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CREATED EQUAL: A HISTORY
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OF THE UNITED STATES
Fifth Edition
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Jacqueline A. Jones
University of Texas in Austin
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Peter H. Wood
Duke University
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Thomas Borstelmann
University of Nebraska

Elaine Tyler May
University of Minnesota
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Vicki L. Ruiz
University of California, Irvine
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,Chapter 1 First Founders

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1) Clovis-like points prove that people were hunting widely in North America __________ years
ago.
A) 14,000
B) 27,000
C) 50,000
D) 3,000
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Answer: A
Learning Objective: What types of evidence are used to explain the arrival of humans in North
America?
Topic: 1.1 Ancient America
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Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Remember the Facts

2) Archaeologists working near Folsom, New Mexico, found evidence of __________.
A) large cities in North America
B) settled agriculture dating back 12,000 years
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C) human activity dating back 10,000 years
D) a major battle between two groups of Native Americans

Answer: C
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Learning Objective: What types of evidence are used to explain the arrival of humans in North
America?
Topic: 1.1 Ancient America
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand the Connections
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3) Recent discoveries suggest which of the following?
A) that North America may have been the site of the world’s first settled agriculture
B) the possible presence of pre-Clovis inhabitants of North America
C) the likelihood that the first humans arrived in the Americas 50,000 years ago
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D) the possible arrival in the Americas of humans from Africa prior to the arrival of humans
from Asia

Answer: B
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Learning Objective: What types of evidence are used to explain the arrival of humans in North
America?
Topic: 1.1 Ancient America
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand the Connections

4) According to the most widely accepted theory, why were newcomers to North America

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,eventually unable to return Siberia?
A) The Bering Land Bridge had been submerged.
B) The quality of the game they found living in North America made returning unattractive.
C) They were rejected by the peoples they left.
D) They were unable to find their way back across the wilderness.

Answer: A
Learning Objective: What types of evidence are used to explain the arrival of humans in North
America?
Topic: 1.1.1 The Question of Origins
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Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand the Connections

5) How do archaeological finds in Cactus Hill, Meadowcroft, and Buttermilk Creek complicate
our understanding of the origins of human habitation of the Americas?
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A) They suggest that the first humans may have arrived in the Americas 50,000 years ago.
B) They suggest that the first humans to arrive in the Americas may have been European.
C) They suggest that the earliest arrivals in the Americas arrived by boat.
D) They suggest the existence of immediate predecessors to the Clovis people.

Answer: B
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Learning Objective: What types of evidence are used to explain the arrival of humans in North
America?
Topic: 1.1.1 The Question of Origins
Difficulty Level: Difficult
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Skill Level: Analyze It

6) The Bering Land Bridge allowed humans to travel from __________.
A) Asia to North America
B) Africa to Asia
C) Europe to North America
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D) Europe to Asia

Answer: A
Learning Objective: What types of evidence are used to explain the arrival of humans in North
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America?
Topic: 1.1.1 The Question of Origins
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
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7) Archaic Indians in North America domesticated __________.
A) horses
B) cattle
C) goats
D) dogs


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, Answer: D
Learning Objective: What types of evidence are used to explain the arrival of humans in North
America?
Topic: 1.1.3 The Rise of Maize Agriculture
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Remember the Facts

8) The __________ emerged in the lowlands along the southwestern edge of the Gulf of Mexico
around 3,000 years ago.
A) Aztecs
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B) Incas
C) Olmecs
D) Maya

Answer: C
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Learning Objective: What types of evidence are used to explain the arrival of humans in North
America?
Topic: 1.1.3 The Rise of Maize Agriculture
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
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9) Indian languages provide strong evidence of the __________ of Archaic Indian peoples.
A) cultural diversity
B) social homogeneity
C) genetic diversity
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D) racial diversity

Answer: A
Learning Objective: What types of evidence are used to explain the arrival of humans in North
America?
Topic: 1.1.2 The Archaic World
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Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand the Connections

10) Why is the cultivation of squash, beans, and maize such an effective combination?
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A) The three crops can all be grown year round.
B) The three crops are all resistant to insects.
C) The three foods are all high in protein.
D) The three foods complement each other in dietary terms.
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Answer: D
Learning Objective: What types of evidence are used to explain the arrival of humans in North
America?
Topic: 1.1.3 The Rise of Maize Agriculture
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand the Connections

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