1). what type of evidence do historians use to study the past?
a) artifacts,
b) oral traditions
c) written records
d) all of these

2). the maya culture was founded in
a) north america
b) the yucatan peninsula
c) peru
d) the andes mountains

3). the buffalo was extremely important to the native americans of the
a) eastern woodlands
b) northwest
c) plains
d) southwest

4) the confederacy of five native american nations was formed by the
a) iroquois
b) inuit
c) navajo
d) sioux

5) the colony of new york was first called new amsterdam and was settled by people from
a) england
b) the netherlands
c) france
d) lithuania

6) what section os the 13th english colonies had a cash crop economy featuring large plantations dependent on slave labor?
a) new england colonies
b) middle colonies
c) southern colonies

7) columbus wanted to
a) reach asia by sailing west
b) reach asia by sailing east
c) discover america
d) prove that earth was round