The Americas Test Review

The Americas are made up of North America, South America, Central America, and the Caribbean.  

• True

• False

One of the most difficult challenges faced by the ancient Maya were the sinkholes that were found in southern Mexico and Central America.  

• True

• False

Growing and trading crops helped early Americans form more complex societies.  

• True

• False

The Rocky Mountains are lower than the Appalachians  

• True

• False

The Olmec had little influence on the civilizations that came afterward.

• True

• False

The region between central Mexico and Costa Rica.  

• Mesoamerica

• Montezuma I

• Machu Picchu

• isthmus

Who was the powerful ruler of the Aztec that expanded the empire and built temples, aqueducts, and roads? 

• Machu Picchu

• Montezuma I

• isthmus

• Mesoamerica

Grand emperor retreat complex built by the Inca high in the Andes Mountains.

• Machu Picchu

• Montezuma I

• hogan

• isthmus

A narrow strip of land connecting two larger land bodies  

• hogan

• isthmus

• Mesoamerica

• Machu Picchu

One of the largest cliff dwellings of ancient Pueblo people is _______________ in Colorado.

• Cahokia

• Mesa Verde

• Great Serpent Mound

• La Venta