The Maya were the first Americans to use horses and wheeled carts.

Archaeologists do not know the exact date when the first people appeared in North America.

Some early Americans hunted bison and wooly mammoths.

The Anasazi built mud-brick dwellings called mounds.

The Cherokee lived in the northernmost region of North America.

The first Native Americans probably reached North America by crossing which of the following?

a. Alaskan Sea

b. Bering Strait

c. Atlantic Ocean

d. Pacific Ocean

Which of these Native American groups relied on salmon as a main food source?

a. Chinook

b. Cherokee

c. Apache

d. Plains peoples

Which of these resulted from the Maya’s study of astronomy?

a. 365-day calendar

b. colorful cave paintings

c. the first globe

d. discovery of Neptune

People in which American region made use of tepees?

a. North

b. Plains

c. Southwest

d. West

Who chose the male members of the Iroquois Grand Council?
a. male members

b. group mothers

c. clan mothers

d. all the people

a group of related families

a building

a scientific way to determine the age of an artifact

highly detailed

a rough calculation of a number

“The [Aztec] messengers also said [to Montezuma]: “Their trappings and arms are all made of iron. They dress in iron and wear iron casques on their heads.  Their swords are iron; their bows are iron; their shields are iron; their spears are iron.  Their deer carry them on their backs wherever they wish to go.  These deer, our lord, are as tall as the roof of a house.”

In this excerpt from an Aztec eyewitness, what is the iron being described?

a. portable shelters

b. wagons and supplies

c. armor and weapons

d. Spanish rowboats

“The [Aztec] messengers also said [to Montezuma]: “Their trappings and arms are all made of iron. They dress in iron and wear iron casques on their heads.  Their swords are iron; their bows are iron; their shields are iron; their spears are iron.  Their deer carry them on their backs wherever they wish to go.  These deer, our lord, are as tall as the roof of a house.”

What are the tall “deer” that are mentioned in the passage?

a. dogs

b. horses

c. matodons

d. wagons

“The [Aztec] messengers also said [to Montezuma]: “Their trappings and arms are all made of iron. They dress in iron and wear iron casques on their heads.  Their swords are iron; their bows are iron; their shields are iron; their spears are iron.  Their deer carry them on their backs wherever they wish to go.  These deer, our lord, are as tall as the roof of a house.”

What is the messengers’ attitude toward the Spaniards?

a. The messengers are amused.

b. The messengers are unimpressed.

c. The messengers are terrified.

d. The messengers are awestruck. 

"Motecuhzoma [leader of the Aztec, also known as Montezuma] now arrayed himself in his finery....The other great princes also adorned their persons.... They all went out together to meet the strangers.  They brought trays heaped with the finest flowers-the flower that resembles a shield, the flower shaped like a heart, in the center, the flower with the sweetest aroma... They also brought garlands of flowers, and ornaments for the breast, and necklaces of gold, necklaces hung with rich stones."

This eyewitness account tells of the first Europeans visit to the city of Tenochtitlan.  According to the account, how were the Spainards received?

a. The Aztec ambushed them.

b. The Aztec greeted them as honored visitors.

c. The Aztec fled their city in terror.

d. The Aztec drove them from Tenochtitlan.

"Motecuhzoma [leader of the Aztec, also known as Montezuma] now arrayed himself in his finery....The other great princes also adorned their persons.... They all went out together to meet the strangers.  They brought trays heaped with the finest flowers-the flower that resembles a shield, the flower shaped like a heart, in the center, the flower with the sweetest aroma... They also brought garlands of flowers, and ornaments for the breast, and necklaces of gold, necklaces hung with rich stones."

Which of these descriptions indicates the Aztec response to the Spainiards' visit?

a. Aztec hiding places

b. Aztec weapons

c. Aztec flowers and necklaces

d. Aztec children crying

estimate

complex

carbon dating

structure

clan

False

True

True

False

False

b. Bering Strait

a. Chinook

a. 365-day calendar

b. Plains

 c. clan mothers

clan

structure

 carbon dating

complex

 estimate

 c. armor and weapons

 b. horses

 d. the messengers are awestruck

b. The Aztec greeted them as honored visitors.

c. Aztec flowers and necklaces

a rough calculation of a number

highly detailed

a scientific way to determine the age of an artifact

a bulding

a group of related families