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• On a piece of paper, each group must list three main things about the Maya, Aztecs, and Inca civilizations.

B. They walked across a land bridge

1. One theory about how early people migrated from Asia to America is:

A. They came with the Spanish

B. They walked across a land bridge

C. They came by sea

D. They came on horseback

2. One theory about why early peoples migrated from Asia to the Americas is:

A. They needed free land

B. There were plenty of horses

C. Hunters followed animals

D. None of the above

C. Hunters followed animals

C. They were hunters

3. How did early Americans get their food during the Ice Age?

A. They were merchants

B. They were farmers

C. They were hunters

C. Asia to North America

4. Bering Strait was a land bridge which connected:

A. Africa to North America

B. Africa to Europe

C. Asia to North America

D. South America to North America

Ice Age

5. During the ___________ people traveled from Asia to North America.

B. They settled one place

6. How did agriculture affected the way early people lived?

A. They stopped hunting

B. They settled one place

C. None of the above

True

7. The mound builders were well organized.

• True/False

B. Anasazi

8. The _______ nation lived on the top of a mesa in the Four Corners area.

A. Mound Builders

B. Anasazi

C. Chorekee

D. Inuit

9. Trade was important to the Mound Builders.

True/False

True

B. Cliff Dwellers

10. The Anasazi were:

A. Mound Builders

B. Cliff Dwellers

C. Mexican Conquerors

D. None of the above

water

11.The need for ________ affected the cultures developed by the people of Southwest.

12.The Mound Builders lived east of ______________.

Mississippi River

13.The _____ presently live in the frozen lands near the Arctic Ocean.

A. Cherokee

B. Mound Builders

C. Inuit

C. Inuit

Inuit

14.The ______ developed the kayak.

15.The _____ lived in houses made from blocks of packed snow.

Inuit

16.The three powerful civilizations developed in Mexico, Central America, and south America were:

_______, _______, _________

Aztecs, Maya, Inca

B. Aztec

17.Tenochtitlan city became the capital of the mighty ______ empire.

A. Inca

B. Aztec

C. Anasazi

D. Mayan

C. Maya

18.The ________ were successful farmers that they began to grow surplus.

A. Inca

B. Anasazi

C. Maya

D. Aztec

C. Aztecs

19.The ______ extended their borders by conquering other people in the Valley of Mexico.

A. Inca

B. Maya

C. Aztecs

20.______ were the first to use irrigation in what is now the United States.

A. Anasazi

B. Inuit

C. Inca

D. None of the above

A. Anasazi

21._________ developed the fastest communications systems.

Inca

C. Inca

22.Cuzco became the capital of the ______ empire.

A. Aztec

B. Maya

C. Inca

B. Maya

23.Specializing helped the ______ to develop a complex civilization.

A. Inca

B. Maya

C. Inuit

D. Aztecs

24.The _______ developed system of writing.

A. Aztecs

B. Maya

C. Inca

D. Inuit

B. Maya

25.________ built one of the world’s largest cities.

A. Inca

B. Aztecs

C. Maya

B. Aztecs

B. Maya

26.The ______ developed extremely accurate calendar.

A. Inca

B. Maya

C. Aztec

True

27.The Maya were successful farmers.

True/False

28.______: object made in the past

Artifact

29.____: to move to a different place.

Migrate

30.____: payment demanded by rulers from their people.

Tribute

31.__________ studies artifacts of people.

Archaeologist

32.________ : long period of extreme cold on Earth

Ice Age

33._______: a group of lands and people ruled by one leader.

Empire

34.__________: culture with organized system of government, religion, and learning.

Civilization