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The Americas and Exploration Review Quizizz

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 1hrs 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which country is highlighted on the map?

a)

Canada

b)

The United States of America

c)

Mexico

d)

Brazil

2.

Ancient American cultures arose in difficult environments.

These cultures adapted to their challenging conditions by

developing new farming techniques and irrigation systems.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

The world's longest mountain range is in South America. It is labeled on this map. What is it called?

a)

Pampas Mountains

b)

Rocky Mountains

c)

Mount St. Helen

d)

Andes Mountains

4.

What continent is circled?

a)

Brazil

b)

Africa

c)

South America

d)

Iceland

5.

What is the number 1 pointing to?

a)

Pacific Ocean

b)

Atlantic Ocean

c)

Gulf of Mexico

d)

Caribbean Sea

6.

What is the number 2 pointing to?

a)

Appalachian Mountains

b)

Andes Mountains

c)

Rocky Mountains

d)

Mount Everest

7.

What is the number 3 pointing to?

a)

Amazon River

b)

Mississippi River

c)

Missouri River

d)

The Great Lakes

8.

Is this a map of North America or South America?

a)

North America

b)

South America

9.

What is the number 4 pointing to?

a)

Appalachian Mountains

b)

Rocky Mountains

c)

Andes Mountains

d)

The Great Lakes

10.

What is the number 5 pointing to?

a)

Pacific Ocean

b)

The Caribbean Sea

c)

The Gulf of Mexico

d)

The Atlantic Ocean

11.

What is the number 6 pointing to?

a)

Pacific Ocean

b)

The Caribbean Sea

c)

The Gulf of Mexico

d)

The Atlantic Ocean

12.

Is this a map of North America, Central America, or South America?

a)

North America

b)

Central America

c)

South America

d)

None of the Above

13.

Rivers are also a physical feature. What is the largest river in the United States?

a)

The St. Lawrence River

b)

The Mississippi River

c)

The Raisin River

d)

The Ohio River

14.

Area between the Rocky Mountains and the Appalachian Mountains.

a)

Great Plains

b)

Great Lakes

c)

Western Hemisphere

d)

Sierra Nevada

15.

What is the name of the mountains chain that runs along the eastern part of North America? They were once very high rugged mountains but have been worn down throughout the years.

a)

The Appalachian Mountains.

b)

The Alps.

c)

The Rocky Mountains.

d)

The Himalayas.

16.

Body of water in the south of the United States that borders Mexico and the Caribbean

a)

Gulf of Florida

b)

Gulf of Mexico

17.

Physical Feature #4

a)

Caribbean Sea

b)

Gulf of Mexico

c)

Panama Canal

18.

8=

a)

Central Mexican Plateau

b)

Great Plains

c)

Yucatan Peninsula

d)

North European Plain

e)

Plateau of Tibet

19.

11=

a)

Central Mexican Plateau

b)

Tibetan Plateau

c)

Yucatan Peninsula

d)

Great Plains

e)

Gobi Desert

20.

12=

a)

Central Mexican Plateau

b)

Iberian Peninsula

c)

Yucatan Peninsula

d)

Great Plains

e)

Arabian Peninsula

21.

What did all Native Americans have in common?

a)

They all lived in teepees

b)

They all lived off the land

c)

They all hunted buffalo

d)

They didn't have anything in common

22.

What was the most important crop for Native Americans?

a)

corn

b)

potatoes

c)

oranges

23.
Which development resulted in increased population and permanent settlements among Georgia's prehistoric Native Americans?
a)
 Improved weapons meant that more animals could be killed efficiently.
b)
The Native Americans began to trade throughout eastern North America.  
c)
Improvements in agriculture meant food could be grown and stored. 
d)
The tribes established more complicated social structures and ceremonies. 
24.
The Woodland tribe, who lived in Georgia from about 1000 bce to 1000 ce., built many earthen mounds, such as Rock Eagle Mound in northern Georgia. Anthropologists believe these mounds were used mainly for 
a)
protection from enemies. 
b)
 religious and ceremonial purposes. 
c)
housing a tribe's families. 
d)
 trading and commerce centers. 
25.

