Test Bank for An Introduction to Native North
America, 5e by Mark Sutton (All Chapters)
Chapter 1
1 North America may be divided into general natural areas that include
(A) Iceland.
(B) the Riverine and Foothills.
(C) the Pacific coast.
(D) no deserts.
Answer: (C) the Pacific coast.
Feedback: The answer is the Pacific coast.
2 Anthropology
(A) seeks to gain an understanding of other cultures.
(B) has a history of considering women’s perspectives.
(C) is more interested in studying Old World cultures than New World cultures.
(D) is concerned with advancing native cultures into modern society.
Answer: (A) seeks to gain an understanding of other cultures.
Feedback: The answer is seeks to gain an understanding of other cultures.
3 Popular views or stereotypes of Native Americans include all of the following EXCEPT
(A) the original man.
(B) the great warrior.
(C) the bloodthirsty savage.
(D) the first ecologist.
Answer: (A) the original man.
Feedback: The answer is the original man.
4 The “Sidelight: The Domesticated Wilderness” states that
(A) Native Americans had little impact on their environments.
(B) Europeans misunderstood Indian farming and land use.
(C) plowing, irrigation, and burning are types of passive resource management.
(D) controlled burns by European Americans upset Native Americans.
Answer: (B) Europeans misunderstood Indian farming and land use.
Feedback: The answer is Europeans misunderstood Indian farming and land use.
5 Native peoples first came to the western hemisphere from
(A) eastern Europe.
, (B) Iceland.
(C) western Africa.
(D) northeast Asia.
Answer: (D) northeast Asia.
Feedback: The answer is northeast Asia.
6 According to the “Sidelight: Weapons and Hunting Technologies” before their interaction
with Europeans, native peoples used various weapons to hunt, including all of the following
EXCEPT
(A) spears.
(B) harpoons.
(C) metal blades.
(D) blowguns.
Answer: (C) metal blades.
Feedback: The answer is metal blades.
7 A group is said to be in the Formative if its economy specializes in
(A) trade.
(B) hunting.
(C) food production.
(D) the exploitation of megafauna.
Answer: (C) food production.
Feedback: The answer is food production.
8 Define a culture area, and discuss the good and bad points of using culture areas to group
people.
Answer:
9 Discuss how the complex cultures of Mesoamerica influenced native North Americans.
Answer:
10 Name at least six important foods and drugs Native Americans gave the world.
Answer:
11 What are the goals of anthropology? Discuss the problems as well as the benefits of
anthropological study.
Answer:
12 Lewis H. Morgan’s theory of Unilinear Cultural Evolution, popular in the 1800s and early
1900s,
(A) classified people as savage, barbaric, or civilized.
(B) argued that all cultures are equal and should not be viewed as inferior and superior to one
another.
(C) was based on skin color.
, (D) categorized people based on decade born.
Answer: (A) classified people as savage, barbaric, or civilized.
Feedback: The answer is classified people as savage, barbaric, or civilized.
13 Methods used to preserve data on Native North Americans include all of the following
EXCEPT
(A) colonial and mission records.
(B) ancestor recall.
(C) land records.
(D) diaries.
Answer: (B) ancestor recall.
Feedback: The answer is ancestor recall.
14 Some Native American foods eaten in the U.S. today include
(A) wheat and rye.
(B) tomatoes and corn.
(C) coffee and barley.
(D) figs and oranges.
Answer: (B) tomatoes and corn.
Feedback: The answer is tomatoes and corn.
15 North America includes
(A) Canada and United States only.
(B) the United States only.
(C) Greenland.
(D) Chile and Venezuela.
Answer: (C) Greenland.
Feedback: The answer is Greenland.
16 Of the ten culture areas considered by the Smithsonian Handbook of North American
Indians, the two that used to be covered with temperate forests are
(A) the Plains and Plateau.
(B) the Northeast and Southeast.
(C) California and the Southwest.
(D) the Northwest Coast and Plateau.
Answer: (B) the Northeast and Southeast.
Feedback: The answer is the Northeast and Southeast.
17 One problem with using culture areas is
(A) diversity may be ignored.
, (B) criteria are chosen by Indians.
(C) cultures never change.
(D) they’re never compared.
Answer: (A) diversity may be ignored.
Feedback: The answer is diversity may be ignored.
18 The study of a particular group at a particular time is called
(A) ethnography.
(B) ethnology.
(C) sociology.
(D) perspective analysis.
Answer: (A) ethnography.
Feedback: The answer is ethnography.
19 The low estimates for Native American populations prior to 1492
(A) were quite accurate.
(B) were used to justify European occupation.
(C) explain today’s small population.
(D) made Europeans sympathetic to Indians.
Answer: (B) were used to justify European occupation.
Feedback: The answer is were used to justify European occupation.
20 According to the 2010 census, the number of Americans who identify themselves as (at
least part) Native American is
(A) fewer than 500,000.
(B) 1 million.
(C) 2 million to 3 million.
(D) 5.3 million.
Answer: (D) 5.3 million.
Feedback: The answer is 5.3 million.
21 In the United States, the number of groups that claim native status is
(A) more than 1000.
(B) about 900.
(C) fewer than 50.
(D) about 200.
Answer: (B) about 900.
Feedback: The answer is about 900.
