World History Chapter 7 Test
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Multiple Choice Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1. Based on the map titled “North American Cultures,” which of the culture groups below would be most likely to
have difficulty collecting enough water to farm?
a. the Desert West
c. the Far West
b. the Eastern Woodlands
d. the Great Plains
2. Based on the map titled “North American Cultures,” which of the culture groups below would be most likely to
build homes of ice or snow?
a. Great Plains
c. Eastern Woodlands
b. Far West
d. Arctic and Subarctic
3. Use your knowledge of the chapter and study the map titled “North American Cultures.” Which of the culture
groups below would be most likely to build log homes?
a. the Desert West
c. the Great Plains
b. the Eastern Woodlands
d. the Arctic and Subarctic
4. Why did Plains Indians develop a form of sign language?
a. Their religion forbids them from speaking at most times.
b. Deafness was a commonly inherited trait.
c. It provided a way for tribes of different languages to communicate.
d. They did not want Europeans to be able to understand them.
5. Cliff dwellings found in the Desert West probably
a. provided protection against frequent flooding.
c. were used as temporary homes for nomadic cultures.
b. provided protection against attack.
d. had running water.
6. Objects buried inside Hopewell mounds show that
a. the culture declined because of epidemic diseases.
b. the culture glorified warfare.
c. the Hopewell did not have a belief system.
d. the Hopewell had developed an extensive trading network.
7. Which of the following groups is known for cliff dwellings?
a. Inuit
c. Iroquois
b. Hopewell
d. Anasazi
8. The method used by the Maya to clear land for farming was called
a. plow and plant agriculture
c. crop rotation agriculture
b. slash-and-burn agriculture
d. cut-and-burn agriculture
9. Which of the following cultures relied mainly on fishing for food?
a. Far West
c. Eastern Woodlands
b. Desert West
d. Great Plains
10. Mesoamerica was the site of the first farming settlements in the Americas because
a. Europeans brought seeds and domesticated animals there first.
b. people settled there first.
c. the groups that lived there were vegetarians.
d. the warm temperatures, plentiful rainfall, and fertile soils were ideal for agriculture.
11. Why do scholars believe Olmec people of lower social classes lived outside towns?
a. Olmec artifacts are scattered over a large area.
b. The towns served as ceremonial, political, and religious centers.
c. Archeologists have found residential areas, each with its own large plaza.
d. The Olmec kept detailed censuses and had a postal system.
12. Which of the following was an early Peruvian civilization that lived in the highlands of Peru?
a. Chavin
c. Olmec
b. Hohokam
d. Anasazi
13. This was a mixture of clay and straw used for buildings
a. chinampas
c. ceramics
b. quipu
d. adobe
“All the walls of that shrine were so splashed and caked with blood that they and the floor too were black.
Indeed, the whole place stank abominably.”
—Bernal Díaz del Castillo, The Conquest of New Spain, 1568
14. Bernal Díaz del Castillo was most likely describing a temple of which of the following peoples?
a. the Iroquois
c. the Anasazi
b. the Aztecs
d. the Olmec
15. Which of the following built the largest empire in South America?
a. the Nazca
c. the Incas
b. the Aztecs
d. the Moche
16. The Incas used a set of colored and knotted cords called a _______________________ to keep track of the
movement of goods throughout their empire.
a. census
c. quipu.
b. glyph
d. codex
17. Which of the following accurately describes the economy of the Incas?
a. government-controlled
c. dependent upon slavery
b. free market
d. Weak
18. Which of the following groups in Inca society had to “pay” the labor tax or mita?
a. slaves
c. priests
b. the elite
d. farmers
19. Best known for their skilled metalwork in gold and silver and for their pottery
a. Moche
c. Aztec
b. Inca
d. Olmec
20. Cultures of the Desert West included
a. the Hopewell and the Mississippian.
c. the Mound Builders.
b. the Hohokam and the Anasazi.
d. the Inuit and the Iroquois.
21. In the Inca Empire the high-ranking members of society lived in the capital city of ____________________.
a. Monte Alban
c. Machu Pichu
b. Tula
d. Cuzco
22. How did the lives of Plains Indians change after European contact?
a. They began to use horses to follow the buffalo herds.
b. They stopped traveling in small groups and instead settled in European-style villages.
c. They learned European agricultural techniques and began to farm the fertile grassland for the first time.
d. They learned how to domesticate animals and became dependent on farm products for food.
