Chapter 1: A Continent of Villages, to 1500

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	Most indigenous Americans call themselves "Indian Peoples."
	Most indigenous Americans call themselves "Indian Peoples."
	True False

	Around 1500, the native inhabitants of the Western Hemisphere represented over 2,000 cultures.

	True False

	Most Europeans assumed that the Americas had been populated for much longer than Europe.

	True False

The Ice Age was responsible for all of the following except:

lowering sea levels by as much as 300 feet. creating a favorable climate for large mammals. the migration from Asia to North America. creating a land bridge from Japan to Canada.

	Warmer climate and intensified hunting about 15,000 years ago caused the extinction of many big-game species such as the mammoth and mastodon.

	True False

	The evidence suggests that migration from Asia to North America began about 30,000 years ago.

	True False

	There was only one period of migration from Asia to North America.

	True False

The global warming and the melting of the glaciers caused all of the following except:

new patterns of wind and rainfall.the creation of today’s lake and river systems. altered the single continental climate into regional ones. the maintaining of old regional ecologies.

	Farming supported the food needs of as many as 100 people on a single square mile.

	True False

	A new, more sophisticated, tool-making style emerged in North America around 12,000 years ago.

	True False

	At the end of the Stone Age, maize was the basis of farming in Mexico.

	True False

Which of the following is true about farming in North America?

It caused people to spread out and become less crowded. It was enthusiastically adopted by hunters. It led to the creation of cities and governments. It began in the interior valleys of California.

	By 1500, the population of America north of Mexico was 25 million.

	True False

	The largest populations on the North American continent were in the Northwest and the Northeast.

	True False

The Pueblo Indians produced rich harvests by:

settling only in oases. using dry-farming methods and drought-resistance plants. constructing complex irrigation systems. settling on river floodplains.

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Self-Study Quiz: Pretest

Most indigenous Americans call themselves "Indian Peoples."

Around 1500, the native inhabitants of the Western Hemisphere represented over 2,000 cultures.

Most Europeans assumed that the Americas had been populated for much longer than Europe.

The Ice Age was responsible for all of the following except:

Warmer climate and intensified hunting about 15,000 years ago caused the extinction of many big-game species such as the mammoth and mastodon.

The evidence suggests that migration from Asia to North America began about 30,000 years ago.

There was only one period of migration from Asia to North America.

The global warming and the melting of the glaciers caused all of the following except:

Farming supported the food needs of as many as 100 people on a single square mile.

A new, more sophisticated, tool-making style emerged in North America around 12,000 years ago.

At the end of the Stone Age, maize was the basis of farming in Mexico.

Which of the following is true about farming in North America?

By 1500, the population of America north of Mexico was 25 million.

The largest populations on the North American continent were in the Northwest and the Northeast.

The Pueblo Indians produced rich harvests by: