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primary source
• First person account by someone who actually saw or lived through the event.
• Examples: diaries, journals, photographs, eyewitness reports, letters, and autobiographies
Which is a Primary source for evidence that Columbus sailed to find
a new route to the Indies in 1492?A. A painting showing Columbus landing in the
New WorldB. A letter from the current ambassador from
Spain describing the voyageC. A television show about the explorations of
ColumbusD. A diary entry written by a crew member aboard
Columbus’ ship
Answer: D. A diary entry written by a crew member aboard Columbus’ ship
Which source would provide an archaeologist with a
primary source of information about Pre-Columbian Indians
who settled in North America? A. A social studies textbookB. Artifacts left by IndiansC. An interview with a historian who specializes in
early American culturesD. An article about the Indians in an encyclopedia
Answer: B. Artifacts left by Indians
culture
• A way of life of a group of people who share similar beliefs and customs
What term best describes the study of a nation’s ideas, customs, and
values?
A. Politics
B. Economics
C. Culture
D. Science
Answer: C. Culture
Culture may best be defined as
A. The care and protection of natural resources B. The complete natural surroundings of a
civilizationC. The interaction and relationship between
different civilizationsD. The customs, traditions, and whole way of life
of a people
Answer: D. The customs, traditions, and whole way of life of a people
What is the main reason why we study other cultures?
A. To better understand people and how they live
B. To learn about other nations so we can better defend our own
C. To learn how to make other nations more like our own
D. To develop markets for American products
Answer: A. To better understand people and how they live
Iroquois
• Eastern Woodlands region- (New York State)
• People of the long house• formed political system that made them
unique- for unity and peace (SCOOM)
Which of the following did the Iroquois lack?
A. Written alphabets
B. A system of trade
C. A system of traditions
D. Formal educational systems
Answer: A. Written alphabets
In an Iroquois culture, which of the following is an accurate statement
about family life?
A. Men are assigned the most unpleasant household tasks
B. A bride moves in with her husband’s family
C. A child is given his mother’s family nameD. Family leadership falls to the oldest male
Answer: C. A child is given his mother’s family name
longitude
• Distance east or west of the Prime Meridian
What do lines of longitude measure?
A. Relative location of placesB. ElevationC. Distances east and west from the Prime
MeridianD. Distances north and south from the
Equator
Answer: C. Distances east and west from the Prime Meridian
The time at any location is dependent upon the
A. Latitude of the location
B. Climate of the location
C. Longitude of the location
D. Earth’s revolution on its axis
Answer: C. Longitude of the location
What would a person use to determine if they were east or west
of the Prime Meridian?
A. Longitude
B. Latitude
C. A compass
D. A sundial
Answer: A. Longitude
latitude
• Distance north or south of the Equator
What do lines of latitude measure?
A. Relative location of placesB. ElevationC. Distances east and west from the Prime
MeridianD. Distances north and south from the
Equator
Answer: D. Distances north and south from the Equator
What are the imaginary lines that measure distance north and south
of the Equator called?A. Lines of longitude
B. Lines of latitude
C. Meridians
D. Degrees
Answer: B. Lines of latitude
What geographic units of measurement should be used to
find the exact location of any place on the Earth?
A. Longitude and the time
B. Longitude and latitude
C. Distance from the Equator and the season
D. Distances from the Prime Meridian and the Equator.
Answer: B. Latitude and longitude
What is the purpose of longitude and latitude?
A. To show relative distance
B. To compare vegetation zones
C. To divide the world into regions
D. To determine exact locations
Answer: D. To determine exact locations
Which of the following would you use to find the exact location of a
place?
A. Latitude and longitude
B. A map
C. The Prime Meridian
D. The Equator
Answer: A. Latitude and longitude
map scale
• A measuring line that helps you determine distance on a map
What is the purpose of the map scale?
A. To show different land areas
B. To show latitude and longitude
C. To show distances in miles or kilometers
D. To show the Tropic of Capricorn and the Prime Meridian
Answer: C. To show distances in miles or kilometers
Which part of the map helps you to read distances?
A. Relief
B. Scale
C. Elevation
D. Directional arrow
Answer: B. Scale
Inca
• Largest of the early American civilizations which was located in South America
• Religious ceremonies• Built Machu Picchu
The Incas believed that their emperor was a descendent of what
god?
A. Sun god
B. Moon god
C. Star good
D. Pyramid god
Answer: A. Sun god
Where was Incan civilization located?
A. Central Mexico
B. South America
C. Southern Mexico
D. Guatemala
Answer: B. South America
What was the capital city of the Incan empire, nicked named the
“golden city”?
A. Cuzco
B. Lima
C. Machu Picchu
D. Tenochtitlan
Answer: A. Cuzco
For what purpose did the Incas carve terraces into the steep
mountainsides?
