Question 1

What does this ancient petroglyph tell us about the people who made it?

Accepted Answer

A)   The people who crafted this were part of a farming society.
B)   The people who crafted this were part of a hunting society.
C)   Only women were hunters in this society.
D)   This society honored its dead with large murals.

Question 2

The Mexica used an extensive tribute system to redistribute wealth from

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A)   the poor to the rich.
B)   the nobles to the poor.
C)   political leaders to religious leaders.
D)   the common people to warriors.

Question 3

What can be inferred from the drawing "Florida Woman"?

Accepted Answer

A)   That Florida had unique crops not found in other parts of America
B)   That Native American women were more associated with food practices than their male counterparts
C)   That corn was a major contribution of Native Americans to the rest of the world
D)   That native people had many varied ways of preparing corn

Question 4

Beginning about 4000 BP, distinctive southwestern cultures began to depend on agriculture and build permanent settlements. Discuss the cultures and challenges of the ancient Americans found in present-day Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, and Colorado.

Accepted Answer

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Question 5

What does the term Archaic describe?

Accepted Answer

A)   Hunting and gathering cultures that descended from Paleo-Indians
B)   Agricultural cultures that preceded the Paleo-Indians before 13,000 BP
C)   The historical events that occurred from AD 800 to AD1500
D)   The historical era that begins with the development of agriculture

Question 6

Use the following to answer questions :
-Earthen constructions by ancient American peoples, especially throughout the gigantic drainage of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, after about 2500 b.p.; they were often used to bury important leaders and to enact major ceremonies.

Accepted Answer

A)  pueblos
B)  burial mounds
C)  Clovis points
D)  Mexica
E)  Pueblo BonitoF) Archaic IndiansG) CahokiaH) Paleo-IndiansI) BeringiaJ) tributeK) chiefdomL) hunter-gatherer

Question 7

Archaic Northwest peoples took advantage of which plentiful resource for sustenance and for trade?

Accepted Answer

A)   Fish
B)   Acorns
C)   Bison
D)   Deer

Question 8

When did corn become a food crop for southwestern cultures?

Accepted Answer

A)   AD 1620
B)   AD 1492
C)   3500 BP
D)   6000 BP

Question 9

Archaic Indians who hunted the bison herds of the Great Plains were

Accepted Answer

A)   skilled horsemen who utilized speed to catch animals.
B)   nomads who moved constantly with their prey.
C)   solitary hunters who attacked animals as they slept.
D)   cautious hunters who avoided stampeding the herds.

Question 10

Although experts debate the exact time people began migrating to North America, the first migrants probably arrived

Accepted Answer

A)   around 25,000 BP.
B)   around 15,000 BP.
C)   more than 1.5 million years ago.
D)   fewer than 5,000 years ago.

Question 11

Experts believe that the Cahokians used woodhenges for

Accepted Answer

A)   political ceremonies.
B)   religious rituals.
C)   burial sites.
D)   celestial observations.

Question 12

How did Native American cultures adapt to the extinction of big game?

Accepted Answer

A)   Native Americans adopted stationary agriculture.
B)   Paleo-Indians domesticated larger animals.
C)   Native Americans moved only to warm climates.
D)   Paleo-Indians began foraging wild plant foods.

Question 13

How do modern archaeologists study ancient peoples?

Accepted Answer

A)   They rely only on written documents.
B)   They rely only on what they can learn from artifacts.
C)   They combine a variety of approaches.
D)   They make an educated guess based on a specific natural environment.

Question 14

What is a prudent estimate of the population of Native Americans in North America at the time of Columbus's arrival in the New World?

Accepted Answer

A)   500,000
B)   1 million
C)   4 million
D)   15 million

Question 15

Use the following to answer questions :
-The land bridge between Siberia and Alaska that was exposed by the Wisconsin glaciation, allowing people to migrate into the Western Hemisphere.