To communicate with other tribes

a)

The Plains people developed a special sign language

b)

The Plains people walked from tribe to tribe just to share information

c)

The Plains people developed a written language just for their nation of people

d)

The Plains people selected a special person to ride by horse to other tribal regions with messages

26.

What is the Columbian Exchange?

a)

The exchange of resources, ideas, and diseases between Europe and the Americas.

b)

The spread of diseases across North and South America.

c)

The creation of Hispaniola by Christopher Columbus.

d)

The exchange of goods between Christopher Columbus and the Spanish King.

27.

Which is a result of Europeans exploring the Americas?

a)

A new and faster water route to Asia for European merchants to buy and sell goods.

b)

An exchange of resources like plants and animals as well as diseases an idea between Europe and the Americas.

c)

All Native Americans died from diseases the Europeans brought to the Americas when they arrived.

d)

50% of the Europeans died from diseases explorers contracted while in the Americas.

28.

Who began to lose natural resources such as land, food, and water during the Age of Exploration?

a)

Spanish explorers

b)

Native Americans

c)

French explorers

d)

Italian explorers

29.
Spain came to America with what purpose?
a)
to trade with Natives
b)
for God, Gold, and Glory
c)
to exchange goods
d)
to spread diseases
30.
Which nation developed good relations with Native Americans and was motivated by profiting from the fur trade?
a)
England
b)
Spain
c)
France
d)
Netherlands
31.

Who was the first person to sail around the bottom of Africa?

a)

Christopher Columbus

b)

Vasco de Gama

c)

Ferdinand Magellan

d)

Sir Francis Drake

32.

Who is the first person to circumnavigate the globe?

a)

Christopher Columbus

b)

Hernan Cortez

c)

Ferdinand Magellan

d)

Sir Francis Drake

33.

What Spanish conquistador conquered the Incan Empire?

a)

Francisco Pizarro

b)

Hernan Cortez

c)

Ferdinand Magellan

d)

John Green

34.

What Spanish conquistador conquered the Aztec Empire?

a)

Francisco Pizarro

b)

George Marshall

c)

Sir Francis Drake

d)

Hernan Cortez

35.

This civilization lived ONLY in Mexico.

a)

Maya

b)

Aztec

c)

Inca

36.

This civilization settled in the Yucatan peninsula in the current day country of Guatemala.

a)

Maya

b)

Aztec

c)

Inca

37.

This civilization settled in Western South America, mainly in the country of Peru.

a)

Maya

b)

Aztec

c)

Inca

38.

Which civilization built a 10,000 mile road system without using wheels or work animals?

a)

Maya

b)

Aztec

c)

Inca

39.

Which civilization created a calendar based on stars and planets?

a)

Maya

b)

Aztec

c)

Inca

40.

What caused the end of the Aztec Empire?

a)

Disease killed most of the population

b)

Spanish soldiers(under Cortez) captured their capital city

c)

Loss of crops led to starvation

d)

The Incas invaded their land

41.
Which civilization lived in the Andes?
a)
Mayas
b)
Incas
c)
Aztecs
42.
Which civilization was polytheistic?
a)
Mayas
b)
Incas
c)
Aztecs
d)
All the above
43.
What was the mita?
a)
Power tool
b)
Type of food
c)
labor tax
d)
Place of worship
44.

In the Inca Empire, commoners

a)

carved terraces and planted crops

b)

farmed communal lands and worked on state-owned farms

c)

served in the army and on building projects

d)

all of the above

45.
A patron of explorers;established navigation school 
a)
Hernan Cortez 
b)
Prince Henry 
c)
Bartolomeu Dias 
d)
Vasco da Gama 

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