The Americas Quiz

What is the longest river system in North America?

• Mississippi River

• Missouri River

• Yukon River

• Rio Grande

Which is the largest river system in South America?

• Mississippi River system
• Amazon River system
• Nile River system
• Yangtze River system

The Americas are in which hemisphere?

• Eastern

• Western

• Northern

• Southern

Which term means a narrow piece of land that connects two larger areas of land?

• Peninsula

• Isthmus

• Archipelago

• Delta

Which is NOT a theory of how people got to the Americas?

• Land bridge

• Using boats

• Teleportation

What allowed people to STOP moving and live somewhere permanently?

• The invention of the wheel

• The domestication of animals

• The development of farming

• The creation of written language

Which is the OLDEST culture in Central America?

• Maya

• Aztec

• Olmec

• Inca

Teotihuacan is the first WHAT built in the Americas?

• city

• pyramid

• temple

• aqueduct

The Toltecs introduced what to the Americas?

• The concept of zero

• Chocolate

• Corn

• Metal working

The Mayans faced a lot of challenges by setting up their civilization where?

• In the mountains

• In the jungle

• In the deserts

• On islands