AP World History: Modern › North and South America Prior to 500 C.E.
Tehuacan was an early agricultural community in which moden-day country?
Mexico
United States of America
Costa Rica
Colombia
Brazil
The Agricultural Revolution took place in Mesoamerica around 5,000 B.C.E. The earliest known agricultural site in the Americas is at Tehuacan in modern-day Mexico. Even if you did not know the answer to this question you could have reasonably inferred from the similarities between Tehuacan and Teotihuacan (a well-known Aztec community).
Which of these is the earliest known Mesoamerican civilization?
The Olmecs
The Maya
The Aztecs
The Incas
The Nazcas
The earliest known civilization in Mesoamerica is the Olmec Empire. The Olmec Empire emerged approximately 1500 BCE and lasted as an empire until approximately 400 BCE. The Olmec people are known for their unique art and architecture.
Which of the following native people of the Americas are famous for their system of calendars based on their deep knowledge of astronomy?
The Maya
The Shoshone
The Olmec
The Inca
The Pueblo
The Maya had a very profound understanding of astronomy, the movement of the stars, and the passage of time. Their calendars went back to 3000 B.C.E. and were much more accurate than any other calendars on Earth during the height of Maya civilization. Their calendar is known today as "the Long Count calendar."
The Hopewell Native Americans are most well known for which of the following?
Their burial mounds
Their weapons
Their pottery
Their dwellings
Their works of literature
The Hopewell people lived in modern-day Midwest United States. They are most famous for their burial mounds that exist to this day.
Which of the following groups are indigenous people who have inhabited the tundra of North America since at least 3000 B.C.E.?
The Inuit
The Shoshone
The Iroquois
The Pueblo
The Sioux
The Inuit people (often popularly called "Eskimos") have inhabited the Arctic tundra since at least 3000 B.C.E. Their society was based around hunting caribou and seals, and they survive in the very coldest regions of North America to this day.