The Unfinished Nation Chapter 1 Practice
Questions Answered Correctly
What most earliest migrants used to cross from Asia to North America (Alaska) approximately 11,000
yrs. ago: - Answer Bering Strait
The land-based migrants to the Americas heritage and name: - Answer Mongolians of modern day
Siberia; The Clovis People
The Archaic Period refers to: - Answer the early history of humans in America starting in 8000 B.C.
The largest Native American empire in the Americas, stretching 2,000 miles was: - Answer The Incan
Empire along western South America in Peru
The most elaborate Indian civilizations of the Americas were in: - Answer South Am.,Central Am., and
Mexico
People of Mexico and Central America: - Answer Mesoamericans, 10,000 B.C.
Mayan civilizations were in what time frame: - Answer 800 A.D.
the tribe that superseded the Mayans: - Answer Aztecs or Mexica
Famous city of the Mexica built in 1300 A.D.: - Answer Tenochtitlan
Indian trading center near present day St. Louis with population of over 40,000 in 1200 A.D.: - Answer
Cahokia
Largest Native American language groups: - Answer Algonquian tribes, Iroquois Confederacy, and the
Muskogean tribes
, Native American religion focused on what: - Answer the natural world
Northern Indian tribes had less substantial societies and depended on what: - Answer hunting and
gathering
European exploration was caused by: - Answer rebound of population from black plague, and a new,
stronger government
The preeminent maritime power, led by Henry the Navigator: - Answer the Portuguese
rounded the southern tip of Africa in 1486: - Answer Bartholomeu Dias
traveled by sea, all around the cape to India from 1497-1498: - Answer Vasco da Gama
Queen Isabella agreed to let who sail under Spain with Spain's support, 90 men, and three ships: -
Answer Christopher Columbus
Florentine merchant who gained recognition in discovery of Americas through writings of vivid
descriptions: - Answer Amerigo Vespucci
Bering Strait Route Impetus - Answer Hunting Big Game
Arlington Springs Woman - Answer - discovered in 1959 on Santa Barbara Island
- dated to 13,000 years ago
- OLDEST HUMAN SKELETAL REMAINS in N. America
- Suggests possibility of travel across ocean
Early Tribe Unity? - Answer Nope. conflict and diversification
CULTURE of N. American Tribes (4 things) - Answer 1. Most Hunter-Gatherers, Fishers
Questions Answered Correctly
What most earliest migrants used to cross from Asia to North America (Alaska) approximately 11,000
yrs. ago: - Answer Bering Strait
The land-based migrants to the Americas heritage and name: - Answer Mongolians of modern day
Siberia; The Clovis People
The Archaic Period refers to: - Answer the early history of humans in America starting in 8000 B.C.
The largest Native American empire in the Americas, stretching 2,000 miles was: - Answer The Incan
Empire along western South America in Peru
The most elaborate Indian civilizations of the Americas were in: - Answer South Am.,Central Am., and
Mexico
People of Mexico and Central America: - Answer Mesoamericans, 10,000 B.C.
Mayan civilizations were in what time frame: - Answer 800 A.D.
the tribe that superseded the Mayans: - Answer Aztecs or Mexica
Famous city of the Mexica built in 1300 A.D.: - Answer Tenochtitlan
Indian trading center near present day St. Louis with population of over 40,000 in 1200 A.D.: - Answer
Cahokia
Largest Native American language groups: - Answer Algonquian tribes, Iroquois Confederacy, and the
Muskogean tribes
, Native American religion focused on what: - Answer the natural world
Northern Indian tribes had less substantial societies and depended on what: - Answer hunting and
gathering
European exploration was caused by: - Answer rebound of population from black plague, and a new,
stronger government
The preeminent maritime power, led by Henry the Navigator: - Answer the Portuguese
rounded the southern tip of Africa in 1486: - Answer Bartholomeu Dias
traveled by sea, all around the cape to India from 1497-1498: - Answer Vasco da Gama
Queen Isabella agreed to let who sail under Spain with Spain's support, 90 men, and three ships: -
Answer Christopher Columbus
Florentine merchant who gained recognition in discovery of Americas through writings of vivid
descriptions: - Answer Amerigo Vespucci
Bering Strait Route Impetus - Answer Hunting Big Game
Arlington Springs Woman - Answer - discovered in 1959 on Santa Barbara Island
- dated to 13,000 years ago
- OLDEST HUMAN SKELETAL REMAINS in N. America
- Suggests possibility of travel across ocean
Early Tribe Unity? - Answer Nope. conflict and diversification
CULTURE of N. American Tribes (4 things) - Answer 1. Most Hunter-Gatherers, Fishers
