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SS7A-Unit 4 Test Review
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1
How were Incan commoners grouped within their social class?
By gender and age
By religious worship
By family rank
By wealth and status
2
What material did the people of the Southwest tribes use to build their homes?
Dried mud
Young trees
Thatched straw
Bison hide
3
Which of the following farming methods helped the Incan farm the hillsides?
dam construction
Irrigation canals
Slash-and -burn
Crop rotation
4
What was the mita system?
A rigid social hierarchy
A practice of paying taxes through labor
A method of record keeping
A network of royal messengers
5
Why did the Aztecs engage in human sacrifice?
To punish people who broke the law
To determine who would be the next emperor
To punish their enemies
To keep their chief god strong
6
What is a tradition of Pacific Northwest indigenous people that still survives today?
Bison hunts
Igloo building
Sandstone designs
Canoe journeys
7
The building and use of observatories allowed the Maya to develop...
Complex calendars
Stone pyramids and temples
Slash-and-burn agriculture
Hieroglyphic writing
8
Which of the following statements best describes the Mississippians?
Developed a complex culture in the southwest
Were a nomadic tribe in the Great Plains
Developed a complex culture and large communities
Lived in the Northwest and hunted/gathered
9
According to their religion, the Maya believed that...
Human sacrifices was forbidden by the gods
Their kings should be worshiped as living gods
Kings and priests could communicate with the gods
Priests and nobles should not mix together
10
Which of the following statements describes the Mayan writing system?
Was all destroyed by the Spanish
More advanced than Eurasian cultures
Was the most evolved in the Americas
Is still used in Cental America today
11
What archaeological evidence taught scholars about the culture of the Mississippians?
A housing complexes built into the sides of cliffs
Kayaks designed to hunt animals over long distances
Totem poles decorated with animal symbols
Large earthen mounds built for religious purposes
12
Which of the following best summarizes how the environment impacted the growth of the Maya?
Learn farming techniques to clear the dense rain forest
Expand their territory to find suitable farmland
Adapt to live in high elevations with thin oxygen
Build causeways and canals to adapt to living on an island
13
The majority of Aztecs belonged to what social class?
Slaves
Commoners
Priests
Nobles
14
What is an Inuit religious belief?
Animism
Divination
Human sacrifice
Sun worship
15
What was the purpose of the complex calendars developed by the Incas?
To determine government events
To record the king's achievements
To determine when to plant crops
To establish four distinct seasons
16
Which of the following is an example of Aztec art?
Intricate, carved hieroglyphs
Huge, carved stone heads
Richly colored textile
Elaborate feathered headdresses
17
What was the Ancestral Puebloan's most notable achievement?
Canoe building
Southwestern design
Cliff dwellings
Igloo building
18
Which of the following statements best describes Mayan cities?
They had pyramids and palaces in their centers
They were built on islands in lakes
They grew up mainly in the highlands
They had relatively few buildings