Accepted Answer

A)  pueblos
B)  burial mounds
C)  Clovis points
D)  Mexica
E)  Pueblo BonitoF) Archaic IndiansG) CahokiaH) Paleo-IndiansI) BeringiaJ) tributeK) chiefdomL) hunter-gatherer

Question 16

What can historians learn about the Anasazi people from their effigy figures?

Accepted Answer

A)   That the Anasazi demonstrated sophisticated pottery methods
B)   That human effigies were extremely common among the Anasazi
C)   That the Anasazi people held unique burial practices that were not found elsewhere in America
D)   That the Anasazi were a warlike people

Question 17

Use the following to answer questions :
-The largest ceremonial site in ancient North America-located on the eastern bank of the Mississippi River, across from present-day St. Louis-where thousands of inhabitants built hundreds of earthen mounds between about a.d. 800 and a.d. 1500.

Accepted Answer

A)  pueblos
B)  burial mounds
C)  Clovis points
D)  Mexica
E)  Pueblo BonitoF) Archaic IndiansG) CahokiaH) Paleo-IndiansI) BeringiaJ) tributeK) chiefdomL) hunter-gatherer

Question 18

Eastern Woodland peoples around the time of Columbus's arrival in 1492 clustered into which three major groups?

Accepted Answer

A)   Algonquian, Iroquoian, and Muskogean peoples
B)   Pawnee, Mandan, and Comanche tribes
C)   Apache, Navajo, and Hopi tribes
D)   Sioux, Cheyenne, and Blackfeet peoples

Question 19

Use the following to answer questions :
-Hunting-gathering peoples who descended from Paleo-Indians and dominated the Americas from approximately 10,000 b.p. to between 4000 b.p. and 3000 b.p.

Accepted Answer

A)  pueblos
B)  burial mounds
C)  Clovis points
D)  Mexica
E)  Pueblo BonitoF) Archaic IndiansG) CahokiaH) Paleo-IndiansI) BeringiaJ) tributeK) chiefdomL) hunter-gatherer

Question 20

Evidence indicates that before 1492, Native Americans

Accepted Answer

A)   lived in peace and harmony with one another.
B)   endured constant ethnic conflicts.
C)   engaged in extensive religious conflicts.
D)   practiced human sacrifice.

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How did Native American cultures adapt to the extinction of big game?

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Use the following to answer questions : -The land bridge between Siberia and Alaska that was exposed by the Wisconsin glaciation, allowing people to migrate into the Western Hemisphere.

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What can historians learn about the Anasazi people from their effigy figures?

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Use the following to answer questions : -The largest ceremonial site in ancient North America-located on the eastern bank of the Mississippi River, across from present-day St. Louis-where thousands of inhabitants built hundreds of earthen mounds between about a.d. 800 and a.d. 1500.

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What does the term Archaic describe?

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Beginning about 4000 BP, distinctive southwestern cultures began to depend on agriculture and build permanent settlements. Discuss the cultures and challenges of the ancient Americans found in present-day Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, and Colorado.

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Eastern Woodland peoples around the time of Columbus's arrival in 1492 clustered into which three major groups?

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What can be inferred from the drawing "Florida Woman"?

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Use the following to answer questions : -Earthen constructions by ancient American peoples, especially throughout the gigantic drainage of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, after about 2500 b.p.; they were often used to bury important leaders and to enact major ceremonies.

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The Mexica used an extensive tribute system to redistribute wealth from

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Archaic Northwest peoples took advantage of which plentiful resource for sustenance and for trade?

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What does this ancient petroglyph tell us about the people who made it?

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Use the following to answer questions : -Hunting-gathering peoples who descended from Paleo-Indians and dominated the Americas from approximately 10,000 b.p. to between 4000 b.p. and 3000 b.p.

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How do modern archaeologists study ancient peoples?

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Although experts debate the exact time people began migrating to North America, the first migrants probably arrived

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Experts believe that the Cahokians used woodhenges for

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Archaic Indians who hunted the bison herds of the Great Plains were

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Evidence indicates that before 1492, Native Americans

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What is a prudent estimate of the population of Native Americans in North America at the time of Columbus's arrival in the New World?

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