The American People, Concise, 7e (Nash)
Chapter 1 Ancient America and Africa
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1) Many ancient humans migrated to the Americas over a
A) wooden bridge.
B) land bridge.
C) volcanic crater.
D) cobblestone road.
Answer: B
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 3
Skill: Factual
Topic: The People of America Before Columbus
2) As a result of the development of agriculture in the Americas, the members of native tribes
A) abandoned regional trading networks.
B) engaged solely in agricultural tasks.
C) lost faith in religious leaders.
D) grew in numbers and founded separate societies.
Answer: D
Diff: 3 Page Ref: 4-5
Skill: Interpretive
Topic: The People of America Before Columbus
3) The Spanish encountered the Aztec people in Mexico in the year
,A) 1492.
B) 1519.
C) 1545.
D) 1619.
Answer: B
Diff: 3 Page Ref: 5
Skill: Factual
Topic: The People of America Before Columbus
4) The Aztecs, one of the Meso-American empires, created a(n)
A) empire that controlled a population estimated at between 10 and 20 million people.
B) highly stratified society.
C) capital city that amazed the Spanish with its grandeur.
D) sophisticated agricultural system.
Answer: D
Diff: 3 Page Ref: 5
Skill: Interpretive
Topic: The People of America Before Columbus
5) The Pueblo people of the American Southwest, encountered by the Spanish in the 1540s,
,A) built ceremonial mounds on which to worship their gods.
B) failed to develop agricultural techniques suitable for their arid environment.
C) used irrigation canals, dams, and hillside terracing to water their arid maize fields.
D) made their clothing and utensils from buffalo hides and bones.
Answer: C
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 5-6
Skill: Interpretive
Topic: The People of America Before Columbus
6) In the seventeenth century, European explorers in the Mississippi and Ohio valleys were
amazed to find
A) the remnants of ancient European visitors.
B) Native Americans living as forest primitives.
C) hundreds of large ceremonial mounds.
D) a highly developed and far-flung Indian society.
Answer: C
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 7
Skill: Interpretive
Topic: The People of America Before Columbus
7) Archaeological studies of the Mound Builders suggest that Native American
A) loss of population and land accompanying the western migration of Europeans was inevitable.
B) settlements of the Atlantic seaboard represented the highest levels of pre-Columbian
development.
C) culture remained static for thousands of years before Europeans arrived.
D) societies participated in a vast trading network that linked villages across the continent.
Answer: D
, Diff: 3 Page Ref: 7
Skill: Interpretive
Topic: The People of America Before Columbus
8) In which of the following categories did the Iroquois practice a communal lifestyle?
A) work
B) land use
C) hunting
D) All of the above.
Answer: D
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 9
Skill: Interpretive
Topic: The People of America Before Columbus
9) The Little Ice Age impacted native societies in the Americas in all of the following ways
EXCEPT:
A) Native peoples abandoned urban centers.
B) Native societies became less populous.
C) Native societies became less centralized.
D) Native women lost power.
Answer: D
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 9
Skill: Interpretive
Topic: The People of America Before Columbus
10) The results of creating a more cohesive political confederacy for the Iroquois included
A) losing hunting grounds to neighboring tribes.
Chapter 1 Ancient America and Africa
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1) Many ancient humans migrated to the Americas over a
A) wooden bridge.
B) land bridge.
C) volcanic crater.
D) cobblestone road.
Answer: B
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 3
Skill: Factual
Topic: The People of America Before Columbus
2) As a result of the development of agriculture in the Americas, the members of native tribes
A) abandoned regional trading networks.
B) engaged solely in agricultural tasks.
C) lost faith in religious leaders.
D) grew in numbers and founded separate societies.
Answer: D
Diff: 3 Page Ref: 4-5
Skill: Interpretive
Topic: The People of America Before Columbus
3) The Spanish encountered the Aztec people in Mexico in the year
,A) 1492.
B) 1519.
C) 1545.
D) 1619.
Answer: B
Diff: 3 Page Ref: 5
Skill: Factual
Topic: The People of America Before Columbus
4) The Aztecs, one of the Meso-American empires, created a(n)
A) empire that controlled a population estimated at between 10 and 20 million people.
B) highly stratified society.
C) capital city that amazed the Spanish with its grandeur.
D) sophisticated agricultural system.
Answer: D
Diff: 3 Page Ref: 5
Skill: Interpretive
Topic: The People of America Before Columbus
5) The Pueblo people of the American Southwest, encountered by the Spanish in the 1540s,
,A) built ceremonial mounds on which to worship their gods.
B) failed to develop agricultural techniques suitable for their arid environment.
C) used irrigation canals, dams, and hillside terracing to water their arid maize fields.
D) made their clothing and utensils from buffalo hides and bones.
Answer: C
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 5-6
Skill: Interpretive
Topic: The People of America Before Columbus
6) In the seventeenth century, European explorers in the Mississippi and Ohio valleys were
amazed to find
A) the remnants of ancient European visitors.
B) Native Americans living as forest primitives.
C) hundreds of large ceremonial mounds.
D) a highly developed and far-flung Indian society.
Answer: C
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 7
Skill: Interpretive
Topic: The People of America Before Columbus
7) Archaeological studies of the Mound Builders suggest that Native American
A) loss of population and land accompanying the western migration of Europeans was inevitable.
B) settlements of the Atlantic seaboard represented the highest levels of pre-Columbian
development.
C) culture remained static for thousands of years before Europeans arrived.
D) societies participated in a vast trading network that linked villages across the continent.
Answer: D
, Diff: 3 Page Ref: 7
Skill: Interpretive
Topic: The People of America Before Columbus
8) In which of the following categories did the Iroquois practice a communal lifestyle?
A) work
B) land use
C) hunting
D) All of the above.
Answer: D
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 9
Skill: Interpretive
Topic: The People of America Before Columbus
9) The Little Ice Age impacted native societies in the Americas in all of the following ways
EXCEPT:
A) Native peoples abandoned urban centers.
B) Native societies became less populous.
C) Native societies became less centralized.
D) Native women lost power.
Answer: D
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 9
Skill: Interpretive
Topic: The People of America Before Columbus
10) The results of creating a more cohesive political confederacy for the Iroquois included
A) losing hunting grounds to neighboring tribes.
