HIUS 221 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS &
COMPREHENSIVE ANSWERS PASSED
ALREADY GRADED A+
approximately how many natives resided in America by 1492? - Correct Answer ✔✔ 58
- 113 Million people
Which of the following cultures flourished during the pre-Columbian era in the lands of
the present day United States? - Correct Answer ✔✔ Anasazi and Mississippi River
Valley Cultures
What did the Treaty of Tordesillas determine in 1494? - Correct Answer ✔✔ It divided
newly discovered lands between the Portuguese and Spanish and was arbitrated by the
Pope
Prince Henry the Navigator set up navigation schools and encouraged exploration for
which country? - Correct Answer ✔✔ Portugal
Chapter 1: 38,000 BC - 1550 - Correct Answer ✔✔
The network of land routes between Europe and Asia was known as what? - Correct
Answer ✔✔ The Silk Road
- Ran through Constantinople
15th Century - Correct Answer ✔✔ With the loss of the Silk Road and the rise of stable
nations, Europeans monarchies were looking for new wealth and ways to trade.
mid-fifteenth - through late-sixteenth-century Europe, men and women primarily
engaged in.... - Correct Answer ✔✔ agricultural labor
Men: created buildings, planted, harvested crops
Women: helped during crucial harvesting season, raised kids, domestic chores,
prepped food and preserved food.
Nation-State - Correct Answer ✔✔ Historically, the European nation-state began to
emerge during the Age of Exploration, providing a stable foundation for the actions of
exploration.
Age of Exploration - Correct Answer ✔✔ The period from c. 1450 to 1600 when
European navigators discovered and charted new lands to the West and East
Aztec Empire - Correct Answer ✔✔ Developed a society based on military strength
, Aztec Civilization - Correct Answer ✔✔ - 1200
- primarily an agricultural civilization
- gained wealth and power by conquering neighboring societies
- empire extended across Mexico, from Gulf Coast to Pacific Ocean
- rule lasted 300 yrs before they were conquered by the Spanish
- practiced human sacrifice
Maya - Correct Answer ✔✔ Developed an economy based partly on trade
Mayan Civilization - Correct Answer ✔✔ - developed around 1200 BC, peak between
300 and 900 AD
- Built cities, developed principles of agriculture
- est. trade routes between states in the empire
- more than 50 cities
- writing, mathematics, and science
Algonquian Societies - Correct Answer ✔✔ Included the tribes Lenapes and the
Powhatan
- divided by gender
- women were responsible for agriculture
- men were largely responsible for hunting
- in Algonquian Tribes, a man was the leader aka sachem
Natice American Societies - Correct Answer ✔✔ The ones located in the eastern
woodlands were primarily based on ag supplemented by hunting, fishing, and gathering
Algonquin and Iroquois Societies - Correct Answer ✔✔ Women:
- responsible for agricultural and domestic tasks
- built homes, raised kids, cooked, and made clothes
Men:
- responsible for hunting and fishing
- protecting the tribe
Iroquois Confederacy (1550) - Correct Answer ✔✔ Indian group located in central New
York State. Five tribes:
Mohawks
Oneidas
Onondagas
Cayugas
Senecas
Southwest Native Americans - Correct Answer ✔✔ Hohokam
Anasazi
Pueblo
all had complex agricultural practices
COMPREHENSIVE ANSWERS PASSED
ALREADY GRADED A+
approximately how many natives resided in America by 1492? - Correct Answer ✔✔ 58
- 113 Million people
Which of the following cultures flourished during the pre-Columbian era in the lands of
the present day United States? - Correct Answer ✔✔ Anasazi and Mississippi River
Valley Cultures
What did the Treaty of Tordesillas determine in 1494? - Correct Answer ✔✔ It divided
newly discovered lands between the Portuguese and Spanish and was arbitrated by the
Pope
Prince Henry the Navigator set up navigation schools and encouraged exploration for
which country? - Correct Answer ✔✔ Portugal
Chapter 1: 38,000 BC - 1550 - Correct Answer ✔✔
The network of land routes between Europe and Asia was known as what? - Correct
Answer ✔✔ The Silk Road
- Ran through Constantinople
15th Century - Correct Answer ✔✔ With the loss of the Silk Road and the rise of stable
nations, Europeans monarchies were looking for new wealth and ways to trade.
mid-fifteenth - through late-sixteenth-century Europe, men and women primarily
engaged in.... - Correct Answer ✔✔ agricultural labor
Men: created buildings, planted, harvested crops
Women: helped during crucial harvesting season, raised kids, domestic chores,
prepped food and preserved food.
Nation-State - Correct Answer ✔✔ Historically, the European nation-state began to
emerge during the Age of Exploration, providing a stable foundation for the actions of
exploration.
Age of Exploration - Correct Answer ✔✔ The period from c. 1450 to 1600 when
European navigators discovered and charted new lands to the West and East
Aztec Empire - Correct Answer ✔✔ Developed a society based on military strength
, Aztec Civilization - Correct Answer ✔✔ - 1200
- primarily an agricultural civilization
- gained wealth and power by conquering neighboring societies
- empire extended across Mexico, from Gulf Coast to Pacific Ocean
- rule lasted 300 yrs before they were conquered by the Spanish
- practiced human sacrifice
Maya - Correct Answer ✔✔ Developed an economy based partly on trade
Mayan Civilization - Correct Answer ✔✔ - developed around 1200 BC, peak between
300 and 900 AD
- Built cities, developed principles of agriculture
- est. trade routes between states in the empire
- more than 50 cities
- writing, mathematics, and science
Algonquian Societies - Correct Answer ✔✔ Included the tribes Lenapes and the
Powhatan
- divided by gender
- women were responsible for agriculture
- men were largely responsible for hunting
- in Algonquian Tribes, a man was the leader aka sachem
Natice American Societies - Correct Answer ✔✔ The ones located in the eastern
woodlands were primarily based on ag supplemented by hunting, fishing, and gathering
Algonquin and Iroquois Societies - Correct Answer ✔✔ Women:
- responsible for agricultural and domestic tasks
- built homes, raised kids, cooked, and made clothes
Men:
- responsible for hunting and fishing
- protecting the tribe
Iroquois Confederacy (1550) - Correct Answer ✔✔ Indian group located in central New
York State. Five tribes:
Mohawks
Oneidas
Onondagas
Cayugas
Senecas
Southwest Native Americans - Correct Answer ✔✔ Hohokam
Anasazi
Pueblo
all had complex agricultural practices
