Chapter 1

Question 1

This is an advanced culture with developed science and industries.

Answer 1

Civilization

Question 2

A method to water crops by channeling water from a river or stream.

Answer 2

Irrigation

Question 3

A thick sheet of ice.

Answer 3

Glacier

Question 4

Another name for extra.

Answer 4

Surplus

Question 5

The discovery of this meant families did not have to search for food.

Answer 5

Farming

Question 6

They created the most accurate calendar known until modern times.

Answer 6

Maya

Question 7

They built the city of Tenochtitlan on a series of islands..

Answer 7

Aztecs

Question 8

They had the world’s largest empire in the 1400’s.

Answer 8

Inca

Question 9

In a ____________, groups of people have a similar way of life.

Answer 9

Culture area

Question 10

Woven cloth, baskets, canoes and furs were common gifts at a ___________.

Answer 10

Potlatch

Question 11

Women in Iroquois clans chose the clan’s ________, or tribal chief.

Answer 11

Sachem

Question 12

This is what a group of Iroquois families that were related to one another were called.

Answer 12

Clan

Question 13

The Anasazi lived in large ________________.

Answer 13

cliff dwellings

Question 14

This Indians of the Southeast held a _________in late summer.

Answer 14

Green Corn Ceremony

Question 15

What two large Native American groups dominated the Eastern Woodlands?

Answer 15

Algonquin & Iroquois

Question 16

Which of the Native American groups was made up of five nations?

Answer 16

Iroquois

Question 17

He was believed by Muslims to have been given the word of God.

Answer 17

Muhammad

Question 18

He ruled Mali at its height.

Answer 18

Mansa Musa

Question 19

He was a Chinese explorer.

Answer 19

Zheng He

Question 20

This is the science of locating and plotting the course of ships.

Answer 20

Navigation

Question 21

Most of the trade linking Europe, Africa and ______ passed through the Arabian Peninsula.

Answer 21

Asia

Question 22

This was the chief trading center on the east coast of Africa.

Answer 22

Kilwa

Question 23

China developed movable type 400 years before it was developed in _________.

Answer 23

Europe

Question 24

The silk road stretched from China to ________.

Answer 24

Persia

Question 25

What were two remarkable advances made by the Arabs?

Answer 25

Medicine, Astronomy, Math

Question 26

Who was credited for the 10 commandments?

Answer 26

Moses

Question 27

Who do Christians believe was sent by God to save the world?

Answer 27

Jesus

Question 28

What is another term for everlasting?

Answer 28

Salvation

Question 29

What city-state invented democracy?

Answer 29

Athens

Question 30

A form of government in which people choose representatives to govern them is called a ________.

Answer 30

Republic

Question 31

What was the 1000 year period of time after the fall of Rome called?

Answer 31

Middle Ages

Question 32

A system in which a ruler grants parts of his land to lords is called _____

Answer 32

Feudalism

Question 33

He was a Portuguese sailor that went around Africa to Asia.

Answer 33

Vasco da Gama