Early America Study Guide

Why did prehistoric Americans begins to hunt deer and rabbits?

• Glacial ice melted

• Mammoths were over hunted

• Tropical forests began to grow

• People inhabited most regions of the Americas

What caused the end of land travel across Beringia?

• Glacier's melted

• Ships were invented

• Tropical forests disappeared

• Mammoths were overhunted

What made the Incan Temple of the Sun particularly beautiful?

• It had stone statues

• It had places for the king

• It was surrounded by lakes

• It was heavily decorated in gold

How were the Aztecs able to provide food for their large urban population?

• They hunted for wild game

• They grew food on chinampas

• They went to war with farming communities near by

• They pilfered food from the neighboring settlements

What was the main purpose of the Aztec's elaborate public ceremonies?

• To educate the youth

• To entertain the peasants

• To showcase the King's wealth

• To win the favor of the Gods

What was unusual about the Chavin culture that developed in the Andes between 900 BC and 200 BC?

• It was primarily a religious culture

• It was a culture that left no written records

• It was mainly an economic and political culture

• It was a culture that prevented other cultures from developing

In the early days of Mexico what was the staple food?

• Beans

• Deer

• Squash

• Maize

Mesoamerica is?

• Central America to Northern Honduras

• Central America

• Northern America to Southern America

• North America

The geography of Mesoamerica is?

• Tundra

• Desert

• Rainforest

• Flat with no landscape

The Nasca are known for?

• The group of people who did not advance society

• The Nasca lines

• Being the first to travel the US

• Starting war with the Inca