WHI Topic 09: People and Empires in the Americas

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

Which of the following is a cold period in which huge ice sheets spread outward from the polar regions?

• Beringia

• Ice Age

• maize

• Mesoamerica

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

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

Which of the following is a house made of snow or ice by the Inuit in winter?

• pueblo

• totem

• igloo

• glyph

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

Which of the following is a village of large apartment-like buildings made of clay and stone?

• pueblo

• totem

• igloo

• glyph

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

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

Which of the following is a book with pages that can be turned used by the Maya?

• quipu

• ayllu

• codex

• potlatch