Deck 1: The First American Peoples: Migration, Settlement, and Adaptation

Question 1

Which of the following was a feature of Paleoindian peoples?  ​

A)They had mastered the use of fire.
B)They depended upon wild plants and smaller animals as well as big game.
C)They migrated to follow large animals.​
D)They came to Beringia more than 12,500 years ago.
E)All of these are correct.​

Answer 1

E

Question 2

At its peak, the Maya civilization had a population of 3 to 5 million people.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Archaic peoples did little to modify their environments.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Until about 2 million years ago, Homo erectus , the distant ancestors of modern humans, lived only in​

A)Asia.
B)Australia.
C)Europe.
D)Africa.
E)Antarctica.

Question 5

As a result of the warming temperatures during the late Pleistocene Era,

A)coastal regions were flooded.
B)megafauna died out.
C)weather patterns changed.
D)habitats changed.
E)All of these are correct.

Question 6

Around _________________, the enormous ice sheets that had covered much of northern America began to melt.​

A)12,500 BCE
B)8,000 BCE
C)5,000 BCE
D)1,000 BCE
E)500 BCE

Question 7

The category of gender is rooted in biology and is uniform across societies. 

Question 8

According to archaeologists, approximately when did the first humans arrive in America?​

A)75,000 BCE
B)41,000 BCE
C)12,500 BCE
D)60,000 BCE
E)2,500 BCE

Question 9

Which of the following was not a feature of the Archaic era?​

A)the development of sedentism in the final millennia of the era
B)more advanced tools and hunting technologies
C)the creation of vast empires
D)a continued reliance on hunting and gathering
E)different groups entering the Archaic era at different points in time

Question 10

The historic peoples of the Southeast, the Cados, Choctaw, Chickasaws, Cherokees, and Creeksemerged as some of the earliest civilizations within the Mississippian culture.

Question 11

Which of the following is true about Paleoindian settlement in the Americas?​

A)They moved south as the climate warmed.
B)They moved south to defeat the rival Indian tribes.​
C)They moved south as the temperatures dropped.
D)They sought assistance from the Inca and Aztec.
E)They moved south around 13,000 BCE.​

Question 12

The Anasazi were skilled stone masons who developed a culture similar to the Hohokam. 

Question 13

The most extensive American Indian empire was the Inca. 

Question 14

Nearly all the peoples of the Americas traded with neighbors for commodities they could not produce. 

Question 15

Throughout the Americas, all native groups lived in small villages of a few hundred people.

Question 16

Even after their decline and disappearance, cultural elements of the Adena and Hopewell​ could be found over much of eastern North America as a result of trade.

Question 17

During the Pleistocene Era, the land mass between Siberia and Alaska, also known as _________________ was exposed.​

A)Cahokia
B)Beringia
C)Clovis
D)Poverty Point
E)None of these are correct.

Question 18

Evidence about early Native American cultures comes mainly from​

A)material evidence.
B)human remains.
C)Carbon-14 dating.
D)All of these are correct.
E)None of these are correct.

Question 19

The analysis of ancient human bones suggests that agriculture caused a decline in health and nutrition among native groups. 

Question 20

Which of the following best explains the differences in the means of subsistence and lifestyles that emerged among Indian groups in the New World?

A)Different Indian groups developed diverse cultures as they adapted their means of subsistence to their needs, desires, and the environment in which they settled.
B)Native groups did not develop agriculture until after European contact in the fifteenth century.
C)The various tribes migrated to the Americas separately and came from widely divergent cultures.
D)Geographic barriers in the New world made interaction between different Indian tribes impossible.
E)None of these are correct.

Question 21

The Aleuts and Inuits​, also known as Eskimos __________________.

A)migrated from Siberia.
B)hunted fish, whales, opposes, seals, sea lions, and sea otters.
C)developed separate cultures with separate languages before settling in present-day Alaska.
D)had a society that was stratified into the rich, the ordinary, and the slaves.
E)All of these are correct.

Question 22

Which of the following is not true about kinship patterns in the Americas?​

A)People had their most enduring ties with members of their kinship groups than with their spouses.
B)Male leaders often had multiple wives.
C)Marriage was a means of ensuring that leadership would be centralized and passed to the offspring of ruling elites and families.
D)Kinship played a minor role in a person's identity.
E)All of these are correct.

Question 23

What was Poverty Point?​

A)It was an area in Central America that the Aztecs raided for slaves and food.
B)It was an area in present-day New Mexico and Arizona where various Indian tribes attempted to settle, but always failed because of a lack of rain.
C)It was a holy place in Maya culture where people could go to show their complete devotion to God.
D)It was a place in Beringia where the earliest settlements were established during the Archaic era.
E)None of these are correct.

Question 24

As hunter-gatherers, the California Indians relied mostly on

A)acorns.
B)maize.
C)squash.
D)beans,
E)None of these is correct.

Question 25

Which of the following was an effect of the gradual shift to agriculture?​

A)There was a shift in residential patterns.
B)There was a creation of material culture.
C)There was a change in the organization of work.
D)All of these are correct.
E)None of these are correct.

