Chapter 1: Americas, Europe, and Africa Before 1492

Question 1

Beringia

Answer 1

Land mass that connected Asia and North America

Question 2

Olmec

Answer 2

First/earliest civilization in Mesoamerica

Question 3

Important crop in Mesoamerica

Answer 3

Corn/maize

Question 4

Distinctive sculptures created by the Olmec civilization

Answer 4

Giant head structures

Question 5

Civilization known for architecture and mathematics

Answer 5

Maya

Question 6

Impressive structures built by the Maya civilizations

Answer 6

Pyramid of Sun and Moon

Question 7

Mayan city with unique architectural features

Answer 7

Chicken Itza

Question 8

Codex

Answer 8

Mayan written record

Question 9

Civilization with Tenochtitlan as its capital

Answer 9

Aztec

Question 10

Aztec capital, modern-day Mexico City

Answer 10

Tenochtitlan

Question 11

Lake surrounding Tenochtitlan

Answer 11

Lake Texcoco

Question 12

Chinampas

Answer 12

Floating gardens used for farming by the Aztecs

Question 13

Distinct social classes in Aztec society

Answer 13

Warrior and priest class

Question 14

Civilization in South America, known for its road system

Answer 14

Inca

Question 15

Mountain range in Peru where the Inca civilization thrived

Answer 15

Andes Mountain

Question 16

Due to the mountainous terrain, the Inca relied on - (people who ran) instead

Answer 16

Chasquis

Question 17

Instead of a writing system, the Inca used-

Answer 17

Quipu

Question 18

Labor system in the Inca empire

Answer 18

Mita

Question 19

Famous Inca city in the mountains of Peru

Answer 19

Machu Picchu

Question 20

Diverse and dispersed indigenous groups in North America

Answer 20

North American Indians

Question 21

Architecture used by indigenous groups in the Southwest

Answer 21

Permanent stone/mud buildings

Question 22

Irrigation

Answer 22

Method of supplying water to crops

Question 23

Architecture used by indigenous groups in the Ohio Valley

Answer 23

Branch/mud buildings

Question 24

Most populated pre-Columbian city in North America, known for trade

Answer 24

Cahokia

Question 25

Social system where women have political influence

Answer 25

Matriarchy

Question 26

Event that led to the decline of central political control

Answer 26

Fall of the Roman Empire

Question 27

Pandemic that caused the death of a third of Europeans

Answer 27

Black Death

Question 28

Feudal society

Answer 28

Social system based on land ownership and loyalty

Question 29

Fortified structures that offered protection

Answer 29

Castles/manor

Question 30

Distinct social classes in feudal society

Answer 30

Lords/knights/serfs

Question 31

Farmers tied to the land with a low standard of living

Answer 31

Serfdom

Question 32

Important crop in feudal society

Answer 32

Wheat

Question 33

Branch of Christianity centered around the Patriarch of Constantinople

Answer 33

Eastern Christianity

Question 34

Branch of Christianity centered around the Pope of Rome

Answer 34

Western Christianity

Question 35

Battle to stop the spread of Islam in Europe

Answer 35

Battle of Tours

Question 36

Effort to retake Spain from Muslim rule

Answer 36

Reconquista

Question 37

Series of religious wars between Christians and Muslims

Answer 37

The Crusades

Question 38

Region including Spain and Portugal

Answer 38

Iberian Peninsula

Question 39

Leif Ericson

Answer 39

Explorer who established a temporary settlement in Eastern Canada

Question 40

Prince Henry the navigator

Answer 40

Portuguese prince who funded overseas exploration

Question 41

Country ruled by Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand

Answer 41

Spain

Question 42

Religious court in Spain

Answer 42

Inquisition

Question 43

Christopher Columbus

Answer 43

Explorer who sailed west to Asia

Question 44

Islands where Columbus first landed in the Americas

Answer 44

Bahamas

Question 45

Region where Islam spread before Christianity

Answer 45

West Africa

Question 46

Polygyny

Answer 46

Practice of having more than one wife

Question 47

Empire known for gold and salt trade

Answer 47

Ghana Empire

Question 48

Arabs and Berbers

Answer 48

Nomads in North Africa who traded with the Ghana Empire

Question 49

Empire ruled by Mansa Musa, known for its wealth

Answer 49

Mali Empire

Question 50

Hajj

Answer 50

Holy pilgrimage to Mecca

Question 51

City of Islamic scholarship in the Mali Empire

Answer 51

Timbuktu

Question 52

Empire that emerged after the Mali Empire

Answer 52

Songhay Empire

Question 53

Treating people as property, as seen in the Americas

Answer 53

Chattel slavery

Question 54

European country that started trading African slaves

Answer 54

Portugal

Question 55

Crop that brought African slavery to the Americas

Answer 55

Sugar

Question 56

Factor leading to the death of many indigenous people in the Americas

Answer 56

Disease

Question 57

Religion brought to the Americas by European colonizers

Answer 57

Christianity