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JAT Chapter 16 Section 2 -  Reading Guide

Matching
 
 
Match each item with the correct statement below.
a.
confederation
d.
Petén
b.
igloo
e.
quipu
c.
adobe
 

 1. 

a dome-shaped house made from ice blocks and snow
 

 2. 

the Mayan word for “flat region”
 

 3. 

a government that links several groups
 

 4. 

a knotted rope used to do mathematical calculations
 

 5. 

a house made from sun-dried mud bricks
 

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

 6. 

The Mayan people practiced a ____ type of government.
a.
democracy
c.
theocracy
b.
city-state
d.
bureaucracy
 

 7. 

In the classes of Aztec society, the king was at the top, then the nobles, the commoners, the ____, and the enslaved peoples.
a.
unskilled laborers
c.
artisans
b.
farmers
d.
traders
 

 8. 

To hold his large empire together, Incan king Pachacuti set up a strong ____ government.
a.
city-state
c.
central
b.
tribal
d.
military
 

 9. 

The Inuit people, who arrived in North America around 3000 B.C., lived by
a.
fishing.
c.
hunting.
b.
farming.
d.
herding.
 

 10. 

The most famous confederation was the
a.
Inca League.
c.
Mohawk League.
b.
Seneca League.
d.
Iroquois League.
 



 
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