SCHOOLCRAFT COLLEGE HISTORY 151 MID-TERM EXAM STUDY GUIDE
2026/2027 | HISTORY 151 MID-TERM EXAM QUESTIONS, REVIEW &
TEST PREP
Iroquois - ANS✔✔ -They lived in areas of Ontario and upstate New York.
-They had 5 tribes and the tribes spent much time fighting against each other.
-Agriculture was their main source of food.
-Women played a special role, they were believed to be linked to the earth's power to create
life.
Cherokee - ANS✔✔
Apache - ANS✔✔ -Located in the Great Plains region.
-Part of the Southwest Tribes
-
Anasazi - ANS✔✔ -The anasazi carved their homes into the side of the cliffs.
-The Anasazi employed a wide variety of means to grow high-yield crops in areas of low rainfall.
Algonkian - ANS✔✔ -They were the first group to encounter the English. There was much
misunderstanding between the British settlers and Native Americans.
Lakota - ANS✔✔
Wigwam - ANS✔✔ a dome shaped house covered with grasses or animal skins.
-Southwest tribes used this
, Totem Pole - ANS✔✔ Large carved poles (animals or objects used as symbols of a clans unity or
behavior)
-The use of a totem was very common among North American Native tribes, through the totem
pole was not.
-In the Pacific Northwest, the totem pole was used by the Chinook to ward off evil spirits and
represent family history.
Kivas - ANS✔✔ -served as religious temples for the ancient Anasazi.
Maize/Corn - ANS✔✔
The Three Sisters - ANS✔✔
Longhouse - ANS✔✔ The tribes of the Eastern Woodlands lived in longhouses, a long
rectangular cabin that could hold a tribe of about 200 people.
Matrillineal - ANS✔✔ Most Native tribes were matrilineal (family identity coming from the
mother)
-Women were the "homemakers" and men were the hunters/warriors.
New World - ANS✔✔
Phillip II of Spain - ANS✔✔ -King Phillip was certain that his great fleet of ships would put an
end to England's piracy. in 1588, one of the greatest turning points in world history occurred
when Spain's "invincible" Armada of 130 ships sailed into the English Channel. Despite having
more ships than the English, the English ships were faster than the Spanish fleet. Elizabeths
ships humiliated Phillip's navy,
-and this battle marked the beginning of the end of Spain's domination of Europe and the
Western Hemisphere.
2026/2027 | HISTORY 151 MID-TERM EXAM QUESTIONS, REVIEW &
TEST PREP
Iroquois - ANS✔✔ -They lived in areas of Ontario and upstate New York.
-They had 5 tribes and the tribes spent much time fighting against each other.
-Agriculture was their main source of food.
-Women played a special role, they were believed to be linked to the earth's power to create
life.
Cherokee - ANS✔✔
Apache - ANS✔✔ -Located in the Great Plains region.
-Part of the Southwest Tribes
-
Anasazi - ANS✔✔ -The anasazi carved their homes into the side of the cliffs.
-The Anasazi employed a wide variety of means to grow high-yield crops in areas of low rainfall.
Algonkian - ANS✔✔ -They were the first group to encounter the English. There was much
misunderstanding between the British settlers and Native Americans.
Lakota - ANS✔✔
Wigwam - ANS✔✔ a dome shaped house covered with grasses or animal skins.
-Southwest tribes used this
, Totem Pole - ANS✔✔ Large carved poles (animals or objects used as symbols of a clans unity or
behavior)
-The use of a totem was very common among North American Native tribes, through the totem
pole was not.
-In the Pacific Northwest, the totem pole was used by the Chinook to ward off evil spirits and
represent family history.
Kivas - ANS✔✔ -served as religious temples for the ancient Anasazi.
Maize/Corn - ANS✔✔
The Three Sisters - ANS✔✔
Longhouse - ANS✔✔ The tribes of the Eastern Woodlands lived in longhouses, a long
rectangular cabin that could hold a tribe of about 200 people.
Matrillineal - ANS✔✔ Most Native tribes were matrilineal (family identity coming from the
mother)
-Women were the "homemakers" and men were the hunters/warriors.
New World - ANS✔✔
Phillip II of Spain - ANS✔✔ -King Phillip was certain that his great fleet of ships would put an
end to England's piracy. in 1588, one of the greatest turning points in world history occurred
when Spain's "invincible" Armada of 130 ships sailed into the English Channel. Despite having
more ships than the English, the English ships were faster than the Spanish fleet. Elizabeths
ships humiliated Phillip's navy,
-and this battle marked the beginning of the end of Spain's domination of Europe and the
Western Hemisphere.
