BURIED CITIES AND LOST TRIBES EXAM 2 QUESTIONS
WITH ACCURATE ANSWERS
achieved status correct answer a social position a person takes on voluntarily that
reflects personal ability and effort
Alluvial Plain correct answer Flat area of land located next to a stream or river
that floods, an area of fertile soil deposited by river floodwaters
Altiplano or Puna correct answer the high altitutude plain between the eastern
and western Andes in peru
ascribed status correct answer a status into which one is born; involuntary status
Aztec warfare correct answer capture enemies instead of trying to kill them in
order to sacrifice them. people hated them and thats another reason why they
had so much difficulty defeated the spaniards
bands correct answer egalitarian and informal leadership; mobile, hunter-
gatherers with seasonal camps
Cahokia correct answer Came about after the collapse of the Hopewell. It was the
hub of a large exchange system that included sheet mica, copper, lead, marine
shells.There became an increased reliance on maize. It was near St. Louis. It was
also fortified and there was a rise in the popularity of bows and arrows. Violence
became more common.
, Chaco Canyon correct answer first millennium CE- southern New Mexico. An
urban center established by Anasazi. There, they built a walled city with dozens of
three-story adobe houses with timbered roofs. Community religious functions
were carried out in two large circular chambers called kivas.
SW TRADITION (one of 3)
Chaco Canyon
Pueblo Bonita
•Ancestral Pueblo is now the term used for one fo the major prehistoric sw
cultural traditions that developed out of the hunting and gathering adaption
around 2000 ya
•1st sites dates around AD 100
•mesas away from bottomlands of canyon possibly for reasons of defense
•5 - 10 shallow pithouses
•diet on domesiticated corn, beans and squash
•nuts, cottontail, jackrabbits, deer, antelope, and rocky mountain bighorn sheep
remained important
•By middle of 1st millennium AD villages (year round?) located on floor of Chaco
Canyon
•Once occupied - population grew and though small sites remained common -
some larger communities w/ 50-100 pithouses were established
•Kivas - semisubterranean ceremonial rooms were constructed at some sites and
the distinctive black on white Ancestral Pueblo pottery first appeared
•Shabik'eschchee - early village in Chaco region (AD 550 - 750)
o68 pit dwellings, large kiva, outdoor storage pits, two large refuse heaps
oNot clear that all these features were occupied or used simultaneously
oKiva larger than pithouses
oEncircled by low bench
WITH ACCURATE ANSWERS
achieved status correct answer a social position a person takes on voluntarily that
reflects personal ability and effort
Alluvial Plain correct answer Flat area of land located next to a stream or river
that floods, an area of fertile soil deposited by river floodwaters
Altiplano or Puna correct answer the high altitutude plain between the eastern
and western Andes in peru
ascribed status correct answer a status into which one is born; involuntary status
Aztec warfare correct answer capture enemies instead of trying to kill them in
order to sacrifice them. people hated them and thats another reason why they
had so much difficulty defeated the spaniards
bands correct answer egalitarian and informal leadership; mobile, hunter-
gatherers with seasonal camps
Cahokia correct answer Came about after the collapse of the Hopewell. It was the
hub of a large exchange system that included sheet mica, copper, lead, marine
shells.There became an increased reliance on maize. It was near St. Louis. It was
also fortified and there was a rise in the popularity of bows and arrows. Violence
became more common.
, Chaco Canyon correct answer first millennium CE- southern New Mexico. An
urban center established by Anasazi. There, they built a walled city with dozens of
three-story adobe houses with timbered roofs. Community religious functions
were carried out in two large circular chambers called kivas.
SW TRADITION (one of 3)
Chaco Canyon
Pueblo Bonita
•Ancestral Pueblo is now the term used for one fo the major prehistoric sw
cultural traditions that developed out of the hunting and gathering adaption
around 2000 ya
•1st sites dates around AD 100
•mesas away from bottomlands of canyon possibly for reasons of defense
•5 - 10 shallow pithouses
•diet on domesiticated corn, beans and squash
•nuts, cottontail, jackrabbits, deer, antelope, and rocky mountain bighorn sheep
remained important
•By middle of 1st millennium AD villages (year round?) located on floor of Chaco
Canyon
•Once occupied - population grew and though small sites remained common -
some larger communities w/ 50-100 pithouses were established
•Kivas - semisubterranean ceremonial rooms were constructed at some sites and
the distinctive black on white Ancestral Pueblo pottery first appeared
•Shabik'eschchee - early village in Chaco region (AD 550 - 750)
o68 pit dwellings, large kiva, outdoor storage pits, two large refuse heaps
oNot clear that all these features were occupied or used simultaneously
oKiva larger than pithouses
oEncircled by low bench
