US History T1
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US history practice quiz
- 1.What body of water did the first people who came to America cross over?
- A.
Barren Sea
- B.
Pacific Ocean
- C.
Atlantic Ocean
- D.
Arctic Ocean
- 2.Civilization based in Andes Mountains in modern day Chile
- A.
Mayans
- B.
Incas
- C.
Aztecs
- 3.Civilization based in Central America
- A.
Aztecs
- B.
Mayans
- C.
Incas
- 4.Civilization based in Mexico
- A.
Aztecs
- B.
Incas
- C.
Mayans
- 5.Known for vast system of roads
- A.
Mayans
- B.
Incas
- C.
Aztecs
- 6.Known for vast groups of city states
- A.
Aztecs
- B.
Incas
- C.
Mayans
- 7.Known for human sacrifices
- A.
Incas
- B.
Aztecs
- C.
Mayans
- 8.Known for major city of Tenochtitlan
- A.
Incas
- B.
Aztecs
- C.
Mayans
- 9.Concept of 0
- A.
Incas
- B.
Aztecs
- C.
Mayans
- 10.Number of people in America before era of exploration
- A.
75-100 million
- B.
25-75 million
- C.
100-150 million
- 11.Ancient native American settlement in present day St. Louis
- A.
Cahokia
- B.
Aguaquiri
- C.
Arnakalali
- 12.The Iroquois was an alliance of 5 tribes. What is this term called?
- A.
Union
- B.
Pact
- C.
Confederation
- D.
Legal Binding
- 13.Time period of "rebirth"
- A.
Middle Ages
- B.
Renaissance
- C.
Middle Earth
- D.
Enlightenment
- 14.Peasants who are bound to the soil are known as...
- A.
Lower class
- B.
Servants
- C.
Uneducated
- D.
Serfs
- 15.Government system in the Middle Ages
- A.
Democracy
- B.
Socialism
- C.
Feudalism
- D.
Monarchy
- 16.Why are middle ages sometimes referred to as the dark ages?
- A.
No education and new ideas
- B.
Lack of food
- C.
Bad government
- 17.Study of earth and how people use it's resources
- A.
Geography
- B.
Geology
- 18.Head of Roman Catholic church that started crusades
- A.
Pope Constantine
- B.
Pope Alexander III
- C.
Pope Urban II
- 19.Townspeople bought these as a way to get out of serfdom
- A.
Charters
- B.
Pacts
- C.
Degrees
- D.
Law Orders
- 20.Invented printing press
- A.
Glutenburg
- B.
Glutentein
- C.
Valwinkle
- 21.Italian city that started the renaissance
- A.
Naples
- B.
Staples
- C.
Venice
- D.
Florance
- 22.Pride on ones country
- A.
Nationalism
- B.
Patriotism
- C.
National Pride
- 23.Business that sells stick to investors in return for capital
- A.
Stock holder
- B.
Joint stock
- C.
Stock broker
- 24.Reached Cape of Good Hope
- A.
Portuguese
- B.
Dias
- C.
DeGama
- 25.Lack of fruits and vegetables
- A.
Malnutrition
- B.
Scurvy
- C.
Starvation
- 26.5 Pillars of Islam
- 27.Founder of Islam
- A.
Muhammad
- B.
Dias
- C.
DeGama
- 28.Holy cities of Islam
- 29.Leader of the Monguls
- A.
Genghis Khan
- B.
Gangar Kan
- C.
Kublai Khan
- D.
Mangu
- 30.Warriors in feudal Japan
- A.
Ninjas
- B.
Samurai
- C.
Huns
- 31.Main trading center in Mali
- A.
Timbuktu
- B.
Songhai
- C.
Cairo
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