Deck 1: Old Worlds and New

Question 1

What did the Aztec and Inca civilizations both do?

A) cultivate rice
B) harvest wheat
C) build railroads
D) establish empires

Answer 1

establish empires

Question 2

Which of the following contributed to high mortality rates among the indigenous peoples in the Americas after the European arrival?

A) New World weapons
B) Old World diseases
C) massive flooding
D) volcanic eruption

Answer 2

Old World diseases

Question 3

The first humans reached North America by crossing from __________.

A) Siberia to Alaska
B) Vinland to Missouri
C) England to Brazil
D) India to Mexico

Answer 3

Siberia to Alaska

Question 4

The first humans are believed to have arrived in the Americas __________ years ago.

A) 1,400
B) 4,000
C) 14,000
D) 40,000

Question 5

The __________ Indians were hunters but not farmers.

A) Plains
B) Pueblo
C) Iroquois
D) Eastern Woodland

Question 6

The "Mound Builders" belonged to which Indian culture?

A) Plains
B) Pueblo
C) Chinook
D) Eastern Woodland

Question 7

Which of the following was a feature of the culture of the Pueblo Indians known as the Anasazi?

A) potlatch
B) teepee
C) mounds
D) cliff dwellings

Question 8

According to the introductory video in section 1.1,which of the following is considered to be the lifeline of civilizations?

A) roads
B) rivers
C) mountains
D) glaciers

Question 9

Which civilization established an empire in the Andes Mountains of South America?

A) Pueblo
B) Maya
C) Aztec
D) Inca

Question 10

Human migration in the Americas generally moved in which direction in its earliest stage?

A) east to west
B) west to east
C) south to north
D) north to south

Question 11

Which of the following explains why the Americas did not see as many infectious diseases as Europe did?

A) People in the Americas lived in close proximity to livestock.
B) People in the Americas never developed agriculture.
C) The Americas had a low population density.
D) The Americas had a high population density.

Question 12

Humans began migrating to the Americas during the __________.

A) Norman Conquest
B) Agricultural Revolution
C) Viking invasions
D) ice age

Question 13

According to the introductory video in section 1.2,what do wheat,rice,and corn share in common?

A) They were the basis of agricultural civilizations.
B) They are very low in calories.
C) They are the most drought-resistant crops in the world.
D) They were all native plants in the Americas.

Question 14

According to the introductory video in section 1.3,which of the following describes the purpose of the potlatch?

A) redistribute resources to achieve equality
B) show off the wealth and power of the host
C) honor warriors who died in battle
D) establish the ruler's divine status

Question 15

Which civilization emerged in the tropical forest of Central America about four thousand years ago?

A) Maya
B) Aztec
C) Inca
D) Viking

Question 16

The Inca civilization developed a system of record-keeping using __________.

A) potlatches
B) quipu
C) longships
D) teepees

Question 17

Which of the following explains why civilizations on the scale of those of the Aztecs and Incas failed to emerge in the area that would become the United States?

A) Volcanic eruptions occurred frequently.
B) There were no rivers to support irrigation.
C) Most of the land was uninhabitable.
D) Agriculture was not as fully developed.

Question 18

According to the introductory video in section 1.2,which of the following played a central role in the Agricultural Revolution in the Americas?

A) rice
B) wheat
C) corn
D) barley

Question 19

According to the video in the introduction,what played the most important role in shaping humanity in prehistoric times?

A) warfare
B) slavery
C) science
D) nature

Question 20

Which of the following was indigenous to the Americas?

A) potatoes
B) horses
C) measles
D) smallpox

Question 21

According to the introductory video in section 1.5,which of the following gave the Vikings an advantage over other Europeans in the tenth century?

A) smallpox
B) agriculture
C) longhouse
D) longship

Question 22

How did the environment shape the history of the Americas?

Question 23

What did Leif Erikson do?

A) defeated the Vikings
B) established Vinland
C) invented the longship
D) ended the Norman Conquest

Question 24

The sexual union of Earth-mother and Sky-father is central to the creation story of the __________ Indians.

A) Zuñi
B) Iroquois
C) Chinook
D) Creek

Question 25

In the Iroquois creation story,which of the following created rivers and animals?

A) the good mind
B) the bad mind
C) Sky-father
D) Earth-mother

Question 26

Which of the following provides evidence that Indian cultures had an oral tradition?

A) teepees
B) pueblos
C) creation myths
D) totem poles

Question 27

Which of the following was first domesticated in the Americas?

A) rice
B) wheat
C) squash
D) barley

Question 28

The dwelling shown in the image above is associated with which Indian culture?

A) Micmac
B) Pueblo
C) Seminole
D) Iroquois

Question 29

Before the New and Old Worlds came together,the people in North America had not yet developed __________.

A) writing
B) agriculture
C) culture
D) religion

Question 30

What was the name of the colony established by the Vikings off the coast of eastern Canada?

A) Iceland
B) Vinland
C) Greenland
D) Ireland

Question 31

According to the Arguing History video in section 1.6,estimates of the number of people who lived in the Americas before the European arrival fall between

A) 100,000 and 500,000
B) 1 million and 5 million
C) 10 million and 100 million
D) 800 million and 1 billion

Question 32

Agriculture was least developed in which region?

A) Mesoamerica
B) American Southwest
C) Central Plains
D) Central America

Question 33

The Zuñi people belong to which Indian culture?

A) Pueblo
B) Iroquois
C) Cherokee
D) Mohawk

Question 34

The term Norman Conquest refers to the Viking invasion of __________.

A) France
B) Canada
C) England
D) Vinland

Question 35

The dwelling shown in the image is best suited for __________ cultures.

A) nomadic
B) agricultural
C) sedentary
D) industrial

Question 36

How did the Agricultural Revolution shape human communities in North and South America?

Question 37

In which century were the Zuñi and Iroquois creation stories recorded in writing?

A) seventh
B) eleventh
C) fifteenth
D) nineteenth

Question 38

According to the creation story of the Zuñi people,what did Sky-father give them?

A) rice
B) corn
C) buffalo
D) salmon

Question 39

To what extent did the Americas develop in geographic isolation?

Question 40

According to the Past and Present video in section 1.6,diseases have always spread though __________.

A) human contact
B) wind currents
C) natural disasters
D) biological warfare