HIST 101 Exam Questions with Verified
Correct Answers
When we normally teach early American History, how much time (in years) do we
normally emphasize in our History Classes / books?
90-100 years
In order to understand why America is Capitalist in the colonial period, what economic
system do we need to understand?
mercantilism
When we study groups of people by specific statistical subgroups (age, ethnicity,
geography, religion, income, etc.) and analyze that information to see how people use
those resources, we are using the tool known as:
demographics
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic we would associate with an early society
pursuing an agricultural survival strategy, when comparing it to a society that is more
nomadic?
a) Having more complicated government structures
b) Having more permanent architecture
c) Wanting to have smaller families
d) Worshiping gods of the sun and rain and crops
c) Wanting to have smaller families
In what geographic terrain area listed below would we be MOST likely to see an
agricultural society thrive?
,Fertile grasslands near rivers
which of the following would NOT be an example of using historiography?
doing archival research to find a missing fact
which of the following is a true statement?
multiple histories can be told very differently, but still be true
for a statement to rise to the level of a hypothesis, it must be...
testable
a militia is the opposite of what kind of institution:
a standing army
if I claim: "You should buy gold now, because in the past there have been economic
calamities and only gold has always held high value," what claim am I making?
a positive appeal to history
What was the cause of Mayan Empire decline?
famine / Unsustainable growth
Change of European calendar from Julian calendar to Gregorian led to what holiday
being adopted as a result?
April Fool's Day
Culture of people we refer to as indigenous peoples whose name was never used by
them. What is this weird mystery group?
toltec
, what culture don't we have as many physical artifacts but they deeply influences later
indigenous peoples in the region?
olmec
Which is NOT one of the accomplishments about the mayan?
Prediction of the end of the world in 2012
long house was characteristic of which type of American Indians?
Eastern woodlands
Feathered Serpent God of Aztecs was known as
Quetzalcoatl
Which group of MesoAmericans are considered a "mother culture" to later groups?
Olmec
What is the name of Native American inventor of first phonetically based writing in
America?
Sequoia
A Huaca was an
object or place with a spirit or god inside
this group of indigenous peoples were primarily nomadic
plains indians
which is NOT associated with Inca?
Urban city of Tenochtitlan
Correct Answers
When we normally teach early American History, how much time (in years) do we
normally emphasize in our History Classes / books?
90-100 years
In order to understand why America is Capitalist in the colonial period, what economic
system do we need to understand?
mercantilism
When we study groups of people by specific statistical subgroups (age, ethnicity,
geography, religion, income, etc.) and analyze that information to see how people use
those resources, we are using the tool known as:
demographics
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic we would associate with an early society
pursuing an agricultural survival strategy, when comparing it to a society that is more
nomadic?
a) Having more complicated government structures
b) Having more permanent architecture
c) Wanting to have smaller families
d) Worshiping gods of the sun and rain and crops
c) Wanting to have smaller families
In what geographic terrain area listed below would we be MOST likely to see an
agricultural society thrive?
,Fertile grasslands near rivers
which of the following would NOT be an example of using historiography?
doing archival research to find a missing fact
which of the following is a true statement?
multiple histories can be told very differently, but still be true
for a statement to rise to the level of a hypothesis, it must be...
testable
a militia is the opposite of what kind of institution:
a standing army
if I claim: "You should buy gold now, because in the past there have been economic
calamities and only gold has always held high value," what claim am I making?
a positive appeal to history
What was the cause of Mayan Empire decline?
famine / Unsustainable growth
Change of European calendar from Julian calendar to Gregorian led to what holiday
being adopted as a result?
April Fool's Day
Culture of people we refer to as indigenous peoples whose name was never used by
them. What is this weird mystery group?
toltec
, what culture don't we have as many physical artifacts but they deeply influences later
indigenous peoples in the region?
olmec
Which is NOT one of the accomplishments about the mayan?
Prediction of the end of the world in 2012
long house was characteristic of which type of American Indians?
Eastern woodlands
Feathered Serpent God of Aztecs was known as
Quetzalcoatl
Which group of MesoAmericans are considered a "mother culture" to later groups?
Olmec
What is the name of Native American inventor of first phonetically based writing in
America?
Sequoia
A Huaca was an
object or place with a spirit or god inside
this group of indigenous peoples were primarily nomadic
plains indians
which is NOT associated with Inca?
Urban city of Tenochtitlan
