Deck 7: The Agrarian Revolution in the Americas

Question 1

The Clovis culture

A) used large spearheads.
B) hunted only small game.
C) do not appear to have used animal hides.
D) had no small tools.
E) All of the options are correct.

Answer 1

used large spearheads.

Question 2

Discoveries of tool kits from the archaic Period indicate that

A) hunting and gathering had become less important that previously.
B) big game still provided a fair percentage of the people's food.
C) the people used specialized hunting and gathering tools.
D) tools from the period were designed more for processing plants than for use on animals.
E) people did not eat animals such as mice, rats, and snakes.

Answer 2

tools from the period were designed more for processing plants than for use on animals.

Question 3

Before the American Southwest was desert,it was

A) swampland.
B) tundra.
C) grassland.
D) rain forest.
E) hilly.

Answer 3

grassland.

Question 4

In the Americas,maize (corn)

A) replaced beans as the foundation of the native diet.
B) was, along with chiles and pumpkins, one of the earliest cultivated foods.
C) became domesticated at Tehuacán, near modern Mexico City, about 1500 B.C.E.
D) was cultivated in pits dug into the ground.
E) Both B and D.

Question 5

Descendants of the first wave of Asian migrants to the New World probably settled as far as

A) the American Southwest.
B) eastern Canada.
C) Alaska.
D) southern South America.
E) Mexico City.

Question 6

Olmec civilization apparently contained all of the following features EXCEPT

A) pyramids.
B) advanced agriculture.
C) a complex system used for record keeping.
D) iron smelting for weaponry.
E) stonework that rivaled some Egyptian stonework.

Question 7

Which of these was least important as a part of Andean religion?

A) river spirits
B) blood sacrifices
C) reverence for ancestors
D) kipu cords
E) acceptance of rulers as demigods.

Question 8

Explain the role of the environment on American civilizations.

Question 9

Beringia connected Northeast Asia with present day

A) Argentina.
B) Peru.
C) Oregon.
D) Alaska.
E) British Columbia.

Question 10

Trace the development of agriculture in the Americas.

Question 11

Elaborate on the significant feature of early American beliefs.

Question 12

In what major ways did North American and South American civilizations differ?

Question 13

The climate of Paleoindian America was ____ than it is today.

A) warmer
B) milder.
C) drier.
D) cooler.
E) Both A and B.

Question 14

Elaborate on the significance of climatic change on the prehistory of the Americas.

Question 15

The Native American civilizations of the Archaic Period

A) probably ate small animals.
B) had no social structure.
C) were sedentary.
D) were very homogenous.
E) appear to have no reverence for nature.

Question 16

The Clovis culture was

A) the earliest hunting culture of which we have evidence.
B) a hunting-gathering culture that arose in central Mexico.
C) the originator of the use of the atlatl.
D) the first group of migrants to the New World.
E) begun during the Archaic Period, when finding sufficient fruits and berries became problematic.

Question 17

Which of the following statements was true of Pre-Columbian Peru?

A) The El Niño effect usually improved fishing prospects for the year.
B) The inhabitants established early on a major cotton textile industry.
C) Early Peruvians isolated themselves from trade and exchange with outsiders.
D) Food shortages were often worse in Peru than in Mesoamerica, due to more mountainous terrain.
E) Earliest settlers to the area appeared along the rivers flowing from the Peruvian mountains.

Question 18

Compare and contrast what is known of Woodland,Mesoamerican,and Andean civilizations.

Question 19

The ancestors of Native Americans today

A) are known as Amerindians.
B) originated in northeast Asia.
C) migrated across a land bridge.
D) All of the options are correct.
E) None of the options are correct.

Question 20

Monte Verde poses a problem for scholars because

A) it dates back too early, 12000 BC.
B) there are few artifacts.
C) there are no written records.
D) it appears there was no real culture there.
E) None of the options are correct.

Question 21

Mesoamerica has which of the following geographic features?

