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Chapter 1Mastery Test A

Practice Test

Part A: Circle the word in parentheses that best completes each sentence.

1.The earliest Americans may have come from (Mexico, Pennsylvania, Siberia).

Siberia

2. (Beringia, Clovis, Mesoamerica) was a land bridge from Asia to North America that hunters may have crossed around

20,000 B.C.

Beringia

3. Asian (cultures, architects, nomads) are believed to have traveled south and east

across North America.

Nomads

4. (Clovis, Poverty, Southern) points were spear points that early American hunters

used.

Clovis

5. (Artisans, Glaciers, Theories) gradually melted, covering the land bridge

connecting Asia and North America with water.

Glaciers

6. The first (squash, tomatoes, corn) is believed to have been cultivated in

Mesoamerica by 5000 B.C.

Corn

7. One of the earliest civilizations in North America was near Poverty Point in

northeastern (Oregon, North Dakota, Louisiana) in the lower Mississippi River

Valley.

Louisiana

8. The Hidatsa and Mandan of North Dakota were (Cherokee, Nootka, Plains)

Indians.

Plains

Part B: Match each item on the left with the correct item on the right. Write the

correct letter on each line.

1.Olmecs

H: carved in jade and stone

2. Toltecs

I: strong civilization in the Mexican highlands

3. Mogollon

J: had earliest southwestern kivas

4. Hopewell

C: direct descendents of the Adena

5. Aztecs

G: built roads, canals, bridges, and buildings

6. Adena

A: built burial mounds in the Ohio Valley

7. Hohokam

E: built courts for sport and rituals

8. Mayans

F: masters of astronomy and arithmetic

9. Anasazi

B: built houses into sandstone cliffs

10. Incas

D: good builders, lawmakers, and warriors

Part C: Read each sentence. Write T if the statement is true and F if it is false.

1.Corn and squash farming changed the lives of people in the Ohio River Valley.

2.False

2. Serpent Mound in Ohio is an example of a Hopewell mound.

True

3. American Indians built burial mounds to honor and respect their living.

False

4. The Hopewell respect for rebirth and nature became part of the beliefs of other

peoples.

True

5. Cahokia was a major center for the Cherokee near the Mississippi River.

False

6. Moundville, Alabama, was the largest settlement in the Eastern Woodlands.

True

7. Cherokee and Iroquois are descendents of the Plains Indians.

False

8. Iroquois were the strongest force north of Mesoamerica when the Europeans

arrived.

True

9. The Mohawks, Chippewa, and Natchez are descendents of the Mississippians.

True

10. The Plains Indians were not nomadic but they developed villages.

False

11. Pacific Northwest civilizations built shoreline villages but did not depend on

the sea for food and trade.

False

12. The Eskimo, or Nootka, are believed to have come from Alabama.

False

Part D: Write a one-word answer on the blank line for each question.

1.Who are people who do not live in one place?

Nomads

2. What is a system of writing that uses picture-like symbols?

Hieroglyphics

3. What is a human-made waterway?

Canal

4. What is a large underground room used for ceremonies?

Kiva

5. What is a system of watering crops that uses canals?

Irrigation

6. What is a plant used to make cloth?

Cotton

7. What is a large place used to store water?

Reservoir

8. What is a person called who studies remains of past life?

Archaeologist

9. What is a large body of ice that covers land?

Glacier

10. What is a high level of cultural development called?

Civilization