Chapter 1 Three Worlds Meet US History 10mo I partial

Which empire emerged as the first in the Americas?

• Maya

• Aztec

• Inca

• Olmec

Where did the Olmec civilization thrive?

• Valley of Mexico

• Gulf of Mexico coast

• Yucatán Peninsula

• Guatemala

Which empire stretched nearly 2,500 miles along the western coast of South America?

• Maya

• Aztec

• Inca

• Olmec

Which North American groups introduced crops into the arid deserts of the Southwest?

• Adena and Hopewell

• Hohokam and Anasazi

• Maya and Aztec

• Inca and Olmec

moving from place to place in search of food and water

• nomadic

• olmec

• Maya

• Aztec

Archaeologists believe that the first empire of the Americas emerged as early as 1200 B.C. in what is now southern Mexico. There they created a thriving civilization in the humid

rain forest along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico.

• nomadic

• olmec

• Maya

• Aztec

______built a dynamic culture in Guatemala and the Yucatán Peninsula

between A.D. 250 and 900,

• nomadic

• olmec

• Maya

• Aztec

__________swept into the Valley of Mexico in the 1200s.

• nomadic

• olmec

• Maya

• Aztec

In South America the most prominent of these empire builders were the

______ who around A.D. 1200 created a glittering empire that stretched nearly

2,500 miles along the mountainous western coast of South America.

• Inca

• Hohokam

• Anasazi

• Adena

North American groups, including the

__________ and ___________ introduced crops into the

arid deserts of the Southwest. Later, between 300 B.C. and

A.D. 1400, each group established its own civilization. ( select 2)

• Inca

• Hohokam

• Anasazi

• Adena