The document provides 10 multiple choice questions about early civilizations in the Americas, including the first settlers, cultural differentiation, factors that determined subsistence methods, uses of mounds built by the Mound Builders, characteristics of the Maya civilization, purposes of Maya pyramids and their religious beliefs, the purpose of chinampas built by the Aztecs, reasons for Aztec human sacrifices, and which development was not achieved by the Incas. The reader is directed to specific pages to review facts related to each question.

1. 1. The first people in the Americas settled in permanent villages once they ____________<br /> A) crossed the Bering Strait.<br /> B) began planting seeds for crops.<br /> C) invented axes and digging sticks.<br /> D) got to South America.<br /> See page 375 to review this fact.<br /> <br /> 2.Cultural differentiation occurs when ____________<br /> A) people with a common culture settle in different regions.<br /> B) groups of people speak different languages and cannot communicate.<br /> C) one group borrows customs from another nearby group.<br /> D) all of the above<br /> 3.Whether an early people hunted, fished, or farmed for food depended mainly on ____________<br /> A) what their religious leaders told them to do.<br /> B) what skills they brought with them.<br /> C) the local geography and natural resources.<br /> D) how many people were in the group.<br /> See page 375 to review this fact.<br /> <br /> 4.The large earthen mounds of the Mound Builders in the Ohio and Mississippi Valleys may have been ____________<br /> A) the roofs of houses.<br /> B) ceremonial centers or tombs.<br /> C) totems honoring animal spirits.<br /> D) meeting places for potlatches.<br /> See page 378 to review the Mound Builders.<br /> <br /> 5.Which statement is not true of the Maya?<br /> A) They were unified in one empire.<br /> B) They developed a writing system.<br /> C) They constructed huge pyramids.<br /> D) They believed in an Otherworld.<br /> 6.The giant pyramids of the Maya were ____________<br /> A) gathering places for thousands of people.<br /> B) symbolically sacred mountains.<br /> C) the sites of religious ceremonies and festivals.<br /> D) all of the above<br /> See page 380 to review the giant pyramids.<br /> <br /> 7.The Maya's beliefs were similar to the ancient Greeks's in that both ____________<br /> A) used three symbols to represent numbers.<br /> B) did slash-and-burn farming.<br /> C) believed the gods controlled nature.<br /> D) followed the same calendar.<br /> See page 381 to review this fact.<br /> <br /> 8.The chinampas built by the Aztecs in Tenochtitl?n were ____________<br /> A) the places where prisoners were sacrificed.<br /> B) artificial islands for farming.<br /> C) grain storehouses.<br /> D) marketplaces.<br /> See page 388 to review chinampas.<br /> <br /> 9.The human sacrifices of the Aztecs ____________<br /> A) were intended to please the gods.<br /> B) included prisoners of war, criminals, and debtors.<br /> C) supposedly prevented natural disasters.<br /> D) all of the above<br /> See page 389 to review this fact.<br /> <br /> 10.Of the following, which were not developed by the Incas?<br /> A) a common imperial language<br /> B) irrigation systems<br /> C) a writing system<br /> D) terraced farming<br /> See page 390 to review this fact.<br />