WH Topic 09: People and Empires in the Americas

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Which of the following is an area extending from central Mexico to Honduras, where several of the ancient complex societies of the Americas developed? Beringia, Ice Age, maize, Mesoamerica

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Mesoamerica

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Which of the following is a cold period in which huge ice sheets spread outward from the polar regions? Beringia, Ice Age, maize, Mesoamerica

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Ice Age

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Which of the following is an ancient land bridge over which the earliest Americans are believed to have migrated from Asia into the Americas? Beringia, Ice Age, maize, Mesoamerica

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Beringia

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Which of the following is a cultivated cereal grain that bears its kernels on large ears-usually called corn in the United States? Beringia, Ice Age, maize, Mesoamerica

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maize

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Which of the following is a house made of snow or ice by the Inuit in winter? pueblo, totem, igloo, glyph

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igloo

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Which of the following is an animal or other natural object that serves as a symbol of the unity of clans or other groups of people? pueblo, totem, igloo, glyph

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totem

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Which of the following is a village of large apartment-like buildings made of clay and stone? Options: pueblo, totem, igloo, glyph

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pueblo

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Which of the following is a symbolic picture-especially one used as part of a writing system for carving messages in stone? pueblo, totem, igloo, glyph

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glyph

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Which of the following is a ceremonial feast used to display rank and prosperity in some Northwest Coast tribes of Native Americans? quipu, ayllu, codex, potlatch

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potlatch

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Which of the following is a book with pages that can be turned used by the Maya? quipu, ayllu, codex, potlatch

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codex