Ch 9 Pretest power-point

The potlatch ceremony was used by the peoples of the Northwest as a way to

A. Cure illness

B. prepare for war

C. appease the Gods

D. display personal wealth

d. display personal wealth

The Anasazi people are known for building

A. Pyramids

B. totem poles

C. cliff dwelling

D. mounds

C. Cliff dwelling

Where did five tribes come together to create the political alliance?

A. The Great Plains

B. The Pacific Northwest

C. The Four Corners area

D. The Eastern woodlands

D………… The Eastern woodlands

The earliest people who migrated to the Americas came from

A. Europe

B. Asia

C. Africa

D. Australia

B………… Asia

Which of the following civilizations ruled an area that included the Andes Mountains?

A. Olmecs

B. Mayas

C. Aztecs

D. Incas

D………… Incas

The earliest known civilization in the Americas was developed by

A. The Aztecs

B. the Olmecs

C. the Maya.

D. the Incas

B………… the Olmecs

The Iroquois and Hurons occupied the area that is now

A. Pennsylvania

B. Connecticut

C. New Jersey

D. New York State

D…………. New York State

Most of the people who live in Latin America speak the Latin-based languages of Spanish, Portuguese and ______________.

A. German. B. FrenchC. EnglishD. Dutch

B…… French

It is believed that Siberia and _________________ were once connected by a land bridge that was up to 1,000 miles wide.

A. Germany.

B. Canada.

C. Alaska.

D. Mexico

C. Alaska.

The Iroquois and Hurons created a shelter called a ____________.

a. longhouse

b. adobe cliff houses

c. mounds

• A. LONG HOUSES

The mountains that start in North American end into Mexico are the

a. Sierra Madres

b. Andes Mountains

a. Sierra Madres

What animals did the Incas domesticate?

A. Horses.

B. mules.

C. Llamas.

D. goats

C, Llamas.

_________________ often raided other peoples’ villages, stealing

food, livestock and other supplies

a. Apaches

b. Anasazi

c. .Incas

d. Mayas

A apaches

The largest Rain Forest in located in

A. North America.

B. Central America

C. South America

C. South America

Which civilization made rubber balls to play basketball.

A. Maya.

B. Incan.

C. Aztec

D. Apache

a. Maya.

The Incan empire was located in

A. Mexico.

B. New York.

C. Peru.

D. Alaska

C. Peru.

• Ordinary people

• Provincial nobles

• Adopted Inca

• Slaves

• Pure Inca

Put these social classes in the right socialclass

• Ordinary people

• Provincial nobles

• Adopted Inca

• Slaves

• Pure Inca

Pure Inca

Adopted Inca

Provincial nobles

Ordinary people

Slaves

True or False

• The geography of Latin America includes mountains, plains, and deserts.

FALSE

mountains, plains, and rainforests

Human sacrifice was a part of both Maya and the Aztec religions.

TRUE

The Incas had a well organized writing system, so runners in the postal system could record and carry messages

FALSE

• NO WRITTEN LANGUAGE

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The Anasazi people settled in an area now known as the Four Corners

TRUE

Vocabulary matching

1 Annex

2 Maize

3 Glyph

4 Chinampa

A a floating raft made of reeds and filled with earth on which the Aztecs grew crops

B corn

C a picture or other symbol, often carved, that represents a word or an idea

D. To add to or take possession of

1 Adobe

2 quipu

3 Ayllu

4 potlatch

A a social unit made up of several families who owned land jointly

B A feast in which guests are given costly gifts

C a sun-dried brick made from clay

D a long string with a knotted and colored groups of smaller strings that was used to record numbers

1 Pueblo

2 Kachina

3 longhouse

4 sachem

A A larger one story shelter made of logs

B a chief of the Iroquois nations

C a dwelling made of adobe, also the name of some southwestern native American groups

D the spirit of a Pueblo Ancestor

• STUDY YOUR VOCABULARY FOR THE TEST.

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