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Migration to the Americas
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Which Native American group formed complex societies?
East
Plains
West
South
2
What is a migration?
things left behind by early people
way to date artifacts
movement of a group of people
people who move from place to place
3
Agriculture allowed early Americans to
form governments
travel farther
hunt more efficienty
form their own culture
4
Native Americans used natural resources to build their communities.
True
False
5
What system helped turn Native Americans into slaves?
plantation
irrigation
conquistador
railroad
6
Helped to start the Protestant Reformation
John Calvin
King James
Martin Luther
Martin Luther King Jr.
7
The land bridge that the first Americans might have used to get to America
Beringia
Alaska
the Bering Strait
Atlantis
8
What is carbon dating?
people who move from place to place
movement of a group of people
way to date artifacts
things left behind by early people
9
The historical period of intellectual and artistic creativity
Renaissance
Reformation
Middle Ages
Age of Enlightenment
10
John Cabot, Jacques Cartier, Giovanni da Verrazzano and Henry Hudson all searched for
Northwest Passage
slaves
fur
gold
11
Which of these is an early navigation tool?
printing press
ships
astrolabe
caravels
12
The Maya and the Aztec organized their societies around
religion
the military
women
commerce
13
What are artifacts?
things left behind by early people
people who move from place to place
an early form of corn
movement of a group of people
14
An invention of the Renaissance
Electrical Telegraph
Cotton Gin
Flying Shuttle
Printing Press
15
Which Native American region built igloos?
West
South
North
East
16
What are nomads?
people who move from place to place
movement of a group of people
things left behind by early people
an early form of corn
17
The early American civilizations created their own
writing systems
math system
way to track time
farming systems
18
The conquistador who conquered the Aztecs was
Francisco Pizzaro
Hernán Cortés
Juan Ponce de Leon
Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca
19
A nation's power is based on its wealth according to
mercantilism
the Natives
the Spanish
encomienda
20
Which ancient American civilization was focused on war?
Aztec
Maya
Olmec
Inca
21
Which early American civilization had a large population?
Maya
Inca
Olmec
Aztec
22
The line of demarcation divided America between which two nations?
Spain and England
France and Portugal
North Korea and Canada
Spain and Portugal
23
In general, the conquistadors were friendly to the native people.
True
False
24
What is agriculture?
a type of culture
type of government
farming
a way of life
25
Which ancient American civilization was highly religous?
Maya
Aztec
Inca
Olmec
26
In 1492 Christopher Columbus thought he landed in
Caribbean
Bahamas
India
America
27
What is maize?
movement of a group of people
things left behind by early people
an early form of corn
people who move from place to place
28
Who was Marco Polo?
a philosopher
swimming pool inventor
a religious leader
an explorer and author
29
Which of the following were famous Spanish conquistadors?
Pizarro, Cortez, Ponce de Leon, Hernando de Soto
Marco Polo, Ferdinand Magellan, Amerigo Vespucci
Bartholomeu Dias, Vasco da Gama, Henry the Navigator
Mansa Musa, Pope Alexander, Christopher Columbus
30
In the 1500s, what changed the ways of life for Native Americans forever?
arrival of the Europeans
lack of food
wars between nations
climate changes
31
Many explorers were looking for a water route through the Americas called
a river
Northwest Passage
Line of Demarcation
Columbian Exchange
32
Which North American culture built pueblos?
Adena
Hopewell
Iroquois
Anasazi
33
The first Americans possibly crossed a land bridge to get to
Earth
Africa
Asia
America
34
Ferdinand Magellan's expedition was the first to
circumnavigate the globe
discover a Northwest Passage
seek the Seven Cities of Gold
explore Florida
35
The exchange of plants, animals and diseases between Europe, Africa, Asia and America
Protestant Reformation
Northwest Passage
Columbian Exchange
Foreign Exchange
36
What was the capital of the Aztec Empire?
Tenochtitlán
Tikal
Chichén Itzá
Cuzco
37
Which Native American group were hunters and gatherers?
Plains
South
West
East
38
Who were three famous Portuguese explorers?
Francisco Pizarro, Hernan Cortez, Juan Ponce de Leon
Bartholomeu Dias, Vasco da Gama, Henry the Navigator
Mansa Musa, Pope Alexander, Christopher Columbus
Marco Polo, Ferdinand Magellan, Amerigo Vespucci
39
Which ancient American civilization built stone monuments?
Aztec
Maya
Olmec
Inca
40
Which North American culture built mounds?
Hopewell
Iroquois
Anasazi
Adena
41
What is the name for a Spanish explorer?
Dora
conquistador
conquerer
monk
42
Which Native American region used teepees?
West
South
Plains
East
