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Ch7 Lesson 1 The First Americans

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

North and South America are joined by ____.

a)

an isthmus

b)

a desert

c)

high mountains

d)

a land bridge

2.

The southernmost point of the Americas is ____.

a)

the Arctic

b)


Tierra del Fuego

c)

the Equator

d)

the Pampas

3.

It was difficult for early American people to cross the Appalachians.

a)

true

b)

false

4.

The oldest civilization in the Americas was most likely built by the ____.

a)

Moche

b)

Toltec

c)

Olmec

d)

Maya

5.

The Maya established their civilization in the rain forests of the Yucatán Peninsula.

a)

true

b)

false

6.

To get water for their crops, the Moche built canals from the Andes foothills to their home in the coastal desert.

a)

true

b)

false

7.

Pueblo Bonito was built by ____.

a)

the Hopewell

b)

the Toltec

c)

the Olmec

d)

the Anasazi

8.

The capital of the Inca Empire was ____.

a)

Teotihuacán

b)

Cuzco

c)

Tollan

d)

Cahokia

9.

Farming in the Americas began in what is now the southwestern part of the United States.

a)

true

b)

false

10.

The Hopewell were Mound Builders.

a)

true

b)

false

11.

extends both north and south of the Equator

a)

South America


b)

mounds

c)

hunter-gatherers

d)

the Caribbean

12.

created by the early people of North America, but not by those from Central and South America

a)

South America

b)

mounds


c)

the Caribbean

d)

Yucatán

13.

used animals for food, clothing, and shelter

a)

hunter-gatherers


b)

mounds


c)

the Caribbean

d)

Yucatán


14.

Choice

collective name for a group of islands located in waters off northern South America

a)

the Caribbean

b)

Yucatán

c)

mounds


d)

South America

15.

Choice

home of the Maya

a)

Yucatán

b)

the Caribbean

c)

South America

d)

hunter-gatherers


16.

The four geographical areas of the Americas are North America, South America, Central America, and

a)

the Arctic.

b)

Argentina.

c)

the Caribbean.

d)

Tierra del Fuego.

17.

A land bridge from Asia to the Americas was made possible by which of the following?

a)

archaeologists

b)

the development of stone tools

c)

last Ice Age

d)

prehistoric people

18.

As farming spread, people began to

a)


fight with one another.

b)

move southward.

c)

rely on hunting and gathering.

d)

settle in one place.

19.

Where did the Olmec establish their civilization?

a)

Gulf of Mexico coast

b)

present-day Peru

c)


south central Mexico

d)

Yucatán Peninsula

20.

Did the Olmec civilization collapse before or after the city of Teotihuacan was built?

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21.

Why did the Hohokam have to build irrigation canals to water their crops?

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22.

Why might early American cultures have declined?

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