What best describes the practice of colonization?

Establishing permanent colonies

Why was the sea level lower during the Ice Age?

Much of the earth's water was frozen.

The Maya did which of the following?

Developed a writing system and a number system.

What was special about Iroquois people of the Northeast?

They were an alliance of several different groups.

Why was the slash-and-burn technique effective?

The ashes made the soil fertile.

Native peoples in North America shared what characteristic?

A connection to the natural world.

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American Anthem 1 The World Before 1600

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1
Who led Northern Europe after the Reformation?
Africans
Explorers
Catholics
Protestants
2
Which of the following could be a piece of archaeological evidence?
A story of conquest
A clay pot
A harvest festival
An opinion
3
What characterized the period called the Renaissance?
A decrease in music and the arts
More people stayed at home instead of traveling.
Learning and Creativity
monasteries
4
What best describes the practice of colonization?
Establishing permanent colonies
Establishing a system of agriculture
Developing a balanced budget
Sailing across the Atlantic to find Asia
5
Who built a settlement in Greenland in the year 985?
Portuguese
Spanish
Vikings
English
6
What goods were the basis of most the trade in West Africa?
Gold and salt.
Salt and spices.
Buffalo and gold.
Beads and weapons.
7
Why was the sea level lower during the Ice Age?
Much of earth's water was consumed by wooly mammoths.
Most of the earth's water was in underground lakes.
Most of earth's water had evaporated into the atmosphere.
Much of the earth's water was frozen.
8
Islam was carried to West Africa by what group of people?
Spanish Traders
Arab Traders
British Traders
Portuguese Traders
9
The Maya did which of the following?
Developed a writing system and a number system.
Founded Tenochtitlán, today's Mexico City.
Built dwellings made of Adobe.
Used irrigation systems to farm the desert.
10
What was special about Iroquois people of the Northeast?
They came from Mexico
They were an alliance of several different groups.
They were nomads who followed huge herds of buffalo.
They built large Adobe houses
11
What was the importance of the caravel?
It allowed a single farmer to plow an entire field
It was a medical device that saved lives.
It allowed explorers to travel
It allowed people to measure time
12
Why was the slash-and-burn technique effective?
The ashes made the soil fertile.
Fire was necessary for hunting and gathering.
It was useful for catching fish
Fires drove wild animals into large nets.
13
Which of the following groups lived in South America?
Olmec
Aztec
Inca
Maya
14
The Hopi, Apache, and Navajo peoples lived in what region?
The Eastern Woodlands
The Southwest
The Northwest
The Great Plains
15
Who performed the labor on the new Portuguese and Spanish plantations in South America?
African Royalty
European explorers
Salt traders
Enslaved Africans
16
When Christopher Columbus sailed west, he expected to encounter what body of land?
North America
Asia
the West Indies
Africa
17
What items did Native Americans receive as part of the Columbian Exchange?
Squash, guns, and gold
Tomatoes, corn, and peanuts
Caravels and maps
Domesticated animals and guns
18
Native peoples in North America shared what characteristic?
A style of building houses.
A desire to grow crops.
A clan structure based on the father's family.
A connection to the natural world.

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