World Civilizations Online Chapter 9 -- Multiple Choice Quiz

Multiple Choice Quiz

Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.

1		What was one of the major differences between the resources available in the Americas and those in Asia and the Mediterranean? Need a hint?

2		Homo sapiens sapiens crossed to the Americas Need a hint?

3		Which of the following had not occurred by 20,000 B.C.E.? Need a hint?

4		Which of the following was not a disadvantage for Americans when they eventually did come in contact with other civilizations? Need a hint?

5		Which stage of American culture depended on gathering of wild fruits and other plant foods, made baskets, and utilized grinding tools to prepare the roots and plants they collected for food? Need a hint?

6		Wheat was the staple crop for which of the following regions of the Americas? Need a hint?

7		Manioc was the staple crop for which of the following regions of the Americas? Need a hint?

8		Where was maize first domesticated in the Americas? Need a hint?

9		In which of the following areas was maize eventually cultivated? Need a hint?

10		Where have the traditional cultural hearths of the Americas been located? Need a hint?

11		The geography of Mesoamerica is Need a hint?

12		What Mesoamerican civilization emerged on the southeastern coast of Mexico ca. 1200 B.C.E.? Need a hint?

13		During what epoch in Mesoamerican chronology did the Olmec civilization develop? Need a hint?

14		900 B.C.E., Olmec culture had Need a hint?

15		Monte Alban was the major ceremonial center of what culture? Need a hint?

16		Which of the Mesoamerican chronological periods corresponds to the dates 150 to 900 C.E.? Need a hint?

17		Which of the following attributes was not found in the classic civilization of the central valley of Mexico? Need a hint?

18		In what region of Mesoamerica did Mayan culture originate? Need a hint?

19		The Mayan "long count" was Need a hint?

20		What was the earliest of the mound-building cultures of North America? Need a hint?

21		What were the circular pits used for ceremonial purposes in Anasazi culture called? Need a hint?

22		How did the topography of the Andean region influence the development of civilization? Need a hint?

23		The Chavin artistic style was so widely diffused that archaeologists refer to this epoch as a Need a hint?

24		Unlike Mesoamerican civilizations, Chavin culture Need a hint?

25		Tihuanaco and Huari are associated with what chronological period in Andean civilization? Need a hint?

26		Which of the following terms refers to a kinship group in Andean society? Need a hint?

Note: answer choices in this exercise are randomized.