Native Americans 500-1500

The Grand Counsel of the Iroquis, an experiment in democracy, was

• created after years of wars nearly destroyed both the Anasazi and the Plains Indians.
• developed by the Hopewell and Inuit people.
• A short-lived attempt at government that nearly destroyed the Huns.
• used by Benjamin Franklin in 1754 as a model for government.

The _____ lived in the Southwest, in present day New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, and Colorado.

• Anasazi
• Hopewell
• Inuit
• Iroquois

Groups of Anasazi formed a large community at _____, where they built a remarkable series of cliff dwellings.

• Cahokia
• Mesa Verde
• Hopewell
• Teotihuacan

The Mayan Civilization was

• the earliest form of utopianism known to exist.
• a peaceful state that produced some remarkable technological advances.
• composed of city-states, each governed by a hereditary ruling class.
• destroyed by floods, leaving scant evidence of its existence.

The _____ civilization is the oldest known Mesoamerican civilization.           

• Toltec
• Hopewell
• Mayan
• Teotihuacan

The Aztecs practiced human sacrifice in order to

• delay the final destruction of the world.
• decrease the surplus population.
• keep the commoners and slaves in fearof the monarch and his officials.
• pay their debt to their enemies.

Since the Incas lacked a writing system, they

• never attained a high level of cultural development.
• passed their cultural and religious history down through elaborate smoke signals.
• kept records using a system of knotted strings called the quipu.
• conquered the Mayans and adopted their written language.

What was the language taught to the people conquered by the Inca?

• Spanish
• Quechua
• Pachacuti
• Quipan

The Aztec initially accepted the Spanish because

• they took the cross  on the Spaniards' breastplates to be a sign that Quetzalcoatl was returning.
• they wanted to obtain the nadvanced weapons and armor the Spaniards possessed.
• the Spanish had dentists who fixed teeth.
• the Spanish showered them with exotic gifts that they had never seen before.

The supreme god of the Mayans was

• Quetzalcoatl
• Zenhappen
• Itzamna
• Inuit