U.S. History Chapter 1 - The World before the Opening of the Atlantic

Question 1

What was the Roman government during the Classical Period?

Accepted Answer

It was a republic

Question 2

Why was the kingdom of Ghana significant?

Accepted Answer

It gained wealth by taxes & controlling trade in salt/gold.

Question 3

Native Americans living in the Pacific Northwest carved __________ on tall poles.

Accepted Answer

totems

Question 4

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

Accepted Answer

enemies

Question 5

How did geography contribute to Ghana’s wealth?

Accepted Answer

location between gold and salt mines, central trade location

Question 6

In the mid-1400s, __________ developed a printing press that used movable type.

Accepted Answer

Johannes Gutenberg

Question 7

The trade of gold, salt, and slaves is closely related to the Inca Empire

Accepted Answer

false

Question 8

warriors who fought on horseback.

Accepted Answer

knights

Question 9

What was the significance of the invention of the printing press?

Accepted Answer

made printing books easier/cheaper, & accessible to people

Question 10

How did the Paleo-Indians in the America first get their food?

Accepted Answer

Hunting and gathering

Question 11

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

Accepted Answer

true

Question 12

A group's set of common values and traditions is known as __________.

Accepted Answer

culture

Question 13

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

Accepted Answer

Individual rights to use land was temporary.

Question 14

a group of people called __________ crossed from northeastern Asia to present-day Alaska.

Accepted Answer

Paleo-Indians

Question 15

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

Accepted Answer

true

Question 16

Paleo-Indians crossed into N. America between 38,000 BC and 10,000 BC. How did they cross?

Accepted Answer

a narrow strip of land called the Bering Land Bridge

Question 17

The most famous ruler of Songhai took the name___________.

Accepted Answer

Askia the Great

Question 18

The renaissance was a period of rebirth of the glories of:

Accepted Answer

Greece and Rome

Question 19

Mansa Musa had scholars set up schools in Mali for the study of the Qur'an.

Accepted Answer

true

Question 20

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

Accepted Answer

false

Question 21

What made the slave trade important to the West African Economy?

Accepted Answer

Slaves were traded for valuable goods in Middle East/Europe

Question 22

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

Accepted Answer

True

Question 23

The Crusades changed Europe by

Accepted Answer

Leading to increased trade Asia

Question 24

What describes the Olmec?

Accepted Answer

developed the earliest known civilization in Mesoamerica

Question 25

Mali's __________ and Songhai's Askia the Great were both Muslims.

Accepted Answer

Mansa Musa

Question 26

How do scientists think people first arrived in North America?

Accepted Answer

During Ice Age, sea level dropped and people crossed land.

Question 27

The Hopewell and Mississippian peoples are most known for building:

Accepted Answer

mounds

Question 28

The goal of the Iroquois League was to:

Accepted Answer

Strengthen the alliance against invasion

Question 29

The _________ of Paleo-Indians from North to South America took thousands of years.

Accepted Answer

migration

Question 30

Mali’s leader was on a _______, or pilgrimage to Mecca, and introduced his empire to the world.

Accepted Answer

hajj

U.S. History Chapter 1 - The World before the Opening of the Atlantic

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U.S. History Chapter 1 - The World before the Opening of the Atlantic

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