22 The number of languages spoken in aboriginal North America was
America, 5e by Mark Sutton (All Chapters)
Chapter 1
1 North America may be divided into general natural areas that include
(A) Iceland.
(B) the Riverine and Foothills.
(C) the Pacific coast.
(D) no deserts.
Answer: (C) the Pacific coast.
Feedback: The answer is the Pacific coast.
2 Anthropology
(A) seeks to gain an understanding of other cultures.
(B) has a history of considering women’s perspectives.
(C) is more interested in studying Old World cultures than New World cultures.
(D) is concerned with advancing native cultures into modern society.
Answer: (A) seeks to gain an understanding of other cultures.
Feedback: The answer is seeks to gain an understanding of other cultures.
3 Popular views or stereotypes of Native Americans include all of the following EXCEPT
(A) the original man.
(B) the great warrior.
(C) the bloodthirsty savage.
(D) the first ecologist.
Answer: (A) the original man.
Feedback: The answer is the original man.
4 The “Sidelight: The Domesticated Wilderness” states that
(A) Native Americans had little impact on their environments.
(B) Europeans misunderstood Indian farming and land use.
(C) plowing, irrigation, and burning are types of passive resource management.
(D) controlled burns by European Americans upset Native Americans.
Answer: (B) Europeans misunderstood Indian farming and land use.
Feedback: The answer is Europeans misunderstood Indian farming and land use.
5 Native peoples first came to the western hemisphere from
(A) eastern Europe.
, (B) Iceland.
(C) western Africa.
(D) northeast Asia.
Answer: (D) northeast Asia.
Feedback: The answer is northeast Asia.
6 According to the “Sidelight: Weapons and Hunting Technologies” before their interaction
with Europeans, native peoples used various weapons to hunt, including all of the following
EXCEPT
(A) spears.
(B) harpoons.
(C) metal blades.
(D) blowguns.
Answer: (C) metal blades.
Feedback: The answer is metal blades.
7 A group is said to be in the Formative if its economy specializes in
(A) trade.
(B) hunting.
(C) food production.
(D) the exploitation of megafauna.
Answer: (C) food production.
Feedback: The answer is food production.
8 Define a culture area, and discuss the good and bad points of using culture areas to group
people.
Answer:
9 Discuss how the complex cultures of Mesoamerica influenced native North Americans.
Answer:
10 Name at least six important foods and drugs Native Americans gave the world.
Answer:
11 What are the goals of anthropology? Discuss the problems as well as the benefits of
anthropological study.
Answer:
12 Lewis H. Morgan’s theory of Unilinear Cultural Evolution, popular in the 1800s and early
1900s,
(A) classified people as savage, barbaric, or civilized.
(B) argued that all cultures are equal and should not be viewed as inferior and superior to one
another.
(C) was based on skin color.
, (D) categorized people based on decade born.
Answer: (A) classified people as savage, barbaric, or civilized.
Feedback: The answer is classified people as savage, barbaric, or civilized.
13 Methods used to preserve data on Native North Americans include all of the following
EXCEPT
(A) colonial and mission records.
(B) ancestor recall.
(C) land records.
(D) diaries.
Answer: (B) ancestor recall.
Feedback: The answer is ancestor recall.
14 Some Native American foods eaten in the U.S. today include
(A) wheat and rye.
(B) tomatoes and corn.
(C) coffee and barley.
(D) figs and oranges.
Answer: (B) tomatoes and corn.
Feedback: The answer is tomatoes and corn.
15 North America includes
(A) Canada and United States only.
(B) the United States only.
(C) Greenland.
(D) Chile and Venezuela.
Answer: (C) Greenland.
Feedback: The answer is Greenland.
16 Of the ten culture areas considered by the Smithsonian Handbook of North American
Indians, the two that used to be covered with temperate forests are
(A) the Plains and Plateau.
(B) the Northeast and Southeast.
(C) California and the Southwest.
(D) the Northwest Coast and Plateau.
Answer: (B) the Northeast and Southeast.
Feedback: The answer is the Northeast and Southeast.
17 One problem with using culture areas is
(A) diversity may be ignored.
, (B) criteria are chosen by Indians.
(C) cultures never change.
(D) they’re never compared.
Answer: (A) diversity may be ignored.
Feedback: The answer is diversity may be ignored.
18 The study of a particular group at a particular time is called
(A) ethnography.
(B) ethnology.
(C) sociology.
(D) perspective analysis.
Answer: (A) ethnography.
Feedback: The answer is ethnography.
19 The low estimates for Native American populations prior to 1492
(A) were quite accurate.
(B) were used to justify European occupation.
(C) explain today’s small population.
(D) made Europeans sympathetic to Indians.
Answer: (B) were used to justify European occupation.
Feedback: The answer is were used to justify European occupation.
20 According to the 2010 census, the number of Americans who identify themselves as (at
least part) Native American is
(A) fewer than 500,000.
(B) 1 million.
(C) 2 million to 3 million.
(D) 5.3 million.
Answer: (D) 5.3 million.
Feedback: The answer is 5.3 million.
21 In the United States, the number of groups that claim native status is
(A) more than 1000.
(B) about 900.
(C) fewer than 50.
(D) about 200.
Answer: (B) about 900.
Feedback: The answer is about 900.
22 The number of languages spoken in aboriginal North America was