A. To create plateaus on which to farm
B. To provide protection from invasion
C. To make the mountain easier to climb
D. To create locations closer to the Sun on which to worship their god
Answer: A. To create plateaus on which to farm
Aztec
• A great civilization that was a military empire that was located in Central and Southern Mexico
• Built one of the greatest cities in the world Tenochtitlan
Where was the Aztec civilization located?
A. Central Mexico
B. Southern Mexico
C. Western Coast of South America
D. Guatemala
Answer: A. Central Mexico
What was the capital city of the Aztec empire?
A. Cuzco
B. Tenochtitlan
C. Tikal
D. Machu Picchu
Answer: B. Tenochtitlan
Which of the following was not an achievement of the Aztec
civilization?A. Astronomy
B. man-made waterways
C. The calendar
D. The compass
Answer: D. The compass
Which of the following was an agricultural technique used by the
Aztec?A. Floating gardens
B. Cold storage
C. Mountain terraces
D. Crop rotation
Answer: A. Floating gardens
According to their religion, the Aztecs believed that the successful journey of the sun across the sky
requiredA. Bartering
B. Strong winds
C. Human sacrifice
D. Taxation of people
Answer: C. Human sacrifice
Which native peoples were conquered by Cortes and his
conquistadors?
A. Incas
B. Mayan
C. Aztecs
D. Iroquois
Answer: C. Aztecs
Maya
• An ancient civilization that once lived in Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras
• Ruled by religious leaders• Created the 365 day calendar• System of trade• Form of writing
Where was the Mayan civilization located?
A. Southern Mexico and Guatemala
B. Central Mexico
C. Peru
D. Western Coast of South America
Answer: A. Southern Mexico and Guatemala
In which of the following types of environments did the Mayan
civilization flourish?A. Desert
B. Mountains
C. Rainforest
D. Plains
Answer: C. Rainforest
Which of the following was the main crop of the Mayan civilization?A. Coconuts
B. Corn
C. Wheat
D. Sugar
Answer: B. Corn
Which of the following was an achievement of the Mayan
civilization?
A. The ruler
B. The compass
C. The calendar
D. The pistol
Answer: C. The calendar
Which of the following was not an achievement of the Mayan
civilization?
A. The ruler
B. The calendar
C. A system of hieroglyphics
D. An advanced number system
Answer: A. The ruler
Iroquois Confederacy
• A powerful group of Native Americans in the eastern part of the United States made up of five nations: Mohawk, Seneca, Cayuga, Onondaga, and Oneida.
• Promoted peace
Why was the Iroquois Confederacy formed?
A. To establish peace between the five tribes
B. to create a system of free trade
C. To establish common rules and regulations for all tribes
D. To establish treaties with white colonial government
Answer: A. To establish peace between the five tribes
What was the sixth nation to join the Iroquois Confederacy?
A. Tuscaroras
B. Onondagas
C. Hurons
D. Algonkians
Answer: A. Tuscaroras
An important accomplishment of the Iroquois Confederacy was the
A. Adoption of a two-house legislationB. Establishment of a political union of
member nationsC. Selection of a women to be chiefD. Development of a trading partnership
with the Algonuins
Answer: B. Establishment of a political union of member nations
matrilineal
• A society that traces its ancestors through the mothers side of the family
• Child is given the mothers family name• the women held power and made
decisions for the people.• Chose and elected and removed chiefs• Owned houses
What term refers to a society which traces its ancestors through the
female line?A. Extended
B. Matrilineal
C. Traditional
D. Patrilineal
Answer: B. Matrilineal
Columbian Exchange
• Exchange of goods, ideas, and people between Europe and the Americas
How did the Columbian Exchange negatively affect Native Americans?A. Many south American natives were sent to
Europe as slavesB. It decreased trade between Europe and the
AmericasC. Many South American Native tribes moved to
CanadaD. It introduces many new deadly diseases.
Answer: D. It introduces many new deadly diseases.
What is the Columbian Exchange?
A. The sharing of goods between the European and South American cultures
B. The switching of gold coins for paper currencyC. The huge migration of Europeans to the
AmericasD. The purchasing of land from Native Americans
by Europeans
• Answer: A. The sharing of goods between the European and South American cultures
result of Columbus discoveries
• European nations were encouraged to explore the Americas
• The development of colonial empires
Which of the following was a result of Christopher Columbus’s voyage
to the Americas?A. People began moving from South America to
EuropeB. European nations were encouraged to explore
the AmericasC. European powers lost interest in trade with the
OrientD. Asians began to trade with Native Americans
Answer: B. European nations were encouraged to explore the Americas
What was a result of the European discoveries of new lands in America
and the far East?
A. France became a world power
B. The development of colonial empires
C. An all-water trade route from the West
D. The explorations of Lewis and Clark
Answer: B. The development of colonial empires