

Which one of the following is the RESULT of the other three?
A. migration from Asia
B. Pleistocene ice age
C. Beringia
D. large mammals
ANSWER: A


Excavations of Folsom and Plano kill sites have shown that their communities
A. were growing in complexity and division of labor.
B. lacked cooperation and unity for large tasks.
C. were highly stratified and hierarchical.
D. depended more on farming than hunting technology.
ANSWER: A


Pueblo Bonito is to the Anasazi as Cahokia is to the:
A. Hohokam.
B. Mississippian.
C. Algonquians.
D. Athapascans.
ANSWER: B


Megafauna included all of the following except:
A. bison
B. mammoth
C. camel
D. tiger
ANSWER: D


The final wave of Beringia migrants were the:
A. Plano
B. Athapascans
C. Folsom
D. Aleuts
ANSWER: B


Desert Culture included all of the following except:
A. foraging of plant foods
B. pursuit of small game
C. pursuit of megafauna
D. housing and shelter in caves
ANSWER: C


Forest efficiency did not include
A. burning woodlands
B. fishing
C. hunting
D. organized agriculture
ANSWER: D


Which of the following was not true of Indian women?
A. They lost their children in divorce.
B. They could induce abortions.
C. They determined the timing of pregnancy.
D. They could use herbs to ease childbirth pains.
ANSWER: A


Hopewell chiefs acquired all of the following in trade except:
A. obsidian
B. copper
C. slaves
D. mica
ANSWER: C


The urban heart of Mississippian America was:
A. Cahokia
B. Spiro
C. Moundville
D. Folsom
ANSWER: A


According to the migration hypothesis, the people Columbus mistakenly called Indians came from?
A. Africa
B. Israel
C. Asia
D. Northern Europe
ANSWER: C


Which one of the following does NOT describe a new technology or crop that affected the development of Native Americans in North America?
A. Clovis point
B. northern Flint
C. kiva
D. wheat
ANSWER: D


Which one of the following was the CAUSE of the other three?
A. global warming 15,000 years ago
B. distinct North American climatic regions
C. ending of the Pleistocene
D. stress on large mammals
ANSWER: A


Which one of the following is NOT a significant New World settlement?
A. Mayans
B. Bulgars
C. Aztecs
D. Toltecs
ANSWER: B


The primary function of a ruling council in a farming community was to
A. conduct warfare against other tribes.
B. supervise the economy.
C. prevent crime.
D. divide property among the clans.
ANSWER: B


Which one of the following best describes a kiva?
A. burial mound of Hopewell mortuary cult
B. Hohokam ball-playing court with surrounding religious platform mound
C. Pueblo impersonations of ancestral, sacred spirits
D. Anasazi subterranean crop storehouse and religious center
ANSWER: D


Which one has the LEAST in common with the other three?
A. longhouses
B. rancheria
C. pueblo
D. kachina
ANSWER: D


One commonalty between the Creek, Chickasaw, Cherokee and Iroquois was a/an
A. cultural pattern of confederacies.
B. patrilineal system of reckoning descent.
C. elaborate system of class, priests and monarchy.
D. living in small villages with little fortification.
ANSWER: A


If you were sent to negotiate with the Five Iroquois Nations, you would be meeting with
A. Mohawks, Oneidas, Onondaga, Cayugas, and Senecas.
B. Mimacs, Crees, Motagnacs, Ojibwas, and Hurons.
C. Choctaws, Chickasaws, Creeks, Cherokees, and Natchez.
D. Clovis, Folsom, Plano, Inupiats and Aleuts.
ANSWER: A


The Cherokee, Iroquois and Algonquian had this in common:
A. matrilineal descent
B. the longhouse
C. confederacy organization
D. sedentary communities
ANSWER: C


Which one of the following describes the correct chronological order of these events?  (1) Hopewell               (3) Iroquois Confederacy   (2) Clovis                 (4) high point of Anasazi & Mississippian
A. 1,2,3,4
B. 2,1,4,3
C. 4,2,3,1
D. 3,4,1,2
ANSWER: B


The oldest fossil evidence of humans in the Americas dates from
A. 50,000 B.C.E.
B. 35,000 B.C.E.
C. 25,000 B.C.E.
D. 10,000 B.C.E.
ANSWER: C


The founding of Oraibi by the Hopi in C.E. 11-50 marks the
A. first cultivation of plants in North America.
B. beginnings of Northern flint.
C. first settled communities.
D. oldest town in North America.
ANSWER: D


Beringia refers to the
A. narrow corridor through the immense Northern glaciers.
B. earlier land connection between Asia and North America.
C. first settled group of Indians in the Yukon basin.
D. earliest evidence of human habitation in the United States.
ANSWER: A


Which one of the following North American regions had low population density in 1500?
A. Great Plains
B. South
C. California
D. Northwest
ANSWER: A


The oldest continually occupied town in the United States was founded in:
A. 650
B. 1000
C. 1150
D. 1451
ANSWER: C


Desert Farmers included all of the following except:
A. Pimas
B. Apaches
C. Pueblos
D. Yumans
ANSWER: B


Which of the following tribes was found primarily in modern Louisiana?
A. Natchez
B. Pueblos
C. Cherokees
D. Navajos
ANSWER: A


Indians in North America lived in isolated hunting bands.
A. True
B. False
ANSWER: B


Clovis bands were mobile communities.
A. True
B. False
ANSWER: A


The final wave of Beringia migrants were the Athapascans.
A. True
B. False
ANSWER: A


Teotihuacan had a highly specialized division of labor.
A. True
B. False
ANSWER: A


Farming created the basis for limited social complexity within the Indian community.
A. True
B. False
ANSWER: B


Farming communities were far more complex than foraging communities.
A. True
B. False
ANSWER: A


The bow and arrow developed on the Great Plains.
A. True
B. False
ANSWER: A


Warfare among the Indian peoples did not predate the colonial era.
A. True
B. False
ANSWER: B


The Pueblos occupy the oldest continuously occupied towns in the United States.
A. True
B. False
ANSWER: A


The Cherokee traced their lineage patrilineally.
A. True
B. False
ANSWER: B


Megafauna were large animals.
A. True
B. False
ANSWER: A


The United States encompasses three of the five classes of global climate.
A. True
B. False
ANSWER: B


Maize was not well suited for the American climate.
A. True
B. False
ANSWER: B


Mayan achievements included advanced writing and calendrical systems.
A. True
B. False
ANSWER: A


When North American Indians divorced, children generally remained with their fathers.
A. True
B. False
ANSWER: B


Kivas were typically used for community political rituals.
A. True
B. False
ANSWER: B


The earliest city states north of Mexico were Mississippian.
A. True
B. False
ANSWER: A


The population of the Western Hemisphere was about the same as Europe's on the eve of colonization.
A. True
B. False
ANSWER: A


The Natchez community was overseen by a ruler known as the Great Sun.
A. True
B. False
ANSWER: A


There were five Iroquois chiefdoms or nations.
A. True
B. False
ANSWER: A

