American History 1 Semester 1 Final

The Bering Land Bridge was a ______________ that was exposed during the last Ice Age which allowed humans to cross into North America.

• strip of land

• mountain range

• ice sheet

• water canal

True or False? The Anasazi, Hopewell, and Mississippian cultures were all farming cultures.

• True

• False

In which region did Native Americans carve totems on polls?

• Great Plains

• Southeast

• Arctic

• Pacific Northwest

True or False? The empire of Ghana was the first of three West African trading kingdoms.

• True

• False

What river were Ghana, Mali, and Songhai all near?

• Niger

• Nile

• Euphrates

• Tigris

Choose the two goods that Ghana, Mali, and Songhai controlled the trade of.

• Gold

• Sugar

• Salt

• Silver

What events led to the introduction of new products and goods to Western Europe?

• The Fall of Rome

• The Crusades

• The Renaissance

• The travels of Marco Polo

Which philosopher described an ideal society based on justice in The Republic?

• Mansa Musa

• Aristotle

• Askia the Great

• Plato

True or False? The Vikings were the first people from Europe to establish colonies in North America.

• True

• False

True or False? At the start of the Age of Exploration, Europeans were interested in learning about the cultures new lands and maybe even wanted to adopt new religions from these new places.

• True

• False