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Ch. 1 Earliest Americans Test

Total questions: 53

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What do you call the natives that traveled around from place to place, with no permanent home, searching for food and water?

a)

Wampum

b)

Nomads

c)

Hunter-gathers

d)

Paleo

2.

These people inhabited the Pacific coastland and islands of southern Alaska and British Colombia

a)

Navajo

b)

Mali

c)

Tlingit

d)

civilizations

3.

What is ADOBE?

a)

a juicy fruit.

b)

a wild animal hunted by Native people

c)

kind of clay used to build. Ex. sun-dried bricks

d)

a traditional southwestern dish

4.

The Native Americans of the SOUTHWEST built their settlement of multi-storied adobe homes. What were their homes called?

a)
Pueblos 
b)
Igloos
c)
Teepees
d)
Wigwams 
5.

We consider the time of the early Paleo-Indians to be ancient history because Paleo means ...

a)
migration
b)

ancestor

c)

past

d)
nomad
6.

The movement of people or animals from one region to another is called __________________.

a)

civilization

b)
Paleo-Indians 
c)
migration 
d)
agriculture 
7.

The use of soil for planting, growing, and harvesting food along with raising livestock (animals) is called ____________________.

a)
ancient 
b)
agriculture
c)
hunter-gatherer
d)
nomad
8.
What were the underground rooms called that Pueblo people built for religious ceremonies?
a)

Cliffs

b)

Kivas

c)

Mosques

d)

Longhouse

9.

What does the word "Renaissance" mean?

a)
Renewed
b)
Rebuilt
c)
Remade
d)
Rebirth
10.

A group of close Knit interrlated families is called

a)

Kivas

b)

Clan

c)

Aztec

d)

Sahara

11.

The stage of human development and organization that is advanced is called.

a)

Assimilation

b)

Civilization

c)

Confederation

d)

Migration

12.

Africa is a ...

a)

Nation

b)

Continent

c)

Third-world Country

d)

Country

13.

Native Americans who ruled Mexico before the Spanish conquered it. They built an empire around Tenochtitlan.

a)
Aztec
b)
Maya
c)
Inca
d)
Olmec
14.
The first moveable type of printing press that allowed mass production of materials was invented by
a)
Leonardo da Vinci.
b)
Johann Gutenberg.
c)
William Shakespeare.
d)
Michelangelo di Buonarroti Simoni.
15.

True or false-The Aztecs grew their crops on floating gardens in a lake.

a)

True

b)

False

16.
A dome shaped hut or tent made by fastening mats, skins, or bark over a framework of poles.
a)
Longhouse
b)
Wigwam
c)
Nomad
d)
Travois
17.
A member of the Pueblo Indian people living chiefly in the northeastern Arizona.
a)
Aztec
b)
Hopi
c)
Wigwam
d)
Irrigation
18.

Totem Poles were often in the front of their homes to tell their peoples history and they traded salmon and sea creatures. Who were they?

a)

Natchez

b)

Tlingit

c)

Iroquois

d)

Aztec

19.
The Mound Builders used to bury what inside their giant mounds or hills?
a)
Their dead
b)
Jewelry
c)
Tools and Pottery
d)
All of the above
20.

This group called themselves "Haundenosaunee"

a)

Iroquois

b)

Mound Builders

c)

Tlingit

d)

Hopi

21.

Which Ancient American group is known for "dry farming" which involved knowing where to look for moisture in the ground?

a)

Tlingit

b)

Hopi

c)

Mound Builders

d)

Natchez

22.

They created large complex villages by building hills out of the earth in different shapes (such as animals, symbols, flat topped pyramids, and rounded domes.

a)

Aztec

b)

Iroquois

c)

Natchez

d)

Mound Builders

23.

What two key products did the kings of Ghana build their power on?

a)

Salt and Gold

b)

Iron and Salt

c)

Gold and Ivory

d)

Gold and Silver

24.

What new religion did the traders bring into the Kingdom of Ghana?

a)

Islam

b)

Buddhism

c)

Hinduism

d)

Christianity

25.

What was Mansa Musa known for?

a)

His powerful friends and large army

b)

Selling people into slavery

c)

Going on an epic hajj and giving away gold

d)

Storytelling

26.

Ghana was attacked by which group in order to convert them to Islam?

a)

Almoravids

b)

Muslims

c)

Europeans

d)

Songhai

27.

What is the name of the king who won back Mali's independence?

a)

Mansa Musa

b)

Sundiata

c)

Muhammad

d)

Johannes Gutenberg

28.

