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6th grade · Social Studies · Unit 12 of 12

Early Americas & Africa

Olmec, Maya, Kush and Aksum

What your child practices

Archaeological evidence of the first people and early civilizations of the Americas (Olmec, Maya, Teotihuacan, Moche, Ancestral Puebloans, mound builders) and of Africa (Kush, Nok, Aksum, Ghana), up to about 900 CE. Maya people are a living people today.

Oregon State Standards learning standard: 6/7.H.CP.13; 6/7.H.CP.15; 6/7.H.CH.3 · archaeological evidence of Indigenous civilizations of the Americas, civilizations of Sub-Saharan Africa, and developments to 900 CE

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    Chaco Canyon, in today's New Mexico, was a center of…

    • Roman government
    • Ancestral Puebloan building and trade
    • Viking settlement

  2. Question 2

    Camels helped traders cross the…

    • Sahara Desert
    • Atlantic Ocean
    • Andes

  3. Question 3

    Archaeologists can date wood, bone and seeds using…

    • a sundial
    • a compass
    • radiocarbon dating

  4. Question 4

    Many scientists think people first reached the Americas…

    • about 2,000 years ago
    • more than 15,000 years ago
    • about 500 years ago

  5. Question 5

    The Nok culture of West Africa is known for…

    • a written legal code
    • stone pyramids
    • clay sculptures and early iron working

  6. Question 6

    Evidence like seeds and tools shows that farming in the Americas…

    • began on its own, not copied from other continents
    • never happened
    • came from Europe

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