Question 26

The Plains Indians​

A)included the Oneota, Wichita, Pawnee, and Arikaras.
B)all lived under a unified political system and spoke the same language.
C)hunted the bison, although this source of food was undependable.
D)All of these are correct.
E)None of these are correct.

Question 27

The Chumash​

A)were a native group from California.
B)were only a few hundred in number.
C)had no gendered division of labor as both men and women hunted and gathered.
D)were an inland people so they built no boats or canoes.
E)All of these are correct.

Question 28

Which of the following is true about the natives of ancient California?​

A)They wove a stunning variety of baskets for different purposes, even carrying water.
B)They had sporadic warfare, typically motivated by competition for food resources.
C)They studied the heavens as skilled astronomers and mathematicians.
D)They traded with different tribes to obtain goods such as obsidian.
E)All of these are correct.

Question 29

Which of the following is not true about the native population of ancient California?​

A)It was dense, diverse, and decentralized.
B)Collectively, the natives of ancient California spoke more than 100 different languages.
C)The population had reached 300,000 to 350,000 by 1500 CE.
D)The population of ancient California was generally unsophisticated.
E)All of these are correct.

Question 30

The Hohokam​

A)had a population of more than one million at their peak.
B)were located in South America and were conquered by the Inca.
C)maintained their presence in the Sonoran desert continuously until present day.
D)constructed more than 200 ball courts, as the ball game was a means to bring communities together.
E)None of these are correct.

Question 31

Which of the following is true about the Mexica?​

A)They practiced human sacrifice but only rarely.
B)Huitzilopochtli, their principal deity, was the god of fertility and harmony.
C)They had a relatively small population of 100,000 people.
D)While they were advanced in other areas, they had no monumental architecture.
E)Their capital city of Tenochtitlán was the most populous outside of Asia.

Question 32

Which of the following is true about the subsistence and settlement patterns of the Plains Indians?​

A)The tribes of the Great Basin enacted laws that imposed strict limitations of the size of the band within each tribe.
B)The practice of human sacrifice significantly reduced the population of the bands and tribes of the Great Basin.
C)Groups would come together in the summer to hunt bison and would then disperse into groups of a few families in order to survive in the winter.
D)All Plains Indians were sedentary and relied little on hunting.
E)They lived in large, densely populated societies year round.

Question 33

Which of the following is true about the Maya?​

A)They practiced animal, but not human sacrifice.
B)They were a small, relatively unsophisticated population.
C)They lived in present-day Bolivia, Peru, and Ecuador.​
D)They had an advanced understanding of the stars and planets.
E)They had a large population, but never subjugated any groups.

Question 34

The Chinook​

A)depended on maize as a staple.
B)refused to practice slavery as it violated their religious ideals.
C)were the most prominent of the Pacific Northwest people.
D)were located in southern California.
E)lived in single family homes.

Question 35

Mexica society​

A)rose before the collapse of the Toltec state.
B)had no hierarchical social structure.
C)had no military.
D)All of these are correct.
E)None of these are correct.

Question 36

The ancient city of Teotihuacán

A)began to decline after 150 BCE.
B)had a population that never surpassed 10,000 residents.
C)had very little access to obsidian.
D)was a center for north-south commerce and highland-lowland trade.
E)All of these are correct.

Question 37

The Inca empire​

A)had its capital in Cuzco.
B)emerged in central Peru around 1200 CE.
C)was built on the conquest and subjugation of productive farming societies.
D)had a ruler believed to be divine.
E)All of these are correct.

Question 38

Which of the following is not true about the Inca?​

A)The state interfered little in the economy.
B)They had no formal writing system.
C)Conquered men were forced into the military.
D)They were skilled surgeons.
E)They had a well-organized empire.

Question 39

The Aztec are also known as the_________________

A)Toltec.
B)Maya.
C)Mexica.
D)Olmec.
E)Chimu.

Question 40

The Chinook​

A)lived at the center of a crucial trading zone.
B)depended heavily on salmon.
C)spoke a language that became the language of commerce across the Pacific Northwest.
D)practiced slavery.
E)All of these are correct.

Question 41

Which of the following would have been a responsibility of Iroquois women?​

A)fishing
B)trading
C)cultivating the land
D)diplomatic relations
E)All of these are correct.​

Question 42

The Woodlands

A)refers to the forests of the Amazon.
B)were inhabited by groups who were strictly hunter-gatherers.
C)had access to little variety in terms of naturally-occurring food sources.
D)were inhabited by a people who established some of the largest urban centers in ancient North America.
E)None of these are correct.

Question 43

Cahokia is located right outside modern-day​

A)Chicago.
B)Kansas City.
C)St. Louis.
D)New Orleans.
E)Tuscaloosa.

Question 44

Longhouses were​

A)single-family homes.
B)shared by members of a clan who shared a common female ancestor.​
C)the homes of Iroquois rulers.
D)the place where the Iroquois stored their maize for winter.
E)the place where rulers from the different Iroquois nations would meet.

