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- 1. Multiple Choice
The Maya were the first Americans to use horses and wheeled carts?
True
False
- 2. Multiple Choice
Archaeologists do not know the exact date when the first people appeared in North America.
True
False
- 3. Multiple Choice
Some early Americans hunted bison and wooly mammoths.
True
False
- 4. Multiple Choice
The Anasazi built mud-brick dwellings called mounds.
True
False
- 5. Multiple Choice
The Cherokee lived in the northernmost region of North America.
True
False
- 6. Multiple Choice
The first Native Americans probably reached North America by crossing which of the following?
Alaskan Sea
Bering Strait
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
- 7. Multiple Choice
Which of these Native American groups relied on salmon as a main food source?
Chinook
Cherokee
Apache
Plains People
- 8. Multiple Choice
Which of these resulted from the Maya's study of astronomy?
365-day calendar
colorful cave paintings
discovery of Neptune
the first globe
- 9. Multiple Choice
People in which American region made use of tepees?
North
Plains
Southwest
West
- 10. Multiple Choice
Who chose the male members of the Iroquois Grand Council?
male members
group mothers
clan mothers
all the people
- 11. Multiple Choice
a group of related families
clan
estimate
carbon dating
structure
complex
- 12. Multiple Choice
a building
clan
estimate
carbon dating
structure
complex
- 13. Multiple Choice
highly detailed
clan
estimate
carbon dating
structure
complex
- 14. Multiple Choice
a rough calculation of a number
clan
estimate
carbon dating
structure
complex
- 15. Multiple Choice
a scientific way to determine the age of an artifact
clan
estimate
carbon dating
structure
complex
- 16. Multiple Choice
a person who moves from place to place
clan
estimate
nomad
structure
complex
- 17. Multiple Choice
"The [Aztec] messengers also said [to Montezuma]: "Their trappings and arms are all made of iron. They dress in iron and wear iron casques on their heads. Their swords are iron; their bows are iron; their shields are iron; their spears are iron. Their deer carry them on their backs wherever they wish to go. These deer, our lord, are as tall as the roof of a house."
In this excerpt from an Aztec eyewitness, what is the iron being described?
portable shelters
wagons and supplies
armor and weapons
Spanish rowboats
- 18. Multiple Choice
"The [Aztec] messengers also said [to Montezuma]: "Their trappings and arms are all made of iron. They dress in iron and wear iron casques on their heads. Their swords are iron; their bows are iron; their shields are iron; their spears are iron. Their deer carry them on their backs wherever they wish to go. These deer, our lord, are as tall as the roof of a house."
What are the tall "deer" that are mentioned in the passage?
dogs
horses
mastodons
wagons
- 19. Multiple Choice
"The [Aztec] messengers also said [to Montezuma]: "Their trappings and arms are all made of iron. They dress in iron and wear iron casques on their heads. Their swords are iron; their bows are iron; their shields are iron; their spears are iron. Their deer carry them on their backs wherever they wish to go. These deer, our lord, are as tall as the roof of a house."
What is the messengers' attitude toward the Spaniards?
The messengers are amused.
The messengers are unimpressed.
The messengers are terrified.
The messengers are awestruck.
- 20. Multiple Choice
"Montecuhzom- [leader of the Aztec, also known as Montezuma] now arrayed himself in his finery....The other great princes also adorned their persons.... They all went out together to meet the strangers. They brought trays heaped with the finest flowers-The flower that resembles a shield, the flower shaped like a heart, in the center, the flower with the sweetest aroma... They also brought garlands of flowers, and ornaments for the breast, and necklaces of gold, necklaces hung with rich stones."
This eyewitness account tells of the first Europeans visit to the city of Tenochtitlan. According to the account, how were the Spaniards recieved?The Aztec ambushed them.
The Aztec greeted them as honored visitors.
The Aztec fled their city in terror.
The Aztec drove them from Tenochtitlan.
- 21. Multiple Choice
"Montecuhzom- [leader of the Aztec, also known as Montezuma] now arrayed himself in his finery....The other great princes also adorned their persons.... They all went out together to meet the strangers. They brought trays heaped with the finest flowers-The flower that resembles a shield, the flower shaped like a heart, in the center, the flower with the sweetest aroma... They also brought garlands of flowers, and ornaments for the breast, and necklaces of gold, necklaces hung with rich stones."
Which of these descriptions indicates the Aztec response to the Spaniards visit?Aztec hiding places
Aztec weapons
Aztec flowers and necklaces
Aztec children crying
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