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1
Slash and Burn farming was used by the Mayans
False
True
2
Where are the Andes mountains located?
South America
Mexico
North America
Egypt
3
What does not define a civilization?
Small group of people
Large urban centers
Social stratification
Surplus of food
4
What is Human environment interaction?
The mix of human and non-human features of a location
An area with at least one unifying physical or human feature
How the environment negatively affects people.
How people affect their environment and how their environment affects them
5
Which resources most directly led to the development of early civilizations in river valleys?
fertile soil and fresh water
fresh water and stone
clothing and metal ores
workers and animals
6
Which of the following is an example of early people adapting to their environment
The Aztecs built systems for bringing water to dry fields.
The Mayas created systems for writing and doing math.
The Mayas charted movements of the sun, moon, and stars.
The Puebloans made beautiful painted pottery.
7
How did the Incas get around their empire?
They would have to walk around everyday
Roads across the length and width of their town
Their cars
Bridges build to hold humans
8
What did Incas use to carry their goods on the roads?
horses
llamas
sleds
wheeled carts
9
Which statement correctly describes early hunter-gatherer civilizations?
They usually lived together in large villages.
They relied on farming for their food.
They moved based on animals they hunted.
They traveled with large surpluses of food.
10
Where did most early civilizations develop?
in river valleys
near the ocean
in the open plains
at the base of a mountain
11
All early civilizations were built
Near a river
Near an ocean
Where they were protected by a natural boundary
On a mountain
12
Which type of human environment interaction does this represent?
Modify
Depend
Adapt
Movement
13
where do mayans live
Mexico
Portugal
North pole
America
14
What is a civilization?
society that has cities, well-organized government, and skilled workers
the art of being friendly to people you don't like
a treaty negotiation between tribes.
a group of people who live near each other
15
Which technological advancement made it possible for early civilizations to get water to their crops?
Pottery
Irrigation
Wheel
Iron and Metal
16
How many miles of roads did the Incas have?
2520
3250
20
more than 10,000
17
What is
the best
example of
adapting
to your environment?
building your house on stilts because it floods often
cutting down trees to build a house
moving somewhere else
building a bridge to get across water
18
What is slash and burn agriculture?
Burning trees for no reason
Burning the previous years crops left over to replenish soil
Burning diseased crops to prevent the spread of infection
Clearing and burning forests to plant crops
19
What countries are apart of Meso America?
United States
South America
Mexico and Central America
Mexico and South America
20
Where did the Incas live
Machu picchu
Andes mountains
Mexico
Asia
21
How were the Incas able to farm on the Andes mountains?
normal farming
slash and burn farming
they didn't farm on mountains
Terrace farming
22
Where is Teotihuacan located?
Mesopotamia
Egypt
Indus Valley
Mesoamerica
23
This is an example of people adapting to their environment *changing clothes to protect from weather*
False
True
24
The main purpose for the Incas building roads
Taking over new lands
For horses
Communication
Trade routes
25
Which type of human environment interaction does this picture represent?
Modify
None of the Above
Depend
Adapt
26
If you change to fit your environment, that is called
extinct
cultural borrowing
adapting
happy place
27
Which civilization does this image relate to?
Egypt
Mesopotamia
Khufu
Pharaohs
28
Which civilization does this monumental architecture belong to?
Mesopotamia-Ziggurat
Egypt-Pyramid
Mesopotamia-Pyramid
Egypt-Ziggurat
29
What was the drawback of the Slash and Burn technique?
It took a long time to use.
It was expensive.
The ground became unusable within a few years.
The ground became forever fertile.
30
Did the incas specialize in building canoes or roads?
Roads
Canoes
