CHAPTER 1: WORLDS APART
Multiple Choice
NATIVE AMERICAN SOCIETIES BEFORE 1492
1. Africans primarily came to early European settlements in America:
a. voluntarily.
b. to find employment.
c. as slaves.
d. looking for trading partners.
ANS: c
Page Ref.: 4 (factual)
2. In 1492, how many people lived on the continents of North and South America?
a. 50 million
b. 70 million
c. 80 million
d. 100 million
ANS: b
Page Ref.: 4 (factual)
3. From where did the earliest humans to visit North America probably come?
a. Central Siberia
, b. the Middle East
c. Mesopotamia
d. Greece
ANS: a
Page Ref.: 4 (conceptual)
4. In what part of North America did farming originate?
a. Pacific Northwest
b. Arctic
c. Great Basin
d. Central Mexico
ANS: d
Page Ref.: 5 (factual)
5. Which crop was NOT among those grown in America 5,000 years ago?
a. maize
b. pumpkins
c. squash
d. oranges
ANS: d
Page Ref.: 5–6 (factual)
,6. What allowed early Americans to start permanent villages?
a. better building techniques
b. trade
c. farming
d. better hunting practices
ANS: c
Page Ref.: 6 (conceptual)
7. Which group developed Mesoamerica’s most advanced writing system?
a. the Aztecs
b. the Aleuts
c. the Mayans
d. the Chinooks
ANS: c
Page Ref.: 8 (conceptual)
8. Which was a great Mexican city from the first through eighth centuries C.E.?
a. Laredo
b. Mexico City
c. Teotihuacán
d. Rio Grande
ANS: c
Page Ref.: 6 (factual)
9. Which group dominated Mexico from 900 to 1100 C.E.?
, a. the Aztecs
b. the Toltecs
c. the Mayans
d. the Olmecs
ANS: b
Page Ref.: 6 (factual)
10. The Aztec capital was:
a. Teotihuacán.
b. Tenochtitlán.
c. Mesoamerica.
d. Mexico City.
ANS: b
Page Ref.: 8 (factual)
11. Ancestral Puebloan peoples are also called:
a. Anasazi.
b. Apache.
c. Yahi.
d. Sioux.
ANS: a
Page Ref.: 8 (factual)
Multiple Choice
NATIVE AMERICAN SOCIETIES BEFORE 1492
1. Africans primarily came to early European settlements in America:
a. voluntarily.
b. to find employment.
c. as slaves.
d. looking for trading partners.
ANS: c
Page Ref.: 4 (factual)
2. In 1492, how many people lived on the continents of North and South America?
a. 50 million
b. 70 million
c. 80 million
d. 100 million
ANS: b
Page Ref.: 4 (factual)
3. From where did the earliest humans to visit North America probably come?
a. Central Siberia
, b. the Middle East
c. Mesopotamia
d. Greece
ANS: a
Page Ref.: 4 (conceptual)
4. In what part of North America did farming originate?
a. Pacific Northwest
b. Arctic
c. Great Basin
d. Central Mexico
ANS: d
Page Ref.: 5 (factual)
5. Which crop was NOT among those grown in America 5,000 years ago?
a. maize
b. pumpkins
c. squash
d. oranges
ANS: d
Page Ref.: 5–6 (factual)
,6. What allowed early Americans to start permanent villages?
a. better building techniques
b. trade
c. farming
d. better hunting practices
ANS: c
Page Ref.: 6 (conceptual)
7. Which group developed Mesoamerica’s most advanced writing system?
a. the Aztecs
b. the Aleuts
c. the Mayans
d. the Chinooks
ANS: c
Page Ref.: 8 (conceptual)
8. Which was a great Mexican city from the first through eighth centuries C.E.?
a. Laredo
b. Mexico City
c. Teotihuacán
d. Rio Grande
ANS: c
Page Ref.: 6 (factual)
9. Which group dominated Mexico from 900 to 1100 C.E.?
, a. the Aztecs
b. the Toltecs
c. the Mayans
d. the Olmecs
ANS: b
Page Ref.: 6 (factual)
10. The Aztec capital was:
a. Teotihuacán.
b. Tenochtitlán.
c. Mesoamerica.
d. Mexico City.
ANS: b
Page Ref.: 8 (factual)
11. Ancestral Puebloan peoples are also called:
a. Anasazi.
b. Apache.
c. Yahi.
d. Sioux.
ANS: a
Page Ref.: 8 (factual)
