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Practice for Unit 1 Test
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1
Feeding a town or city with milpas is something we would expect of
glyphs
nomadic peoples
semi-sedentary peoples
agrarian civilization
2
Despite the harsh climate of the Colorado basin, this civilization thrived in the Common Era
Anasazi/Puebloan
Norte Chico
Mississipian
Olmec
3
Some of the oldest cities in Central America were built circa 1500 BCE. They were part of
Maya civilization
Olmec civilization
Mississippian civilization
Anasazi/Puebloan civilization
4
The earliest written document describing the Kingdom of Mali comes from
ibn Battuta
Mansa Musa
the Popul Vuh
Mansa Suleiman
5
The (loose) cultural label linking societies of the pre-Columbian Kongo region and beyond
Islam
the Bantu Language Group
Mesoamerica
Yoruba peoples
6
Mayan primary sources indicate a social hierarchy with _______ at the bottom
priests
merchants and artisans
warriors
slaves
7
Mayan civilization continued many traditions from the earlier Olmec, such as
a Long Count calendar for recording history
All of these answers are correct
milpa-based agriculture
pyramids as urban power centers
8
One new idea in scholarship about Mesoamerican civilizations was
There many more people than previously thought
They domesticated horses
They did not have social classes
They did not have a way of keeping track of time or dates
9
The spread of maize led to North American civilizations like the Anasazi/Puebloan and
the Iberian
the Mississippian
the Kingdom of Mali
the Kingdom of Ghana
10
The dry, cool grasslands of central South America favored this type of economy
nomadic
milpa
agrarian
maize
11
Why are written texts from the Mayan period so rare?
Mayans did not use written language
Later empires intentionally destroyed them
They were lost to the growth of rainforests
Most texts were destroyed by natural disasters
12
Technology like guano, irrigation, and terracing was important for ________ in the Andes
nomadic societies
agrarian societies
Olmec civilization
Mayan Civilization
13
Cities like Timbuktu and Gao grew in the Sahel based on
Migration of Yoruba peoples from the Guinea Coast
Wealth from large, milpa farms
Migration of Berbers to West Africa
Wealth from trade routes across the Sahara
14
Trade contact with the Maghreb led traditional West African religions to blend with _____
Judaism
Islam
Christianity
Animism
15
West African cities connected to the Islamic world of the Mediterranean/North Africa by trade:
West African ivory for North African silk
West African gold for North African salt
West African sculptures for North African books
West African slaves for North African gold
16
This image is an example of
a quipu
Anasazi cliff dwellings
glyph writing
maize
17
The Popul Vuh is a text that contains
A code for translating Olmec glyphs to Spanish
The history of the Mayan kingdom
The impressions of ibn Battuta of his visit to Mali
The religious mythology of Mayan culture
18
Detailed, realistic, intricate human sculptures made in copper, gold, and clay were features of
The Kingdom of Mali
The Islamic world
The Bantu language group peoples
Yoruba societies