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RHLS SS Chapter 16
Final 5-11
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6th Grade
05/10/2011

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Which culture was known as the "mother culture"?
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Olmec
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The children on the Sun were the...
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Incas
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The population of the Aztec Empire by 1400 AD was?
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5 million
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The population of the Incas Empire by the 1500's was?
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12 million
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Which culture created the 365-day calendar?
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Mayas
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Who created a math system based on the number 20?
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Mayas
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Which Incan animal was used for it's fur?
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Alpaca
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Which Incan animal was used for carrying goods?
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Llama
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How long did the Olmec civilization survive?
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900 Years
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By what year were hunter-gathers in South America?
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9000 BC
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What civilization had no written language?
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Incas
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The Aztec rain god was for...
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Crops
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From what modern day country did the first hunter-gathers enter North America?
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Russia
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Which North American civilization lived in Chaca Canyon, New Mexico?
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Anasazi
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Who built the city of Cahokia?
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Mound Builders
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Pachacuti successfully united the Aztec empire T/F
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False
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Pachacuti successfully united the Aztec empire T/F
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False
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The Mayans were the mother culture? T/F
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False
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The Bering Strait used to be a permanent land bridge T/F
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True
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Tribute to the Aztecs could be in the form of labor or money T/F
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True
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The Mayan calendar ends on December 21, 2012 T/F
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True
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Human Blood was used by priests to ensure winning wars T/F
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False
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The Moche built the Pyramid of the sun T/F
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True
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Land Bridge
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Bering Strait
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South of present day Mexico City
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Tehuacan Valley
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Tortillas
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The Mayans
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Where the Attec capital was
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Lake Texcoco
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Incan Language
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Quechua
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Incan counting System
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Quipus
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Mainland comnectors
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causeways
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Only for soliders and government officials
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stone paved roads
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Mayan traders used them
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white cement road
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Food of the Americas
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Maize
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Aztec leader
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Montezuma II
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Pottery making and weaving is a form of...
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specialization
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Largest market in the Americas
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Tlateloco
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Who used Lllams and Alpacas?
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The Incas
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Tribute
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Labor and Taxes
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What climate event allowed for people to populate the Americas
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Ice Age
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Who was the earliest civilization in the Americas?
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Olmec
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Name three classes of people that lived in the stone cities
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Priest, Architect, and Artists
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What was the capital of the Aztec Empire?
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Tenochtitilan
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What did the Aztecs use to transport fresh water to the capital
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aqua ducts
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Other than Mexico, name the other two present day countries in which the Maya Empire was located.
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Guatamala and Belize
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Who founded the Inca Empire?
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Pachacuti
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How did the Inca empire end?
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Spanish-Cortez-Conquered
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