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Chapter 2 The First Americans
  1. Around their capital, the Aztec grew food on ____________
   A) terraces.
   B) floating gardens.
   C) causeways.
   D) aqueducts.
  2. The Inca built their empire ____________
   A) along the Andes Mountains.
   B) in Tenochtitlán.
   C) along Lake Texcoco.
   D) in present-day Mexico and Central America.
  3. During the Ice Age, North America and Asia were connected at the Bering Strait by a ____________
   A) temple mound.
   B) trading network.
   C) cliff palace.
   D) land bridge.
  4. The several groups of Americans that began settling the Midwest and Southeast about 2,700 years ago are called the ____________
   A) Mound Builders.
   B) Inuits.
   C) Beringia.
   D) Maya.
  5. The Mound Builders with the most advanced culture were the ____________
   A) Anasazi.
   B) Adena.
   C) Mississippians.
   D) Hopewell.
  6. The Anasazi were among the early Native American groups called ____________
   A) cliff dwellers.
   B) archaeologists.
   C) Mound Builders.
   D) Cahokia.
  7. Native Americans believed that the land was to be shared by all ____________
   A) members of a nation.
   B) spirits found in nature.
   C) people who bought it.
   D) leaders who gave potlatches.
  8. Aleut and Inuit hunters relied heavily on ____________
   A) Deer and fowl.
   B) whales and other sea animals.
   C) bear and moose.
   D) vegetables and grain.
  9. The main source of food for the nations of the Plateau culture was____________
   A) salmon.
   B) corn.
   C) seal.
   D) moose.
  10. The Pueblos of the Southwest were highly skilled in ____________
   A) fishing.
   B) farming.
   C) hunting.
   D) Ffighting.
  11. Five Northeast Woodlands nations created a peacekeeping organization called the ____________
   A) Nez Perce.
   B) Tuscarora.
   C) Iroquois League.
   D) Hopi and Zuni.
  12. Among the 10 Native American culture areas, the most densely populated was the ____________
   A) Southeast.
   B) Northeast Woodlands.
   C) Northwest Coast.
   D) Southwest.
  13. Cities, a form of writing, social classes, and specialized workers are characteristics of a ____________
   A) causeway.
   B) tribute.
   C) civilization.
   D) terrace.
  14. Tenochtitlán was the capital of ____________
   A) the Aztec empire.
   B) the Incan empire.
   C) the Mayan empire.
   D) Cuzco.
  15. In order to farm hillsides, both the Maya and the Inca built ____________
   A) terraces.
   B) causeways.
   C) tunnels.
   D) rope bridges.



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