Question 45

The Lapita explorers​

A)helped to settle the region known as Baja California.
B)originated from the mainland of North America.
C)took advantage of the variety of naturally-occurring plants and animals of the Hawaiian Islands.
D)migrated from the Marquesa Islands of the South Pacific.
E)established major population centers throughout Hawai'i.

Question 46

The Iroquoian peoples lived in present-day​

A)Michigan.
B)Illinois.
C)Massachusetts.
D)New York.
E)Pennsylvania.​

Question 47

The Adena and Hopewell began to decline around​

A)1500 CE.
B)400 CE.
C)800 CE.
D)10,000 BCE.
E)1100 CE.

Question 48

Cahokia began to decline around

A)1,000 CE.
B)1,500 CE.
C)600 CE.
D)400 CE.
E)1,300 CE.

Question 49

Which of the following is not true about the native population of Hawai'i?​

A)They worshipped Lono, the god of fertility and reproduction.
B)They did not live in major populations centers, but were rather dispersed across the land.
C)They used canoes to travel along the coast.
D)They built temples and shrines out of stone.
E)They used wheeled vehicles to travel overland.

Question 50

Which of the following is not true about the Pensacola, Calusa and Guale?​

A)They relied on farming significantly.
B)They were not associated with the Southeastern Ceremonial Complex.
C)They were organized into chiefdoms.
D)They lived in settlements smaller than Cahokia.
E)They were part of the Southeastern Woodlands people.

Question 51

The Adena and Hopewell cultures emerged from the Valley of the ______​__________

A)Potomac River.
B)Ohio River.
C)Columbia River.
D)Missouri River.
E)Arkansas River.​

Question 52

Which of the following is not a true statement about the Hopewell?​

A)The built large, geometric, earthen mounds.
B)They lived in small, agricultural settlements.
C)They were skilled in producing textiles and ceramics.
D)They traded only with local societies and groups.
E)All of these are correct.

Question 53

Which of the following is true about the Algonquian speakers?  ​

A)They included the Massachusetts, Wampanoags, Narragansetts, and Lenapes.
B)They lived in dome-shaped houses made of bent saplings covered with mats of hides.
C)Limited food sources and harsh winters kept their numbers low.
D)They had a vast knowledge of plants and animal behaviors that enabled them to subsist in a demanding and variable seasonal climate.
E)All of these are correct.

Question 54

Which of the following is not true about Algonquian speakers in New England and the mid-Atlantic?​

A)They had small populations.
B)The built permanent towns.
C)Coastal Algonquians hunted seals and whales in the summer.
D)In the winter, Northern family groups moved inland and hunted large game such as deer, moose, and elk.
E)They settled in seasonal camps.​

Question 55

Among the Iroquoian speakers,

A)children inherited their father's property.
B)in old age, individuals often counted on their nieces and nephews for support rather than their own children.
C)married couples typically resided with the groom's parents.
D)men spent more time in and around the villages than women.
E)None of these are correct.

Question 56

The Iroquois Confederacy was also known as the

A)Woodlands Confederation.
B)League of the Five Nations.
C)League of the Southeastern Nations.
D)Northern Chiefdoms.
E)None of these are correct.

Question 57

Which of the following was an Algonquian-speaking group?​

A)Haudenosaunee
B)Iroquois
C)Creek
D)Shawnee
E)Mohawk

Question 58

Which of the following is true about the Mississippians?​

A)They did not build mounds like the Adena and Hopewell.
B)They depended little on the cultivation of maize.
C)The building of Cahokia coincided with a major cooling trend that brought about a temporary ice age.
D)The had a small and scattered population.
E)They were at the center of a major trade network.

Question 59

Southeastern societies​

A)were organized as chiefdoms.
B)produced many items for export and trade.
C)shared cultural traits with Mesoamerican and Cahokian groups.
D)were hierarchical societies and had a total population of about 10,000.
E)All of these are correct.

Question 60

The decline and abandonment of Cahokia most likely coincided with​

A)warfare from invading groups.
B)European contact.
C)a rise in temperatures.
D)a cooler climate that reduced maize harvests.
E)None of these are correct.​

Question 61

Talk about:  Bering Land Bridge​

Question 62

Talk about:  agriculture​

Question 63

Talk about:  bison​

Question 64

Talk about:  Poverty Point​

Question 65

Talk about:  sedentism​

Question 66

Talk about:  Beringia

Question 67

Talk about: Homo erectus

Question 68

Talk about:  arid?

Question 69

Talk about:  herbivores

Question 70

Talk about:  Paleoindians

Question 71

Talk about:  hunter-gatherers​

Question 72

Talk about:  atlatl

Question 73

Talk about:  Homo sapiens

Question 74

Talk about:  Pleistocene

Question 75

Talk about:  Homo sapiens sapiens

Question 76

Talk about:  Mesoamerica?

Question 77

Talk about: Clovis Points

Question 78

Talk about:  Archaic period

Question 79

Talk about:  maize?

Question 80

Talk about:  megafauna​