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Name __________________________________ Class _______________________ Date __________________ Section Quiz The Early Americas Section 1 FILL IN THE BLANK Read each sentence. Fill in the blank with the word from the word pair that best completes each sentence. 1. The ________________________ Mountains run along the western shore of South America. (Andes/Cascade) 2. The first complex civilization in the Americas was that of the ________________________. (Maya/Olmec) 3. Farming allowed people in the Americas to support a ________________________ population. (varied/large) 4. The first people to arrive in North America came from ________________________ around 12,000 BC. (Europe/Asia) 5. ________________________ is a region that includes the southern part of what is now Mexico and parts of the northern countries of Central America. (South America/Mesoamerica) 6. ________________________, or corn, became an important crop in many regions of the Americas. (Obsidian/Maize) 7. After learning to grow maize, Mesoamericans also learned to grow ________________________. (wheat/potatoes) 8. The ________________________ culture is known for, among other things, having been the first civilization in the Americas to develop a writing system. (Inca/Chavin) 9. The first people to arrive in the Americas possibly crossed at the ________________________. (mountains/land bridge) 10. In eastern South America lies the ________________________ region, a hot and wet rain forest. (Nile/Amazon) Copyright © by Holt, Rinehart and Winston. All rights reserved. Universal Access Modified Worksheets and Tests Name __________________________________ Class _______________________ Date __________________ Section Quiz The Early Americas Section 2 MATCHING Read each description. On the lines below, write the letter of the term or place that best matches each description. ____ 1. Maya farmers shaped hillsides into these in order to grow crops. ____ 2. A sharp, glasslike volcanic rock that was traded by the Maya. ____ 3. At the height of the Maya civilization, there were more than 40 of these. ____ 4. Since the Maya civilization was not united, each city was ruled by its own one of these. ____ 5. These valuable trade goods are the source of chocolate. ____ 6. The popular Maya ball game was likely learned from these people. a. cacao beans b. cities c. kings d. obsidian e. Olmec f. Pacal g. terraces h. trade i. warfare j. Yucatán ____ 7. The Maya established an excellent system for this activity between the highlands and the lowlands. ____ 8. This Mayan king ruled the city of Palenque. ____ 9. This was one of the possible causes of the decline of Mayan civilization. ____ 10. Mayan civilization spread to this peninsula in Mesoamerica. Copyright © by Holt, Rinehart and Winston. All rights reserved. Universal Access Modified Worksheets and Tests Name __________________________________ Class _______________________ Date __________________ Section Quiz The Early Americas Section 3 TRUE/FALSE Read the FALSE statements below. Replace each underlined word with one from the word bank that makes each sentence TRUE. writing gods upper Maya 1. Priests were members of the lower classes in Maya civilization. _______________________________________________________________ 2. The Greek calendar was 365 days long. _______________________________________________________________ 3. The Maya believed that their kings communicated with the ancestors. _______________________________________________________________ 4. The Maya developed a trade system, similar to Egyptian hieroglyphics. _______________________________________________________________ Copyright © by Holt, Rinehart and Winston. All rights reserved. Universal Access Modified Worksheets and Tests