Early Exploration Quiz

What is the name of the region of southern Mexico and Central America where the agricultural revolution took place?

• Beringia

• Maya

• Teotihuacan

• Mesoamerica

This civilization rose in Central America and Southern Mexico, and they built great temple pyramids and had a complex and accurate calendar.

• Aztec

• Mayan

• Toltec

• Hohokam

This civilization created a mighty empire in central Mexico. They built the city of Tenochtitlan, and forced other cities to pay tribute to them.

• Aztec

• Mayan

• Toltec

• Hohokam

What are pueblos?

• Circular ceremonial rooms

• Large, multistory buildings of adobe and cut stone, named after the Spanish word for villages

• A group of people who built cities in Central America

• The land bridge where humans crossed from Asia into North America 

What is the name of the largest city in the Mississippi area, close to modern day St. Louis?

• Tenochtitlan

• Cahokia

• Pueblos

• Teotihuacan

What was the name of the alliance between Native Americans in northern New York?

• Iroquois Confederacy

• Huron Confederacy

• Mohawk Confederacy

• Seneka Confederacy

The Europeans began exploring when they began to look for a route to where?

• America

• Asia

• Africa

• Antarctica

What was a Caravel?

• A special type of compass that told direction more accurately

• A navigational instrument that used the position of the sun to determine direction, latitude, and local time

• A Portuguese ship that incorporated many different improvements

• A navigational college established by Henry the Navigator

Which nation was the first to search for a route to Asia and the first to reach India by sailing around the south of Africa?

• Spain

• Portugal

• France

• England

What was one of the main trade commodities that the West African kingdoms traded to the Europeans?

• Slaves

• Sugar

• Horses

• Cotton