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American Nation: Midterm Exam: Chapter 2: Before The First Global Age Chapter 3: Exploration and Colonization

This document contains an exam on American history chapters 2 and 3. Chapter 2 covers the period before the first global age, including early migration theories to North America, cultural developments among Native American groups, and civilizations like the Anasazi, Olmec, Maya, Inca, and Aztec. Chapter 3 addresses European exploration and colonization of North America starting in the 15th century. The exam contains multiple choice and matching questions testing knowledge of key terms, groups, locations, and developments during these time periods in American history.

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American Nation: Midterm Exam: Chapter 2: Before The First Global Age Chapter 3: Exploration and Colonization

This document contains an exam on American history chapters 2 and 3. Chapter 2 covers the period before the first global age, including early migration theories to North America, cultural developments among Native American groups, and civilizations like the Anasazi, Olmec, Maya, Inca, and Aztec. Chapter 3 addresses European exploration and colonization of North America starting in the 15th century. The exam contains multiple choice and matching questions testing knowledge of key terms, groups, locations, and developments during these time periods in American history.

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Name: __________________________  Date: ___________________ 


 

American Nation: Midterm Exam


Chapter 2: Before the First Global Age
Chapter 3: Exploration and Colonization

I. Chapter 2: Before the First Global Age


A. Multiple Choice (4 points each): Choose the letter that best answers the questions by
circling the correct answer.
1) Which theory of early migration to North America do many scientists believe? 
a) People walked along the coast of California.
b) People traveled by boat from England.
c) People crossed a land bridge.
 
2) What did the early people of North America learn from the peoples settled in Central
and South America? 
a) how to write.
b) how to keep records.
c) how to irrigate crops.
 
3) What (3) factors influenced the development of Native American culture in North
America? 
a) climate and tradition
b) climate, geography, and resources
c) resources and religion
 
4) Native Americans developed different cultures because they: 
a) came to the Americas from different parts of the world.
b) were from different social classes.
c) adapted their ways of life to different environments.
5) What kinds of dwellings did the Anasazi culture group build? 
a) large palaces decorated with gold ornaments
b) large houses with walls of stone or sun-dried brick
c) tent-like structures that could be moved from place to place
 
6) Which early American civilization developed a system of numbers that included the
concept of zero? 
a) Incan
b) Olmec
c) Mayan
 
7) Which of the following statements is TRUE? 
a) The first people to reach the Americas left a written record of their journey.
b) All scientists agree that the first people to reach the Americas came from Asia.
c) Scientists do not all agree on how the first people reached the Americas.
 
8) Which early American civilization built a complex system of roads and rope bridges
that united its empire? 
a) Inca
b) Aztec
c) Maya
 
10) Frozen seas and icy, treeless plains made up the world of which Indian tribe? 
a) The Inuits
b) The Pomos
c) The Natchez
 B. Matching (2 points each): Match the definition with the appropriate vocabulary term
by writing the letter in the blank lines.
17) _____ Glaciers a. thick sheets of ice
18) _____ Surplus b. extra
c. raised roads made of packed
19) _____ causeways
earth
20) _____ culture d. the entire way of life of a people
21) _____ quipu e. a cord or string with knots that
22) _____ terraces stood for quantities
f. wide steps of land
23) _____ pueblos
g. the Spanish word for "village"
24) _____ Mound Builders h. carious cultures that built large
25) _____ culture area earth mounds
26) _____ tribe i. a region in which people share a
similar way of life
27) _____ diffusion
j. a community of people who
28) _____ pit houses share common customs,
29) _____ potlatch language, and rituals.
k. process of spreading ideas from
one culture to another.
l. houses dug into the ground and
covered with wood and skins
m. ceremonial dinners
 D. Short Answers (5points each): Please use complete sentences to answer the following
questions. Be sure to answer all parts of the question.
30) What are the basic features of a civilization? 
Bonus (+5):
What happened to the Mayan Empire?

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