Quiz on Indigenous Peoples and Civilizations

When did the Spanish arrive in the Americas?

• 1492

• 1600

• 1200

• 1776

Indigenous people thought land:

• Was able to be owned

• was evil

• was not able to be owned

• was frightening

Who had a clan-based system and lived near the Mississippi River?

• Aztecs

• Incas

• Mississippians

• Spaniards

What sophisticated writing system did the Mayans use?

• Hieroglyphics

• Cuneiform

• Boustrophedon

• None of the above

What was the name of the most powerful civilization in the Western Hemisphere before the Spaniards arrived?

• Aztecs

• Incas

• Mississippians

Who was the emperor of the Aztecs?

• Atahualpa

• Montezuma

• Hernan Cortes

• Prince Henry the Navigator

What caused a demand for Asian goods?

• The Renaissance

• The Middle Ages

• The Crusades

• The Bronze Age

During what time period did city-states want to be prosperous but couldn’t go east over land to reach Asia? They started searching for another way to get to Asia.

• The Renaissance

• The Middle Ages

• The Crusades

• The Bronze Age

Which two countries began looking for a sea route to Asia?

• England and Spain

• Portugal and England

• Greece and Spain

• Spain and Portugal

What was used by the Spanish and Portuguese to sail the ocean on long voyages.

• Caravel ships

• luggar ships