Ch01
Student: ___________________________________________________________________________
1. Most modern archeologists would agree that the earliest inhabitants of the Western Hemisphere came
from which of the following areas of the world?
A. Europe
B. South America
C. Asia
D. the Arctic
2. About 15,000 years ago BP, which land bridge was used by migrants to cross between Siberia and
Alaska?
A. Bering Strait
B. Alaskan Strait
C. Siberian Strait
D. Straits of Asia
3. Which group was the first to build cities in the New World?
A. Aztecs
B. Olmecs
C. Toltecs
D. Mayas
4. Both the Mogollon and the Hohokam peoples of the American Southwest tended to build their dwellings
near which of the following?
A. other villages
B. mountains
C. streams
D. sacred sites
5. Which of the following groups lived in what is now known as the Four Corners region of the United
States?
A. Woodlands
B. Hohokam
C. Ancestral Pueblo
D. Aztecs
6. The Mogollon, the Hohokam, and the Ancestral Pueblo were North American cultures from which region
of the United States?
A. Eastern Woodlands
B. Southwest
C. Great Plains
D. Great Basin
7. The Mississippian people were a culture from the
A. Eastern Woodlands.
B. Pacific Northwest.
C. Great Plains.
D. Great Basin.
8. The Numic-speaking peoples were from which geographic region?
A. Eastern Woodlands
B. Pacific Northwest
C. Great Plains
D. Great Basin
,9. Which of the following peoples lived in a society with deep divisions among nobles, commoners, and
slaves?
A. Subarctic
B. Pacific Northwest
C. Great Basin
D. Eastern Woodlands
10. The inhabitants of which region moved from their summer fishing camps to berry patches in the fall, and
to moose- and caribou-hunting groups in the winter?
A. Eastern Woodlands
B. Subarctic
C. Great Plains
D. Pacific Northwest
11. Recently, scholars have begun to find evidence of incredible manipulations of landscapes and
environments in the least likely of places,
A. the canyons of the Southwest.
B. the area now known as Mexico City.
C. the Amazon rainforest.
D. the Subarctic.
12. Which of the following, built around 1300, contained more than 2,000 rooms and had a water and
sewage-removal system?
A. Navajos
B. Ancestral Pueblo
C. Paquime
D. Pueblos
13. The Muskogean speakers rejected hierarchical societies in favor of egalitarian ones as they matured into
three great southeastern confederacies, the
A. Iroquois, Algonquian, and Mohawk.
B. Creek, Choctaw, and Chickasaw.
C. Chickasaw, Mohicans, and Iroquois.
D. Choctaw, Creek, and Apache.
14. The distinctive feature of Iroquois and Huron architecture was not the temple mound, but the
A. pueblo.
B. tipi.
C. longhouse.
D. wigwam.
15. The Algonquians were part of which cultural group?
A. Eastern Woodlands
B. Subarctic
C. Great Plains
D. Southwestern
16. One of the major logistical obstacles that hindered New World agriculture and advancement in
comparison to the Old World was
A. religion.
B. culture.
C. communication and technology.
D. illness.
17. In the 1830s and 1840s, Americans sought to drive Indians ________ of the Mississippi.
________________________________________
,18. Between 10,000 and 2,500 years ago, many regional ________ developed among the peoples of the
Americas.
________________________________________
19. People in Mesoamerica began domesticating ________ about 10,000 years ago.
________________________________________
20. Between the third and ninth centuries, the ________ empire founded some 50 urban centers scattered
throughout the Yucatán Peninsula, Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras.
________________________________________
21. The master potters of the American Southwest were the ________ people.
________________________________________
22. The ________ was a distinctive feature of Iroquois and Huron architecture.
________________________________________
23. The adoption of ________ gave people in the Southwest and the Eastern Woodlands the security
necessary to develop complex societies.
________________________________________
24. The ________ lived along the Atlantic seaboard and the Great Lakes, in communities smaller than those
of either the Muskogeans or the Iroquois.
________________________________________
25. The ________ were the first Native American peoples to play ball games, around 1500 BCE.
________________________________________
26. The Natchez practiced a form of kinship in which ________ owned land, tools, and even children.
________________________________________
27. Explain how early peoples evolved into stable and secure cultures.
28. Explain how the emergence of ecosystems made for ever greater biological diversity.
29. Compare and contrast the early cultures of ancient Mexico.
, 30. Describe the early cultures of the American Southwest.
31. Analyze the differences between the cultures of the Pacific Northwest and the other Native American
cultures in North America.
32. Analyze and explain the rise of agriculture and the worldwide spread of American crops.
33. Explain why Native Americans were largely spared the effects of most of the world's communicable
diseases until 1492.