The West African kingdom became wealthy and powerful because of the salt, gold, and control of trade routes. They also were known for taxing passersby for their goods. This kingdom was ____________. 

a)
Ghana
b)
Mali
c)
Songhai
d)
Benin
29.

Which is the correct order that the West African kingdom developed?

a)
Mali, Songhai, Ghana
b)
Songhai, Mali, Ghana
c)
Ghana, Songhai, Mali
d)
Ghana, Mali, Songhai
30.

Trade routes to Asia, Mansa Musa's pilgrimage, and architectures building mosques are reasons for the growth of what religion in West Africa.

a)
Christianity
b)
Catholicism
c)
Protestantism
d)
Islam
31.

The Sahara Desert was a source of ____________, which Ghana's leaders used for trading.

a)

gold

b)

water

c)

salt

d)

money

32.

Ghana, Mali, and Songhai gained wealth through ____________.

a)

trade

b)

religion

c)

gold

d)

education

33.

Mansa Musa was known as the most successful ruler of which African Empire?

a)

Ghana

b)

Morocco

c)

Mali

d)

Songhai

34.

Under the leadership of Mansa Musa the empire_________________.

a)

collapsed.

b)

moved to the Middle East.

c)

reached the height of wealth, power, and fame.

d)

was taken over by another powerful leader

35.

Songhai's greatest ruler was ...

a)

Mansa Musa

b)

The King of Songhai

c)

Askia the Great

36.

People in West Africa who were sold as slaves were captured in war, sold to pay debts, or ____________

a)

Enemies of the Kings

b)

Traders from Asia

c)

against Islam

d)

Criminals

37.

What is humanism?

a)

An idea that there should be an upper class that controls most of the wealth.

b)

A way of setting up a society based on oaths and land.

c)

The belief that one religion should be practiced by all people.

d)

A belief that focuses on the importance of people and human value

38.

Lords granted land to knights and Knights allowed Peasants to work their land under the system called ______________.

a)

Republic

b)

Christianity

c)

Democracy

d)

Feudalism

39.

The ________ were a series of wars to take between the European Christians and the Muslims of Asia.

a)

Vassals

b)

Crusades

c)

Lords

d)

Renaissance

40.
What did a noble give a knight in return for protection?
a)
taxes
b)
tools
c)
land
d)
labor
41.

Who was at the bottom of the social hierarchy in feudalism in Europe?

a)
nobles
b)
king
c)
peasants
d)
knights
42.

During the Renaissance, growth of knowledge and learning happened in 4 areas EXCEPT which area?

a)

Humanism

b)

Art and Literature

c)

Ancient Texts

d)

Exploration

43.
Which is the best definition of feudalism?
a)

a system of agreements and loyalties between lords, knights, and peasants.

b)

a system of fighting wars between Knights and peasants

c)

an economic system of money paid to peasants for their work

d)
a type of government where people vote for leaders
44.

This pandemic spread throughout Europe when trade links opened with Asia. Approximately 25 million people died from this disease.

a)

Swine Flu

b)

COVID-19

c)

The Bubonic Plague

d)

Black Death

45.

In a Roman Republic ____________________ and ________________________.

(Choose the two answers that correctly describe a republic)

a)
Citizens vote on every issue.
b)
Citizens elect representatives to vote on issues
c)
Ideas are debated at an assembly of Citizens
d)
Representatives assemble to debate ideas
e)
People reason using clear and ordered thinking
46.
The method in which a controlled amount of water is supplied to plants
a)
Tlingit
b)
Staple
c)
Irrigation
d)
Migration
47.
Indian people in the southwestern U.S. who built their homes on the rock ledges, canyon walls, and cliffs.
a)
Wampum
b)
Cliff Dwellers
c)
Mesas
d)
Hopi
48.
A basic or necessary item of food.
a)
Pueblo
b)
Mesas
c)
Staple
d)
Irrigation
49.
A southwest American Indian settlement consisting of multi-storied adobe houses.
a)
Kivas
b)
Pueblo
c)
Longhouse
d)
Wigwams
50.
A type of sled used by North American Indians to carry goods
a)
Travois
b)
Pueblo
c)
Civilization
d)
Nomad
51.
An isolated flat-topped hill with steep sides found in the landscapes with horizontal strata.
a)
Wampum
b)
Agriculture
c)
Adobe
d)
Mesas
52.
The Traditional dwelling of the Iroquois and other North American Indians.
a)
Staple
b)
Clan
c)
Pueblo
d)
Longhouse
53.
A quantity of beads from quahog shells strung together and worn as decorative belts of other decorations; also used as money.
a)
Mesas
b)
Cacao
c)
Staple
d)
Wampum