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Chap 1 - Early People: 1) The Land and States, 2) Ancient Indians, 3) Early Civilizations
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1
The ______ were known as the "Mother Culture."
Mound Builders
Olmec
Maya
Puebloans
2
The Adena mounds were used for ______
burials
sleeping
houses
storage
3
The Olmec civilization was one of the earliest in the Americas.
False
True
4
The Mayans were the first Americans to have a counting system.
False
True
5
The Maya developed a writing system based on hieroglyphs.
False
True
6
The Maya civilization borrowed many of the Olmec traditions.
True
False
7
People who study the natural environment and make maps are called____________.
Explorers
Geographers
Mappers
Hunters
8
Lines of latitude and longitude help you to describe the ___ ___ of any place on earth.
global location
Absolute location
parallel location
Prime meridian
9
Pueblo is the Spanish word for _____
dinner
ladder
village
maize
10
A theory is ______
a map of the United States.
a group of hunters.
a question that people ask themselves.
an idea based on study and research.
11
According to archaeologists, a group of hunters from Asia walked across a land bridge called
Beringjamama
Beringoa
Beringia
Beringa
12
The Mississippian Civilization built the city of _______
Cahokia
Pueblos
Mississippi
Visalia
13
Early Americans were most likely ____ who followed animal herds from place to place.
fishermen
travellers
nomads
explorers
14
During the Ice Age, ___________causing a land bridge to appear between Asia and North America.
the ocean level rose,
the ocean level dropped,
15
Another theory says that the first Americans may have arrived by_____ to the Americas.
boat
flying
swimming
cruise ship
16
The _______ had a strong trade system that stretched from the Rocky mountains to Lake Superior
Adena
Maya
Olmec
Hopewell
17
The _________ were expert basket makers.
Puebloans
Hopewell
Adena
Olmec
18
The Ancient Puebloans were located at the _______ in the Southwest
southern Mexico area
Guatemala
Coastal area
Four Corners
