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Chapter 1: The First Americans
      
  1.The land bridge that once joined Asia and the Americas is called __________.  
  a.   Cahokia  
  b.   Cuzco  
  c.   Beringia  
  d.   Tikal  
      
  2.An early form of corn was __________.  
  a.   maize  
  b.   cilantro  
  c.   zucchini  
  d.   sorbet  
      
  3.The Native American civilization that developed in the rain forests of present-day Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, and Honduras was the __________.  
  a.   Olmec  
  b.   Inca  
  c.   Aztec  
  d.   Maya  
      
  4.Tenochtitlán was the capital city of the __________.  
  a.   Olmec  
  b.   Inca  
  c.   Aztec  
  d.   Maya  
      
  5.The empire of the __________ was the largest of the early American civilizations.  
  a.   Olmec  
  b.   Inca  
  c.   Aztec  
  d.   Maya  
      
  6.The area known as the Four Corners was home to the __________.  
  a.   Mound Builders  
  b.   Anasazi  
  c.   Tlingit  
  d.   Inuit  
      
  7.The largest settlement of the Mound Builders was __________  
  a.   Tikal  
  b.   Machu Picchu  
  c.   Hopewell  
  d.   Cahokia  
      
  8.The __________ settled in the northernmost parts of North America, in the lands around the Arctic Ocean.  
  a.   Nez Perce  
  b.   Tlingit  
  c.   Inuit  
  d.   Haida  
      
  9.The peoples of the __________ built their homes out of a type of sun-dried mud brick called adobe.  
  a.   Southwest  
  b.   Plains  
  c.   East  
  d.   North  
      
  10.The Onondaga, Seneca, Mohawk, Oneida, and Cayuga made up the __________.  
  a.   Confederation of Cherokee Nations  
  b.   Iroquois League  
  c.   Anasazi Descendants  
  d.   Great Basin Tribes  

 






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