1 . Why were early Amerindians forced to rely upon crops for their livelihoods?
A. There was an abundance of tillable land and rainfall.
B. Their religious prophets taught the benefits of farming.
C. Their hunting practices killed off the largest game animals.
D. Hunting large game animals was too dangerous.
2 . Which community is known to have developed an extensive irrigation system in the Southwest?
A. Hohokam
B. Natchez
C. Hopewell
D. Cahokia
3 . Which society had a well-developed military system of pre-military training, followed by a two-year service, before retirement to the reserve labor force?
A. Anasazi
B. Olmec
C. Aztec
D. Inca
4 . The first people to appear in the Americas supported themselves by
A. hunting big game and farming.
B. gathering plants, seeds, and small game hunting.
C. agriculture and small game hunting.
D. big game hunting and gathering plants.
5 . Where did the Olmec establish their culture?
A. Panama
B. Peru
C. Mexico and Yucatán
D. New Mexico and Arizona
6 . The migration of ancient people from Eurasia to the Americas ended about how many years ago?
A. 2,002
B. 1,200
C. 100,000
D. 12,000
7 . Of the following modern nations, which is not found in Mesoamerica?
A. Colombia
B. Mexico
C. Panama
D. Guatemala
8 . What native crop was most important to the survival of the early American cultures?
A. beans
B. corn
C. squash
D. tomatoes
9 . What group was probably the first Mesoamerican civilization?
A. Hopi
B. Hohokam
C. Anasazi
D. Olmec
10 . Which of the following was necessary to produce enough food to support an urban population?
A. big game hunting
B. small game hunting
C. farming
D. gathering
11 . What Amerindian group moved into the central valley of Mexico because of drought in their homeland and stayed to conquer the valley around AD 1200?
A. Anasazi
B. Nazca
C. Aztec
D. Toltec
12 . What was the name of the Aztec city that was built on Lake Texcoco?
A. Snaketown
B. Cuzco
C. Tenochtitlán
D. Vera Cruz
13 . According to Aztec legends, who would return in 1519, leading to a mistaken identification of Cortés?
A. Pizarro
B. Quetzalcoatl
C. Pachacuti
D. Montezuma II
14 . What Incan united the highlands with coastal regions of Peru?
A. Cochise
B. Pachacuti
C. Atahualpa
D. Montezuma
15 . A quipu was used in Incan culture as
A. a means of lighting the sacred fire.
B. a method of recording data.
C. the ball in ceremonial games.
D. the writing material for sacred texts.
16 . Who were the ancestors of the Pueblos?
A. Anasazi
B. Hopewell
C. Hopi
D. Navajo
17 . Which of the following was not a Woodland culture of North America?
A. Hopewell
B. Cahokia
C. Natchez
D. Hohokam
18 . Which culture ruled its empire from the mountain city of Cuzco?
A. Aztec
B. Olmec
C. Anasazi
D. Inca
19 . Which of these cultures developed in central Mexico?
A. Inca
B. Aztec
C. Anasazi
D. Olmec
20 . Which Mesoamerican culture was noted for its massive ceremonies in which thousands of captives were sacrificed to the sun god Huitzilopochtli?
A. Natchez
B. Inca
C. Aztec
D. Olmec
21 . Which Mesoamerican group played a ball game they believed maintained the cycles of the sun and moon?
A. Olmec
B. Toltec
C. Aztec
D. Maya
22 . Which culture built a road system similar to that of the Assyrians to link all parts of the empire?
A. Kwakiutl
B. Apache
C. Inca
D. Olmec
23 . The Anasazi people were distinguished for building
A. cliff dwellings.
B. large earthen mounds.
C. ball courts.
D. a step pyramid.
24 . Which three food crops made their way from the Americas to Africa and Eurasia, resulting in larger and healthier populations?
A. turnips, beets, beans
B. rice, wheat, olives
C. grapes, dates, sugar
D. corn, peanuts, sweet potatoes
25 . The term "Mesoamerica" refers to the
A. table-top land planted upon by the Anasazi.
B. region between North and South America.
C. Middle Ages of the Americas.
D. islands of the Caribbean.
26 . What term describes the Spanish soldiers who took great risks to take control of and explore the Americas?
A. conquistadors
B. companero
C. vaquero
D. gaucho
27 . What made Spain the most important country in Europe during the 1500s?
A. their control of the slave trade
B. their ships that wiped out piracy
C. the flow of gold and silver into their economy
D. their leadership in the Catholic Council
28 . What economic condition occurs when there is more money than goods to purchase?
A. interest
B. profit
C. capital
D. inflation
29 . A favorable balance of trade is achieved by
A. using money of a standardized value.
B. mining equal amounts of gold and silver.
C. balancing weights and measures on exports.
D. selling more goods than are bought from foreign powers.
30 . In which of the following areas would a map have shown Portuguese colonies around 1600?
This might help with some of your homework questions. The rest you will have to research for yourself
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States
October 29th, 2009 at 6:34 pm
This might help with some of your homework questions. The rest you will have to research for yourself
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States
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