Deck 13: The Story of Maize: Early Farmers in the Americas

Question 1

Plants domesticated in the New World include __________.

A) maize, chili peppers, and tobacco
B) chili peppers, wheat, and tomatoes
C) tobacco, tomatoes, and wheat
D) sorghum, wheat, and maize

Answer 1

A

Question 2

The New World peoples domesticated all of the following animals EXCEPT __________.

A) cattle
B) dogs
C) llamas
D) turkeys

Answer 2

A

Question 3

The triumvirate of food crops in the Americas is __________.

A) beans, potatoes, and chili peppers
B) maize, beans, and potatoes
C) maize, squash, and tobacco
D) maize, beans, and squash

Answer 3

D

Question 4

The wild grass thought to be ancestral to maize is __________.

A) cilantro
B) teosinte
C) corn
D) leren

Question 5

Differences between the wild ancestor and domesticated maize include characteristics that __________.

A) allow maize to grow in wetter and warmer climates
B) allow maize to grow year round
C) make maize easier to thresh
D) make maize self pollinating

Question 6

The earliest evidence of maize domestication comes from __________.

A) Chaco Canyon, New Mexico
B) the Tehuacán Valley in southern Mexico
C) Huaca Prieta, Peru
D) Hopewell culture in Illinois

Question 7

Evidence from San Marcos Cave supports maize domestication as far back as __________.

A) 2400 B. C.
B) 5000 B. C.
C) 4200 B. C.
D) 3600 B. C.

Question 8

In the Andes five species of plants and animals were important domesticates. Which of the following is NOT one of these species?

A) quinoa
B) taro
C) llama
D) potato

Question 9

Irrigation farming on the Peruvian coast occurred as early as __________.

A) 7000 B. C.
B) 5000 B. C.
C) 3000 B. C.
D) 1000 B. C.

Question 10

People at the site of __________ on the north coast of Peru were skilled cotton weavers who devised a sophisticated art style with animal, human, and geometric designs.

A) Cochise
B) Huaca Prieta
C) Paloma
D) Asana

Question 11

Maize was introduced into the American Southwest around __________.

A) 5000 to 4500 B. C.
B) 4000 to 3500 B. C.
C) 3000 to 2500 B. C.
D) 2000 to 1500 B. C.

Question 12

__________ was a new type of maize developed in the American Southwest; it was more productive and flowered earlier.

A) Maiz de ocho
B) Chapalote
C) Teosinte
D) Quinoa

Question 13

Beans are important to the triumvirate of crops because __________.

A) they add nitrogen, which is depleted by maize, to the soil
B) they provide carbohydrates to the farmers
C) they were the main part of people's diet prior to the domestication of maize
D) they add phosphorous to the soil

Question 14

The Ancestral Pueblo tradition is ancestral to modern Pueblo Native Americans such as the __________.

A) Cherokee
B) Hopi
C) Comanche
D) Maya

Question 15

The site of Casas Grandes in Chihuahua, Mexico, shows the trading relationship with the __________ culture, who lived in what is now southern Arizona.

A) Hopewell
B) Mogollon
C) Hohokam
D) Ancestral Pueblo

Question 16

The largest complex at Chaco Canyon could have housed more than __________.

A) 7000 people
B) 5000 people
C) 3000 people
D) 1000 people

Question 17

Roads at Chaco Canyon are likely __________.

A) trading routes
B) representations of Pueblo cosmology
C) routes connecting related villages
D) routes to sources of raw materials

Question 18

A site mentioned in the book that is located under cliff overhangs (cliff dwellings) is __________.

A) Mesa Verde
B) Chaco Canyon
C) Casas Grandes
D) Adena

Question 19

Moundbuilder cultures began in eastern North America after __________.

A) A.D. 1000
B) 1000 B.C.
C) 5000 B.C.
D) 2000 B.C.

Question 20

The mounds constructed by the Moundbuilders were used __________.

A) to serve as outlook posts
B) as burial mounds
C) to plant maize on top
D) as foundations for the chief's house

Question 21

The first moundbuilding culture of eastern North America was the __________.

A) Anasazi
B) Hopewell
C) Adena
D) Mississippian

Question 22

Burial mounds of the __________ were much more elaborate than the Adena.

A) Anasazi
B) Hopewell
C) Mississippian
D) Chacoans

Question 23

The text describes ceremonial artifacts found in Hopewell burial mounds. These artifacts were NOT made out of which of the following materials?

A) jade
B) copper
C) soapstone
D) mica

Question 24

Maize cultivation spread through eastern North America between __________.

A) 500 and 100 B.C.
B) 100 B.C. and A.D. 300
C) A.D. 800 to 1200
D) A.D. 1400 to 1800

Question 25

Archaeologist James Knight has suggested three cults in Mississippian societies. Which of the following is NOT one of the three cults?

A) sun god cult
B) chiefly warfare cult
C) earth/fertility cult
D) ancestor worship cult

Question 26

The site of __________ in eastern North America became a political center and had population growth after A.D. 1050.

A) Moundville
B) Adena
C) Hopewell
D) Cahokia

Question 27

Status differences at Cahokia are indicated by all BUT which of the following?

A) elaborate burials
B) large houses
C) hieroglyphs signifying chiefs and kings
D) sacrificial victims associated with some burials

Question 28

Which wild grass is believed to be ancestral to maize? What are some of the differences between this wild grass and maize?

Question 29

Discuss the three cults that archaeologist James Knight believes were in Mississippian culture.

Question 30

Analyze the ideas surrounding the developments in Chaco Canyon including the large structure known as Pueblo Bonito and its possible function as a Middle Place.