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American Migration, Olmec, and Maya
American Migration, Olmec, and Maya
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This Quiz covers early American migration, the Olmec, and the Mayan civilizations.
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1
The Olmec were one of the first civilizations to know how to make what?
Rubber
Copper
Sugar
Wheat
2
Soil that is able to produce crops can be called what?
Fallow
Fertile
Frontier
Nomadic
3
Which of the following is NOT a Mayan calendar?
Mayan Long Calendar
Gregorian Calendar
Tzolkin Calendar
Haab Calendar
4
Identify section 1 on the map?
Mexico
Florida
Honduras
Panama
5
What Mesoamerican civilization is known for sculpting colossal heads out of basalt?
Olmec
Anasazi
Mayan
Inca
6
This is the belief in many Gods?
Polytheism
Henotheism
Monotheism
Deism
7
What Mayan calendar was thought by some to tell of the end of the world?
Haab Calendar
Gregorian Calendar
Tzolkin Calendar
Mayan Long Calendar
8
What farming technique used ashes as fertilizer for the soil?
Irrigation farming
Slash and burn
Manure farming
Three-field crop rotation
9
Who was the Mayan feathered serpent God?
Yun Kaax
Clovis
Chac
Kukulkan
10
What material was found in abundance on the Yucatan Peninsula?
Limestone
Obsidian
Silk
Plateaus
11
What ancient Mayan city-state is home to the Temple Kukulkan?
Anasazi
Machu Picchu
Chichen Itza
Teotihuacan
12
How long ago did the first Americans arrive to the North American continent?
50,000 to 75,000 years
5,000 to 10,000 years
3,000 to 5,000 years
20,000 to 40,000 years
13
What farming technique was used by the Olmec and Mayan people to fertilize their soil with ashes?
Terrace Farming
Slash and Burn
Manure Farming
Three Field Crop Rotation
14
What are Mayan codex or codices?
Books
Sculptures
Pyramids
Game
15
Living the life of a wanderer, moves around, does not have a permanent home is the definition for what term?
Fallow
Fertile
Nomadic
Frontier
16
Identify section 2 on the map?
Yucatan Peninsula
Panama
Florida
Honduras
17
What was El Caracol used for?
Honoring warriors
Astronomy
A marketplace
A temple to Kukulkan
18
What did the Mayan use to dye cloth?
Dyes imported from Africa
Dyes imported from China
Dyes from grain
Minerals and plants
19
What is a tall, flat stone, often carved with writing, used to mark an important historical event called?
Stela
Obsidian
Jade
Kukulkan
20
Identify section 4 on the map?
Panama
Belize
Florida
Honduras
21
What is an underground well or lake on the Yucatan Peninsula?
Haab
Kukulkan
Sacbe
Cenote
22
What does the following number equal?
19
23
24
14
23
The Mayan God Chaac was the God of what?
Rain
The pig
Feathered serpent
Corn
24
Evidence that showed first Americans came from Asia
Solutrean model
Clovis spearhead in Maryland
Ansick-1
A boat in South America
25
Which of the following was NOT found in the Americas?
Corn
Wheat
Cotton
Potatoes
26
Which early American migration theory proposed that Europeans migrated to the Americas?
Antarctica theory
Solutrean theory
Bering Strait theory
African exploration theory
27
Which early American migration theory proposed that Asians migrated to the Americas?
Solutrean theory
African exploration theory
Bering Strait theory
Antarctica theory
28
What are the two ways Mayans formed their hieroglyphs?
Syllables or pictures
The Mayans did not use hieroglyphs
Chinese symbols or European letters
An alphabet and random lines
29
Central Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, and Honduras are part of what geographic region
Mesoamerica
Andes Mountain range
Atacama Desert
Mississippi River
30
What is a Sacbe?
Mayan carved monument
Mayan pyramid
Well with water
Road
31
This is the belief in One God?
Monotheism
Polytheism
Deism
Henotheism
32
Identify section 3 on the map?
Guatemala
Panama
Nicaragua
Mexico
33
What type of advanced spearhead was used to support the Solutrean migration theory?
Roman Spearhead
Khan Spearhead
Mayan Spearhead
Clovis Spearhead
