Indigenous American Civilizations

Which mountain range is located along the western coast of South America?

• Andes Mountains

• Appalachian Mountains

• Central Mexican Plateau

• Rocky Mountains

The Rocky Mountains are located in...

• Central Mexico.

• Eastern North America

• Western North America

• Eastern South America

The Great Plains are located between which two geographic features?

• Andes Mountains

• Appalachian Mountains

• Mississippi River

• Rocky Mountains

Teepees show how natives adapted to geography on the...

• Eastern Woodlands

• Great Plains

• Northern Woodlands

• Yucatan Peninsula

The Inca Empire adapted to their geography by using this type of farming.

• Chinampa

• Crop Rotation

• Slash-and-Burn

• Terrace

Natives from the Northeastern Woodlands adapted to the cold environment in which two ways?

• Hunted animals because they couldn't farm all year round.

• They lived in teepees and traveled alongside of Buffalo herds.

• Lived in Longhouses for mutual support and storage.

• Built a road system that allowed them to travel easily.

The mountains and woods of the Appalachian Mountains would have likely impacted the growth of which two native groups?

• Great Plains

• Inca

• Northeastern Woodland

• Southeastern Woodland

Which answer could describe the culture of all indigenous American civilizations.

• They were stationary, often building huge cities.

• They used complex machines to build roads and bridges.

• They all built huge temples to the gods.

• They had a complex systems of gods that related to nature.

Select the civilization that lived on the Yucatan Peninsula, played a unique ballgame, and had a complex calendar.

• Aztec

• Inca

• Iroquois

• Maya

Select two answers that are correct about Chinampa Farming

• It was used by the Aztecs.

• It grew crops on man-made rafts.

• It was used by the Maya.

• It was used by Northeastern Woodland tribes.