Chapter 1: A Continent of Villages, to 1500

Self-Study Quiz: Chapter Review

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Researchers have used all of the following to support the theory that American Indians originally came from Asia except:

the study of viruses. DNA. similarities in teeth. physical appearance.

	The warming of the climate created ice-free corridors that allowed hunters to migrate into the North American interior.

	True False

What did the artifacts found at Monte Verde in Chile indicate?

That mammoth and mastodons were present. People had established communities in the Americas before the glacial sheet melted. Hunters traveled over the glacier into North America. People were in the Americas well before 40,000 years ago.

Who was involved in the second migration from Asia into North America?

Aleuts and InuitsAthapascansGatherers and fishers Haida and Pima

Hunters from the Stone Age Folsom and Plano cultures:

were highly individualistic. wasted most of the animals they killed. stampeded buffalo herds over cliffs. made no use of women in the hunting process.

	The era from roughly 10,000 to 2,500 years ago in North America is called the Archaic period.

	True False

Desert Culture included:

intensified collecting of plant foods. the use of the bow and arrow.social hierarchy. pottery making.

Desert Culture foraging:

remained unique to the Great Basin region. ended with the arrival of European colonists in the Great Basin. encouraged consensus decision making. promoted the creation of classes and elite rulers.

The primary function of a clan chief was:

punishing criminals. supervising the storing and harvesting of crops. determining property rights. rewarding the most productive families.

	The Hohokam people developed the first irrigation system in America north of Mexico.

	True False

	The earliest tools found in North America are similar to artifacts found in Europe and Asia from the same time period.

	True False

Evidence suggests Clovis bands were involved in all of the following except:

hunting a variety of large mammals. using tools that were similar to Europeans'. living in mobile communities. the peopling of the continent.

What role did climate changes play in the peopling of North America?

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What were the characteristics of Clovis culture?

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"Forest efficiency" included all the following except:

systematic tree cutting. deliberately burning woodlands and prairies. small game hunting. fishing.

	During the late Archaic period, community populations in the East remained nomadic.

	True False

What was the "Pleistocene Overkill"?

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How did the nomadic lifestyle of Desert Culture peoples such as the Shoshone affect their culture?

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The Mississippian culture developed in the 7th and 8th centuries CE because:

it built huge earthworks. it abandoned the bow and arrow. it fought and defeated the established Adena and Hopewell cultures. it developed an improved maize or corn plant.

Warfare among Indian peoples:

involved raids by farming communities on hunting encampments. could include organized armies and fortified settlements. was most common among hunting bands. did not include scalping until the Europeans arrived.

	The Mohawks, Oneidas, and Senecas were all Iroquois chiefdoms.

	True False

How did the natural environment influence the development of North American Indian cultures over time and space?

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Compare and contrast the development of Indian cultures in the Southwest and the South.

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How did the means of securing food influence the rise of the religion among foragers and farmers?

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How did Cahokia reflect the strengths and weaknesses of agricultural communities?

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Self-Study Quiz: Chapter Review

Researchers have used all of the following to support the theory that American Indians originally came from Asia except:

The warming of the climate created ice-free corridors that allowed hunters to migrate into the North American interior.

What did the artifacts found at Monte Verde in Chile indicate?

Who was involved in the second migration from Asia into North America?

Hunters from the Stone Age Folsom and Plano cultures:

The era from roughly 10,000 to 2,500 years ago in North America is called the Archaic period.

Desert Culture included:

Desert Culture foraging:

The primary function of a clan chief was:

The Hohokam people developed the first irrigation system in America north of Mexico.

The earliest tools found in North America are similar to artifacts found in Europe and Asia from the same time period.

Evidence suggests Clovis bands were involved in all of the following except:

What role did climate changes play in the peopling of North America?

What were the characteristics of Clovis culture?

"Forest efficiency" included all the following except:

During the late Archaic period, community populations in the East remained nomadic.

What was the "Pleistocene Overkill"?

How did the nomadic lifestyle of Desert Culture peoples such as the Shoshone affect their culture?

The Mississippian culture developed in the 7th and 8th centuries CE because:

Warfare among Indian peoples:

The Mohawks, Oneidas, and Senecas were all Iroquois chiefdoms.

How did the natural environment influence the development of North American Indian cultures over time and space?

Compare and contrast the development of Indian cultures in the Southwest and the South.

How did the means of securing food influence the rise of the religion among foragers and farmers?

How did Cahokia reflect the strengths and weaknesses of agricultural communities?