A) Amazon River
B) Grand Canyon
C) Andes Mountains
D) Mississippi River
E) Sierra Madre Mountains

Question 22

The earliest Mesoamerican cultures were located

A) in the Central Valley of Mexico.
B) in Mexico's river valleys.
C) in Guatemala's rain forest.
D) in southern Mexico.
E) at the convergence of the Eastern and Western Sierra Madres.

Question 23

Folsom culture spear implements are called ____________________.

Question 24

Folsom points are associated with

A) big game hunting.
B) New Mexico.
C) hunting and gathering societies.
D) atlatls.
E) the agricultural revolution.

Question 25

Early Neolithic Native Americans lived in ____________________.

Question 26

Chavin de Wantar,the Chavin capital,was foremost

A) a center for religious rituals.
B) a regional trade center.
C) a source of turquoise.
D) All of the options are correct.
E) None of the options are correct.

Question 27

Our knowledge of Andean societies is speculative because

A) there was no writing.
B) there are few archaeological sites.
C) there are no artifacts, only written records.
D) the geography is too difficult to navigate today.
E) None of the options are correct.

Question 28

The most significant achievement of the Chavin,according to scholars today,was

A) their procurement of food.
B) political centralization.
C) road networks that connected North and South America.
D) economic development.
E) None of the options are correct.

Question 29

Andean civilizations raised ____________________ and llamas for food.

Question 30

The Archaic Period is marked by

A) iron smelting.
B) use of draft animals.
C) extinction of megafauna.
D) warmer climate.
E) the growing importance of the written and spoken languages.

Question 31

The Chavin cult

A) had a powerful military.
B) unified Peru and Chile.
C) made widespread use of the llama.
D) had a jaguar deity.
E) All of the options are correct.

Question 32

The Adena culture

A) was the most significant Woodland Civilization.
B) are known for burial practices.
C) relied on forest animals for food.
D) used bows and arrows.
E) All of the options are correct.

Question 33

The trade networks of the Americas

A) disseminated goods.
B) facilitated cultural exchange.
C) linked the Olmec and Chavin.
D) All of the options are correct.
E) None of the options are correct.

Question 34

The most important crop in the Americas was

A) the potato.
B) squash.
C) cacao.
D) maize.
E) the chili pepper.

Question 35

Monte Verde is located in present day ____________________.

Question 36

The Woodland Civilizations were located

A) north of the Rio Grande River.
B) in southern Mexico.
C) in Central America.
D) on the Pacific coastline.
E) deep within the Amazon rainforest.

Question 37

The second wave of migrants to North America probably

A) came from Southeast Asia by boat.
B) settled in western Canada.
C) came from northeast Asia.
D) were ancestors of the Inuit Eskimo peoples.
E) moved across southern Canada as far as the Great Lakes region.

Question 38

Which of the following was not true of the Olmec civilization?

A) The Olmecs developed a vast trade network extending as far south as Costa Rica.
B) Olmec religion centered on the worship of feline gods.
C) The Olmec were known for their highly developed masonry skills, as evidenced in the Great Pyramid.
D) The Olmec were the most advanced of the Pre-Columbian Amerindians.
E) The Olmec left behind large stone sculptures of heads, leaving us to ponder their purpose.

Question 39

The Olmec are believed to have had which of the following types of government?

A) Democracy
B) Oligarchy
C) Monarchy
D) Republic
E) Theocracy

Question 40

Which of the following was not part of Olmec society?

A) Elites
B) Priestly class
C) Slaves
D) Peasants
E) Both C and D.

Question 41

The ____________________ was a large,notched,leaf-shaped spearhead used to kill large animals.

Question 42

The animal revered most by the Olmecs was the ____________________.

Question 43

The earliest known Pre-Columbian civilization was that of the ____________________.

Question 44

____________________ was the land bridge connecting Asia and North America during the last Ice Age.

Question 45

Peruvian ____________________ were extremely important to Andean societies.

Question 46

The Andean knotted cords used for calculating numerical data are known as ____________________.