US History

Question 1

How long ago is the first truly solid evidence for people living in the Americas?

Answer 1

15,000 years ago

Question 2

We have reasonable but not perfect evidence that people lived in the Americas as long ago as: _____

Answer 2

17,000 years ago

Question 3

What are two countries Christopher Columbus might have been from?

Answer 3

Italy or Spain

Question 4

What is a nomadic lifestyle?

Answer 4

You move around instead of living in one spot.

Question 5

The Mississippian culture is best known for building what?

Answer 5

Large mounds

Question 6

What was the land bridge called that people probably crossed to reach the Americas a long time ago?

Answer 6

Beringia

Question 7

Around 10,000 years ago what invention changed people’s lives in the Americas?

Answer 7

Farming

Question 8

Before they could farm what was the main source of food for people in the Americas?

Answer 8

Hunting giant animals like woolly mammoths

Question 9

The Olmec culture was located in:

Answer 9

Southern Mexico

Question 10

The Olmec culture is best known for making:

Answer 10

Giant stone faces

Question 11

A major city of the Mississippian culture was:

Answer 11

two answers: Cahokia/Moundville

Question 12

The Aztec civilization was located in:

Answer 12

Central Mexico

Question 13

The Incan civilization was located in:

Answer 13

West Coast of South America (Andes Mountains)

Question 14

The Kwakiutl people lived in:

Answer 14

Northern California

Question 15

Kwakiutl were known for this kind of celebration and gift-giving:

Answer 15

Potlatch

Question 16

Kwakiutl recorded their family history on:

Answer 16

Totem poles

Question 17

Some Native American societies were Matrilineal. This means:

Answer 17

Family line goes through the mother instead of the father. Father takes wife’s name instead of the other way like we do it.

Question 18

What year did Christopher Columbus reach America?

Answer 18

1492

Question 19

This device improved how quickly new information could spread, helping to popularize America in Europe in the late 1400s.

Answer 19

Printing Press

Question 20

This theory said that a country should try to gather as much money as it can by being self-sufficient and trading effectively.

Answer 20

Mercantilism

Question 21

Europe was a world leader in this in the late 1400s, which allowed them to travel long distances and conquer new lands easily.

Answer 21

Military Technology

Question 22

What is the term for the ability to change your status in society, usually by changing job or moving where you live?

Answer 22

Social Mobility

Question 23

What was the name of the first culture Christopher Columbus encountered when he landed on San Salvador?

Answer 23

Arawak

Question 24

What was Columbus’s primary objective in his quest to reach India?

Answer 24

Find money (gold/silver).

Question 25

What is the Great Spirit?

Answer 25

A supreme deity (god) that appears in many Native American religions.

Question 26

During the Renaissance, which cultures were Europeans obsessed with?

Answer 26

Ancient Greece / Ancient Rome

Question 27

What was a new style of ship the Europeans had invented well-suited for both ocean and coastal travel?

Answer 27

Caravel

Question 28

Before 1492 much of Spain was controlled by what group besides the Spanish?

Answer 28

Muslims

Question 29

Who were king and queen of Spain in 1492?

Answer 29

King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella