Earliest Americans
What was the strip of land called that early Americans used to cross to North America?
A. the Alaska land bridge
B. the Bering Land Bridge
C. the Pacific Land Bridge
B. the Bering Land Bridge
What does innovation mean?
A. the upper class of a society
B. a new method, idea, or product that improves quality of life.
C. the development and planning of cities and towns.
B. a new method, idea, or product that improves quality of life.
What does elite mean?
A. the development of cities
B. the upper class of a society
C. a new method, idea, or product that improves quality of life.
B. the upper class of a society
What does urbanism mean?
A. the development of cities.
B. a new method, idea, or product that improves quality of life
C. the upper class of a society.
A. the development of cities.
How did Europeans describe Native Americans?
a. friendly and kind
b. clean and organized
c. savages
c. savages
From which continent did early Americans migrate?
A. Asia
B. Africa
C. Europe
A. Asia
Where were the Inca located?
A. North America
B. Asia
C. South America
C. South America
Where were the Mayans located?
A. Mexico
B. South America
C. Asia
A. Mexico
Where were the Aztecs located?
A. South America
B. Asia
C. Mexico
C. Mexico
Who was one of the last Aztec emperors?
a. Montezuma
b. Hernan Cortes
c. Genghis Khan
a. Montezuma
What kind of climate made it possible for the early Americans to cross the Bering Land Bridge?
A. Ice Age
B. Global Warming
C. Both A and B.
A. Ice Age
What are the examples of Inca innovations?
A. Social classes
B. Bridges and Road networks
C. Large populations
B. Bridges and Road networks
Which planet did the Governor Palace align with every eight years?
a. Jupiter
b. Venus
c. Earth
b. Venus
How did the Aztecs build their rich empire?
A. By forming alliances through marriages
B. By buying large amounts of land
C. By conquering people and making them pay tribute.
C. By conquering people and making them pay tribute.
Who conquered the Aztec empire?
a. Montezuma
b. Hernan Cortes
c. Christopher Columbus
b. Hernan Cortes
What is culture?
A. new methods, ideas, or products that improve everyday life
B. the upper class of a society
C. a group's set of common values and traditions.
C. a group's set of common values and traditions.
Why was the Inca road system so important?
A. it allowed trade throughout the empire
B. allowed the government to move armies.
C. Both A and B.
C. Both A and B.
In your own words, define social class.
a division of society based on social and economic status
What were the chinampas?
A. a defensive wall that surrounded the Aztec capital, Tenochtitlan.
B. "floating gardens" that the Aztecs used to grow crops.
C. a giant road network
B. "floating gardens" that the Aztecs used to grow crops.
What were French-Native American relations like?
a. mostly brutal and violent
b. more diplomatic and on equal terms
c. neither
b. more diplomatic and on equal terms
How long ago did early Americans first migrate to North America?
A. roughly 10,000 years ago.
B. 500 years ago.
C. 50,000 years ago
A. 10,000 years ago.
What were chasquis?
A. a group of runners who were stationed at different points along the road.
B. farmers and traders
C. soldiers that protected the roads.
A. a group of runners who were stationed at different points along the road.
What does LiDar technology detect?
a. human-changed landscape
b. natural landscape
c. the migration patterns of animals.
a. human-changed landscape
In your own words, define tribute. How does this word relate to the Aztecs?
a payment made by one state to another.
In your own words, define exploit. AND give a historical example.
taking advantage of people for resources.