23. What types of buildings and structures were in Olmec towns?
a. massive burial mounds and apartment houses
b. longhouses
c. elaborate tombs and giant stone heads
d. igloos and larger residential buildings
24. Scholars believe the Olmec influenced other Mesoamerican civilizations because
a. there is no evidence of the Olmec after their mysterious decline.
b. they were a relatively recent civilization.
c. their agricultural practices were widely copied by later civilizations.
d. elements of Olmec civilization can be seen in later Mesoamerican civilizations.
25. What did the Zapotec, Toltec, and Maya cultures have in common?
a. All practiced human sacrifice.
b. All used their strong militaries to dominate a large region for hundreds of years.
c. None of the cultures built cities.
d. All were in Mesoamerica.
26. The Aztec Empire grew wealthy through
a. rich farmland and control of excellent hunting ground.
b. rich natural resources.
c. tribute and trade.
d. the sale of slaves.
27. What led to the downfall of both the Inca Empire and the Aztec Empire?
a. the arrival of Spanish explorers
b. a massive meteor that caused catastrophic damage
c. climate change
d. internal warfare between city-states
28. Which of the following were especially skilled builders of temples, forts, and roads?
a. the Aztecs
c. the Maya
b. the Incas
d. the Olmec
29. Which of the following was true about Inca society?
a. All lived with the fear of being sacrificed to the gods.
b. People were allowed to worship only the sun god.
c. Families were grouped into cooperative communities.
d. Individual achievements were highly valued and richly rewarded.
30. In the North American Desert West, the _________________________ adapted to the harsh environment by
building extensive irrigation systems to channel water to their crops and villages.
a. Mississippians
c. Hohokam
b. Olmec
d. Maya
31. The Anasazi used underground rooms called ___________________ for meeting places and religious ceremonies.
a. kivas
c. longhouses
b. cliff dwellings
d. pit houses
32. The _________________________ could not depend on vegetation for food, clothing, or shelter because of the
cold, harsh climate in the area in which they lived.
a. Aztecs
c. Cuzco
b. Inuit
d. Incas
33. The Iroquois built dwellings called ________________________ from elm bark.
a. kivas
c. longhouses
b. pit houses
d. teepees
34. The _________________________ built Monte Albán, the first true city in Mesoamerica.
a. Zapotec
c. Maya
b. Olmec
d. Aztecs
35. After 900, the _________________________ moved from forest cities to new cities in the Yucatán Peninsula.
a. Inca
c. Maya
b.Olmec
d. Aztecs
36. The ______________ had probably been under the power of the Toltecs before they migrated south from
northwestern Mexico.
a. Olmecs
c. Maya
b. Inca
d. Aztecs
37. The Aztecs required conquered peoples to pay _________________________ in the form of food or goods.
a. tariffs
c. ransom
b. tribute
d. quipu
38. Under the emperor ________________________, the Inca Empire began a period of rapid expansion in the 1400s.
a. Pachacuti
c. Pizzaro
b. Montezuma
d. Atahualpa
39. Population data were recorded by the Incas in a _________________________.
a. mita
c. quipu
b. codex
d. census
40. Bark-paper book used by the Maya containing written records
a. quipu
c. mita
b. codex
d. glyphs
41. In Inca society, families were grouped together into cooperative communities called ________________________.
a. quipu
c. mita
b. kivas
d. ayllus
42. The __________________________, the second-highest range of mountains in the world, run almost the full
length of the South American continent.
a. Alps
c. Andes
b. Sierras
d. Rockies
43. Pueblos, built by the Anasazi, resembled modern apartment buildings. Those built in caves high up on canyon
walls are called _______________________.
a. kivas
c. longhouses
b. cliff dwellings
d. quipu
44. The _______________________ of the Eastern Woodlands built some of the earliest cities in North America,
including the large city of Cahokia.
a. Mississippians
c. Iroquois
b. Hohokam
d. Anasazi
45. The complex writing system used by the Maya for record keeping included symbols called __________________.
a. quipu
c. mita
b. codex
d. glyphs
46. The city that served as the center of the Aztec Empire was called _______________________.
a. Texcoco
c. Tlaxcala
b. Tenochtitlan
d. Teotihuacan
47. The Nazca created huge designs, including geometric shapes and the outlines of animals, ______________.
a. in their cliff dwellings
c. on the desert floor
b. inside kivas
d. in frescoes
48. Floating gardens built by the Aztecs to create land were called
a. quipu
c. chinampas
b. kivas
d. ayllus
49. The ___________ were able to grow different types of crops that grew in different climates because they were
located on the slopes of the Andes.
a. the Chavin
c. the Maya
b. the Incas
d. the Aztecs
50. The Aztecs gained strength when they formed a(n) ________________ with two other nearby city-states.
a. treaty
c. arrangement
b. alliance
d. association
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