Review Questions
- Which of the following Native peoples built homes in cliff dwellings that still exist?
- Anasazi
- Cherokee
- Aztec
- Inca
- Which culture developed the first writing system in the Western Hemisphere?
- Inca
- Maya
- Olmec
- Pueblo
- Which culture developed a road system rivaling that of the Romans?
- Cherokee
- Inca
- Olmec
- Anasazi
- What were the major differences between the societies of the Aztec, Inca, and Maya and the Native peoples of North America?
- The series of attempts by Christian armies to retake the Holy Lands from Muslims was known as ________.
- the Crusades
- the Reconquista
- the Black Death
- the Silk Road
- ________ became wealthy trading with the East.
- Carcassonne
- Jerusalem
- Rome
- Venice
- In 1492, the Spanish forced these two religious groups to either convert or leave.
- Jews and Muslims
- Christians and Jews
- Protestants and Muslims
- Catholics and Jews
- How did European feudal society operate? How was this a mutually supportive system?
- Why did Columbus believe he could get to the Far East by sailing west? What were the problems with this plan?
- The city of ________ became a leading center for Muslim scholarship and trade.
- Cairo
- Timbuktu
- Morocco
- Mali
- Which of the following does not describe a form of slavery traditionally practiced in Africa?
- a system in which those in need of supplies or protection give themselves in servitude
- a system in which debtors repay those whom they owe by giving themselves in servitude
- a system in which people are treated as chattel—that is, as personal property to be bought and sold
- a system in which people are enslaved permanently on account of their race
