Chapter 15 The Americas   1. The first people in the Americas settled in permanent villages once they ____________     A) crossed the Bering Strait.     B) began planting seeds for crops.     C) invented axes and digging sticks.     D) got to South America.   2. Cultural differentiation occurs when ____________     A) people with a common culture settle in different regions.     B) groups of people speak different languages and cannot communicate.     C) one group borrows customs from another nearby group.     D) all of the above   3. Whether an early people hunted, fished, or farmed for food depended mainly on ____________     A) what their religious leaders told them to do.     B) what skills they brought with them.     C) the local geography and natural resources.     D) how many people were in the group.   4. The large earthen mounds of the Mound Builders in the Ohio and Mississippi Valleys may have been ____________     A) the roofs of houses.     B) ceremonial centers or tombs.     C) totems honoring animal spirits.     D) meeting places for potlatches.   5. Which statement is not true of the Maya?     A) They were unified in one empire.     B) They developed a writing system.     C) They constructed huge pyramids.     D) They believed in an Otherworld.   6. The giant pyramids of the Maya were ____________     A) gathering places for thousands of people.     B) symbolically sacred mountains.     C) the sites of religious ceremonies and festivals.     D) all of the above   7. The Maya's beliefs were similar to the ancient Greeks's in that both ____________     A) used three symbols to represent numbers.     B) did slash-and-burn farming.     C) believed the gods controlled nature.     D) followed the same calendar.   8. The chinampas built by the Aztecs in Tenochtitlán were ____________     A) the places where prisoners were sacrificed.     B) artificial islands for farming.     C) grain storehouses.     D) marketplaces.   9. The human sacrifices of the Aztecs ____________     A) were intended to please the gods.     B) included prisoners of war, criminals, and debtors.     C) supposedly prevented natural disasters.     D) all of the above   10. Of the following, which were not developed by the Incas?     A) a common imperial language     B) irrigation systems     C) a writing system     D) terraced farming