans
waited and waited for rainfall
attached the hose to their homes and turned the water on
What is a "potlatch"?
a pot with a latch on it
a dancing, eating, gift-giving and community building event
a crop of potatoes
a floating garden
What was the purpose of the "mounds" by the Mound Builders?
to gather on the top for ceremonial dance
to get closer to the gods
to bury their dead and a place to put their artifacts
to use as a sledding hill
Instead of using actual coins and paper bills, the Northeastern Cultures used ___________ _______________ for currency.
glass marbles
glass ornaments
sea shells
wampum belts (of beads)
When hunting buffalo, the Plains culture used ________________.
harpoons
bows and arrows
fishing nets
blades and hatchets
Palenque was a city in the Maya Civilization. What were the benefits of going to Palenque?
pool parties
trade, wealth, central location between hi and low lands
farmers grew their crops there
the government had their offices there
A sharp, glass-like volcanic rock that came from Mesoamerica and was used for currency or a sign of wealth.
obsidian
silver
quartzite
clay beads
If you were to visit Tenochtitlan, you would need to travel across one of these to get to the island.
bridge
interstate highway
sandy beach
causeway
A garden that floats on Lake Texcoco used by the Aztecs to grow plants is called a _______________.
floaty
raft
chinampa
chinchilla
A complex form of writing or language system used by the Aztecs to keep historical records is called ________________.
hieroglyphs
cuneiform
the alphabet
codex
In the Inca Civilization, only government officials and the military were allowed to use _______.
street lights
roads
chariots
llamas and alpacas
Who created many challenges for the Inca and caused the breakdown of this civilization by defeating them?
The Caribbean People
The Spanish Flu
Spaniards
The Maya
A labor tax system that the Inca's used to gain valuable items from their people is called ___________
meetah
mita
pita
taking what I want
Valuable goods could be _______ with other villages, so if a person needed stones for building, he could get it this way and give something to the other person in return.
fought over
purchased
stored
traded
The belief in many gods was common in native cultures of Central and South America. What is this called?
independence
monotheism
polytheism
ritualism
