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Thursday, May 25, 2023

Week 9 World History: The Americas 40,000 B.C. to A.D. 700

 

Grand Canyon scene with trees framing both sides by 398336 at https://pixabay.com/photos/grand-canyon-landscape-nature-1893380/
Grand Canyon scene with trees framing both sides by 398336 at
https://pixabay.com/photos/grand-canyon-landscape-nature-1893380/

This world history resource focuses on the Americas
from 40,000 B.C. to A.D. 700 and includes quiz questions
and answers and video links to related topics.

I utilized World History: Patterns of Interaction (Holt McDougal) for our world history textbook. It has multiple options for different learning styles and covers a wide array of information.

This quiz accompanies Chapter 9: pages 232-259.

Directions for the quiz:

  • Scroll down and click on the thumbnail to enlarge to full screen.
  • Click on the graphic to advance to the next screen.
  • Choose an answer for each question.
  • Compare your answers with those provided.

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World History Week 9: The Americas 40,000 B.C. to A.D. 700
World History Week 9: The Americas 40,000 B.C. to A.D. 700

Created by Katrena. All rights reserved.
Created by Katrena. All rights reserved.

Thousands of years ago, a land bridge named ______ was thought to connect Asia and the Americas. Answer choices include: Pont d’Arc, Beringia, Fairy Bridge, Pravčická Braná
Thousands of years ago, a land bridge named ______ was thought to connect Asia and the Americas. Answer choices include: Pont d’Arc, Beringia, Fairy Bridge, Pravčická Braná

The correct answer is Beringia.
The correct answer is Beringia.

What is thought to have been the most important early crop in Mexico? Answer choices include: maize, squash, gourds, avocados
What is thought to have been the most important early crop in Mexico? Answer choices include: maize, squash, gourds, avocados

The correct answer is maize.
The correct answer is maize.

Floating gardens in Mexico only produced about ⅓ the harvests produced by landlocked gardens. Answer choices include: true, false
Floating gardens in Mexico only produced about ⅓ the harvests produced by landlocked gardens. Answer choices include: true, false

The correct answer is false.
The correct answer is false.

The ____ civilization lived along Mexico’s Gulf Coast around 1200-400 B.C. & are considered Mesoamerica’s “mother culture.” Answer choices include: Aztec, Maya, Inca, Olmec
The ____ civilization lived along Mexico’s Gulf Coast around 1200-400 B.C. & are considered Mesoamerica’s “mother culture.” Answer choices include: Aztec, Maya, Inca, Olmec

The correct answer is Olmec.
The correct answer is Olmec.

The Zapotec civilization built the first urban center in the Americas called ______. Answer choices include: St. Augustine, Aspero, Monte Albán, Flores
The Zapotec civilization built the first urban center in the Americas called ______. Answer choices include: St. Augustine, Aspero, Monte Albán, Flores

The correct answer is Monte Albán.
The correct answer is Monte Albán.

Many surviving Olmec carvings featured _______. Answer choices include: ferrets, mammoths, tortoises, jaguars
Many surviving Olmec carvings featured _______. Answer choices include: ferrets, mammoths, tortoises, jaguars

The correct answer is jaguars.
The correct answer is jaguars.

In South America, the earliest Chavin archaelogical remnants have been found in the Andes Mountains in what is now ____. Answer choices include: Peru, Brazil, Panama, Bolivia
In South America, the earliest Chavin archaelogical remnants have been found in the Andes Mountains in what is now ____. Answer choices include: Peru, Brazil, Panama, Bolivia

The correct answer is Peru.
The correct answer is Peru.

The _____ are drawings in southeastern Peru dating between 200 B.C. and A.D. 600. Answer choices include: Nimibia, Nazca Lines, Cueva de las Manos, Crop Circles
The _____ are drawings in southeastern Peru dating between 200 B.C. and A.D. 600. Answer choices include: Nimibia, Nazca Lines, Cueva de las Manos, Crop Circles

The correct answer is Nazca Lines.
The correct answer is Nazca Lines.

The ____ of the Moche civilization depict(s) art scenes from everyday life. Answer choices include: weapons, cookware, trees, pottery
The ____ of the Moche civilization depict(s) art scenes from everyday life. Answer choices include: weapons, cookware, trees, pottery

The correct answer is pottery.
The correct answer is pottery.

What caused the fall of the earliest American cultures? Answer choices include: Archaeologists are not sure. Diseases wiped out the cities. Volcanic fires consumed the earliest civilizations. Foreign invaders prevailed but were unable to survive the rugged terrain.
What caused the fall of the earliest American cultures? Answer choices include: Archaeologists are not sure. Diseases wiped out the cities. Volcanic fires consumed the earliest civilizations. Foreign invaders prevailed but were unable to survive the rugged terrain.

The correct answer is: Archaeologists are not sure.
The correct answer is: Archaeologists are not sure.

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Saturday, July 16, 2022

Solar System Practice Test

This practice test focuses on the solar system, its various parts, and how it fits within the universe. This practice test is in adaptive mode, so the correct answers directly follow each question. I recommend watching the following informational videos from other sites before attempting this practice test:

Directions

  1. Click on the first graphic to enlarge.
  2. Click either on the slide or on the thumbnail at the bottom of the screen to advance to the next slide.

