Chapter 1 Test Review

The Hopewell and Mississippian mound builders were skilled

Why was Plato significant?

The period of the Renaissance in Europe was more orderly and stable than the Middle Ages had been.

The goal of the Iroquois League was to

__________ believe that God had spoken to Muhammad through an angel and had made him a prophet.

Which of the following best describes the Olmec?

During the Renaissance, the new emphasis on people rather than religion was called

Disease that spread across Europe, killing an estimated 25 million people.

The people who migrated across the Bering Land Bridge were hunter-gatherers.

The cliff dwellings built by the Anasazi gave them protection against...

The __________ began as a small tribe in the Andes Mountains of South America.

People who hunted animals and gathered wild plants for food were __________.

Why was the kingdom of Ghana significant?

The Crusades changed Europe by...

A great teacher who wanted to make people think and question their own beliefs.

The __________ built the first pyramids in the Americas.

The people who crossed the bridge into Alaska between 38,000 and 10,000 BC were called __________.

A ruler named Sundiata founded the Songhai empire.

The Aztec was the first civilization to use canals to direct water through their cities.

An economic system that unifies and increases the power and wealth of a nation.

Taught that people should live lives based on reason, or clear and ordered thinking.

Which statement presents a belief Native Americans held about land rights?

The Berbers helped construct mosques in the kingdom of Ghana.

Large amounts of water froze into huge, moving sheets of ice called __________.

Buildings for Muslim prayer

A movement of people or animals from one region to another

How do joint-stock companies benefit investors?

The Olmec and Maya civilizations grew maize and lived in small villages.

People that trace their ancestry through their mothers, not their fathers.

An economic system that unifies and increases the power and wealth of a nation.