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Chapter 16 Section 1 Reading Guide

Matching
 
 
Match each item with the correct statement below.
a.
Maya
d.
Mesoamerica
b.
Teotihuacán
e.
monopoly
c.
glacier
 

 1. 

people who lived in the rain forest of the Yucatán Peninsula
 

 2. 

to hold sole right to trade or to make an item
 

 3. 

comes from the Greek word for “middle”
 

 4. 

a huge sheet of ice
 

 5. 

called “Place of the Gods”
 

Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

 6. 

Scientists believe Asian people crossed the ____ land bridge to come into the Americas.
a.
Alaska
c.
Beringia
b.
Asian
d.
Glacier
 

 7. 

The first American people were
a.
farmers.
c.
explorers.
b.
hunters and gatherers.
d.
metalworkers.
 

 8. 

In South America between A.D. 100 and 700, the ____ people used irrigation to make the desert bloom with crops.
a.
Inca
c.
Olmec
b.
Moche
d.
Maya
 

 9. 

Early North American people, the ____, lived in apartments carved into cliffs.
a.
Hohokam
c.
Hopewell
b.
Adena
d.
Anasazi
 

 10. 

This early culture was known for its large-scale farming and large cities.
a.
Mississippians
c.
Adena
b.
Hopewell
d.
Hohokam
 



 
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