34. Describe the Americas on the eve of contact with European civilizations.
35. In an evolutionary context, why were Native Americans at a disadvantage compared to Europeans?
Student: ___________________________________________________________________________
1. Most modern archeologists would agree that the earliest inhabitants of the Western Hemisphere came
from which of the following areas of the world?
A. Europe
B. South America
C. Asia
D. the Arctic
2. About 15,000 years ago BP, which land bridge was used by migrants to cross between Siberia and
Alaska?
A. Bering Strait
B. Alaskan Strait
C. Siberian Strait
D. Straits of Asia
3. Which group was the first to build cities in the New World?
A. Aztecs
B. Olmecs
C. Toltecs
D. Mayas
4. Both the Mogollon and the Hohokam peoples of the American Southwest tended to build their dwellings
near which of the following?
A. other villages
B. mountains
C. streams
D. sacred sites
5. Which of the following groups lived in what is now known as the Four Corners region of the United
States?
A. Woodlands
B. Hohokam
C. Ancestral Pueblo
D. Aztecs
6. The Mogollon, the Hohokam, and the Ancestral Pueblo were North American cultures from which region
of the United States?
A. Eastern Woodlands
B. Southwest
C. Great Plains
D. Great Basin
7. The Mississippian people were a culture from the
A. Eastern Woodlands.
B. Pacific Northwest.
C. Great Plains.
D. Great Basin.
8. The Numic-speaking peoples were from which geographic region?
A. Eastern Woodlands
B. Pacific Northwest
C. Great Plains
D. Great Basin
,9. Which of the following peoples lived in a society with deep divisions among nobles, commoners, and
slaves?
A. Subarctic
B. Pacific Northwest
C. Great Basin
D. Eastern Woodlands
10. The inhabitants of which region moved from their summer fishing camps to berry patches in the fall, and
to moose- and caribou-hunting groups in the winter?
A. Eastern Woodlands
B. Subarctic
C. Great Plains
D. Pacific Northwest
11. Recently, scholars have begun to find evidence of incredible manipulations of landscapes and
environments in the least likely of places,
A. the canyons of the Southwest.
B. the area now known as Mexico City.
C. the Amazon rainforest.
D. the Subarctic.
12. Which of the following, built around 1300, contained more than 2,000 rooms and had a water and
sewage-removal system?
A. Navajos
B. Ancestral Pueblo
C. Paquime
D. Pueblos
13. The Muskogean speakers rejected hierarchical societies in favor of egalitarian ones as they matured into
three great southeastern confederacies, the
A. Iroquois, Algonquian, and Mohawk.
B. Creek, Choctaw, and Chickasaw.
C. Chickasaw, Mohicans, and Iroquois.
D. Choctaw, Creek, and Apache.
14. The distinctive feature of Iroquois and Huron architecture was not the temple mound, but the
A. pueblo.
B. tipi.
C. longhouse.
D. wigwam.
15. The Algonquians were part of which cultural group?
A. Eastern Woodlands
B. Subarctic
C. Great Plains
D. Southwestern
16. One of the major logistical obstacles that hindered New World agriculture and advancement in
comparison to the Old World was
A. religion.
B. culture.
C. communication and technology.
D. illness.
17. In the 1830s and 1840s, Americans sought to drive Indians ________ of the Mississippi.
________________________________________
,18. Between 10,000 and 2,500 years ago, many regional ________ developed among the peoples of the
Americas.
________________________________________
19. People in Mesoamerica began domesticating ________ about 10,000 years ago.
________________________________________
20. Between the third and ninth centuries, the ________ empire founded some 50 urban centers scattered
throughout the Yucatán Peninsula, Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras.
________________________________________
21. The master potters of the American Southwest were the ________ people.
________________________________________
22. The ________ was a distinctive feature of Iroquois and Huron architecture.
________________________________________
23. The adoption of ________ gave people in the Southwest and the Eastern Woodlands the security
necessary to develop complex societies.
________________________________________
24. The ________ lived along the Atlantic seaboard and the Great Lakes, in communities smaller than those
of either the Muskogeans or the Iroquois.
________________________________________
25. The ________ were the first Native American peoples to play ball games, around 1500 BCE.
________________________________________
26. The Natchez practiced a form of kinship in which ________ owned land, tools, and even children.
________________________________________
27. Explain how early peoples evolved into stable and secure cultures.
28. Explain how the emergence of ecosystems made for ever greater biological diversity.
29. Compare and contrast the early cultures of ancient Mexico.
, 30. Describe the early cultures of the American Southwest.
31. Analyze the differences between the cultures of the Pacific Northwest and the other Native American
cultures in North America.
32. Analyze and explain the rise of agriculture and the worldwide spread of American crops.
33. Explain why Native Americans were largely spared the effects of most of the world's communicable
diseases until 1492.
34. Describe the Americas on the eve of contact with European civilizations.
35. In an evolutionary context, why were Native Americans at a disadvantage compared to Europeans?