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Which planet: Has the Great Red Spot formed by a persistent hurricane Has a dynamic atmosphere with belts Is the largest planet in our solar system Possible Answers: Saturn, Mars, Jupiter

Jupiter: Has the Great Red Spot formed by a persistent hurricane Has a dynamic atmosphere with belts Is the largest planet in our solar system

Which planet: Has water ice in permanently shadowed craters near its poles Orbits the sun in 88 days & spins slowly Is the closest planet to our sun? Possible Answers: Mercury, Venus, Ceres

Mercury: Has water ice in permanently shadowed craters near its poles Orbits the sun in 88 days & spins slowly Is the closest planet to our sun

Which of the planets below is NOT a terrestrial planet? Possible Answers: Earth, Uranus, Venus

Uranus is NOT a terrestrial planet.

Which planet: Is an ice giant & is the most dense of our outer planets Is the only planet found by mathematical prediction rather than by empirical observation The outermost planet? Possible Answers: Uranus, Pluto, Neptune

Neptune: Is an ice giant & is the most dense of our outer planets Is the only planet found by mathematical prediction rather than by empirical observation The outermost planet

The _______ Belt orbits the terrestrial planets and contains multiple particles such as microscopic dust and dwarf planets. Possible Answers: Asteroid, Kuiper, Orion

The Asteroid Belt orbits the terrestrial planets and contains multiple particles such as microscopic dust and dwarf planets.

Which planet: Has a dense metal core & viscous rock mantle with a thin crust Has the largest moon to planet size ratio Is the only planet known to sustain life? Possible Answers: Earth, Oort, Mars

Earth: Has a dense metal core & viscous rock mantle with a thin crust Has the largest moon to planet size ratio Is the only planet known to sustain life

Which planet: Has the hottest surface temperature Has air almost completely composed of carbon dioxide w/thick layer of sulfuric clouds Has a rotational axis that is flipped upside down so that it spins backwards? Possible Answers: Venus, Saturn, Mercury

Venus: Has the hottest surface temperature & extensive lava flows Has air almost completely composed of carbon dioxide w/thick layer of sulfuric clouds Has a rotational axis that is flipped upside down so that it spins backwards

The _____ Cloud extends beyond the Kuiper Belt and is a vast spherical collection of icy debris at the edge of the solar system where gravitational & physical influences of the sun end. Possible Answers: Orion, Kuiper, Oort

The Oort Cloud extends beyond the Kuiper Belt and is a vast spherical collection of icy debris at the edge of the solar system where gravitational & physical influences of the sun end.

Which planet: Has a hexagonal cloud pattern on its north pole Is the least dense of the planets Has signature rings made of ice particles that are 250,000 km across & 10 m wide? Possible Answers: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus

Saturn: Has a hexagonal cloud pattern on its north pole Is the least dense of the planets Has signature rings made of ice particles that are 250,000 km across & 10 m wide

The _____ Belt is made of smaller rocky and icy bodies at the outer edge of the solar system and contains Pluto. Possible Answers: Black, Dwarf, Kuiper

The Kuiper Belt is made of smaller rocky and icy bodies at the outer edge of the solar system and contains Pluto.

Which planet: Is an ice giant with 13 distinct rings Has a 98° tilt & looks like it is on its side Has a small, rocky core with a thick mantle of ammonia, water, and methane? Possible Answers: Uranus, Neptune, Saturn

Uranus: Is an ice giant with 13 distinct rings Has a 98° tilt & looks like it is on its side Has a small, rocky core with a thick mantle of ammonia, water, and methane

Which of the following planets is NOT an ice giant? Possible Answers: Saturn, Jupiter, Mars

Mars is NOT an ice giant.

Earth’s moon has huge flood plates on it called ______. Possible Answers: Cancer, Maria, Ceres

Earth’s moon has huge flood plates on it called maria.

Which of the following planets is not a jovian planet? Possible Answers: Venus, Neptune, Uranus

Venus is not a jovian planet.

A _______ is a huge gravitational collection of stars and their planets, gas, dust, and dark matter and is categorized by at least 3 main types (elliptical, spiral, irregular). Possible Answers: black hole, universe, galaxy

A galaxy is a huge gravitational collection of stars and their planets, gas, dust, and dark matter and is categorized by at least 3 main types (elliptical, spiral, irregular).

How many moons are in our solar system? Possible Answers: 8, 40, >200

Our solar system has over 200 moons.

Which planet: Was formerly wet with oceans & a thick atmosphere Had an atmosphere eroded from a solar wind due to no magnetic field Is red due to rusty rocks & dust? Possible Answers: Mercury, Venus, Mars

Mars: Was formerly wet with oceans & a thick atmosphere Had an atmosphere eroded from a solar wind due to no magnetic field Is red due to rusty rocks & dust

A _____ is a celestial body containing a nucleus of ice and dust that appears to have a “tail” of gas and dust particles pointing away from the sun. Possible Answers: comet, asteroid, meteor

A comet is a celestial body containing a nucleus of ice and dust that appears to have a “tail” of gas and dust particles pointing away from the sun.

The ______ is a vast expanse of space of unknown size containing all of everything in existence. Possible Answers: universe, Milky Way, Super Nova

The universe is a vast expanse of space of unknown size containing all of everything in existence.

______ was discovered in 1930 and named a planet but was re-categorized as a minor/dwarf planet in 2006. Possible Answers: Pleiades, Haley, Pluto

Pluto was discovered in 1930 and named a planet but was re-categorized as a minor/dwarf planet in 2006.

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