Ch01
Student: ___________________________________________________________________________
1. Most modern archeologists would agree that the earliest inhabitants of the Western Hemisphere came
from which of the following areas of the world?
A. Europe
B. South America
C. Asia
D. The Arctic
2. About 15,000 years ago B.P., which land bridge was used by migrants to cross between Siberia and
Alaska?
A. Bering Strait
B. Alaskan Strait
C. Siberian Strait
D. Straits of Asia
3. Which group was the first to build cities in the new world?
A. Aztecs
B. Olmecs
C. Totecs
D. Mayans
4. Both the Mogollon and the Hohokan peoples of the American southwest tended to build their dwellings
near which of the following?
A. Other villages
B. Mountains
C. Streams
D. Sacred sites
5. Which of the following groups lived in what is now known as the Four Corners region of the United
States?
A. Woodlands
B. Hohokan
C. Anasazi
D. Aztec
6. The Mogollan, the Hohokan and the Anasazi peoples were North American cultures from which region of
the United States?
A. Eastern Woodlands
B. Southwest
C. Great Plains
D. Great Basin
7. The Mississippian people were a culture from the
A. Eastern Woodlands
B. Pacific Northwest
C. Great Plains
D. Great Basin
8. The Numic-Speaking peoples were cultures from which geographic region?
A. Eastern Woodlands
B. Pacific Northwest
C. Great Plains
D. Great Basin
,9. Which of the following peoples lived in a society with deep divisions between nobles, commoners and
slaves?
A. Subartic
B. Pacific Northwest
C. Great Basin
D. Eastern Woodlands
10. The inhabitants of this region moved from their summer fishing camps, to berry patches in the fall, to
moose and caribou hunting groups in the winter.
A. Eastern Woodlands
B. Subarctic
C. Great Plains
D. Pacific Northwest
11. All of the following are reasons that the systematic use of fire reshaped forests and helped hunters in
multiple ways, EXCEPT that
A. Fire allowed hunters to better build their villages
B. Fire increased the overall food supply for grazing animals
C. Fire attracted those animals that hunters valued most
D. Fire made it easier to track game because it cleaned the ground of debris
12. Which of the following, built around 1300, contained more than 2000 rooms and had a water and sewage
removal system?
A. Navajos
B. Anasazi
C. Paquine
D. Pueblos
13. The Muskogan speakers rejected hierarchical societies in favor of egalitarian ones as they matured into
these three great southeastern confederations.
A. Iroquois, Algonquian, Mohawk
B. Creek, Choctaw, Chickasaw
C. Chickasaw, Mohicans, Iroquois
D. Choctaw, Creek, Apache
14. The distinctive feature of Iroquois and Huron architecture was not the temple mound but the
A. Pueblo
B. Tepee
C. Longhouse
D. Wigwam
15. The Algonquians were part of which cultural group?
A. Eastern Woodlands
B. Subartic
C. Great Plains
D. Southwestern
16. In the 1830s and 1840s, Americans sought to drive Indians ___________ of the Mississippi.
________________________________________
17. Between 10,000 and 2,500 years ago many regional ____________ developed among the peoples of the
Americas.
________________________________________
18. People in Mesoamerica began domesticating ___________ about 10,000 years ago.
________________________________________
,19. Between the 3rd and 9th centuries, the ____________ empire founded some 50 urban centers scattered
throughout the Yucatán Peninsula, Belize, Guatemala and Honduras.
________________________________________
20. The master potters of the American Southwest were the ____________ people.
________________________________________
21. The most important innovation crucial to human history was domestication of individual
_____________.
________________________________________
22. The adoption of ___________ gave people in the Southwest and the Eastern Woodlands the security
necessary to develop complex societies.
________________________________________
23. The most prominent culture in the Ohio and Mississippi Valleys ca. 100 B.C.E. - 400 C.E. was the
______________.
________________________________________
24. The ____________ were the first Native American peoples to play ball games around 1500 B.C.E.
________________________________________
25. Scientists have found no fossil remains to support the idea that human beings evolved into modern men
and women in the ___________.
________________________________________
26. Explain how early peoples evolved into stable and secure cultures.
27. Explain how the emergence of ecosystems made for ever greater biological diversity.
28. Compare and contrast the early cultures of ancient Mexico.
, 29. Describe the early cultures of the American Southwest.
30. Analyze the differences between the cultures of the Pacific Northwest and the other Native American
cultures in North America.
31. Analyze and explain the rise of agriculture and the worldwide spread of American crops.
32. Explain why Native Americans were largely spared the effects of most of the world's communicable
diseases until 1492.
33. Describe the Americas on the eve of contact with European civilizations.
34. In an evolutionary context, why were Native Americans at a disadvantage compared to Europeans?
Student: ___________________________________________________________________________
1. Most modern archeologists would agree that the earliest inhabitants of the Western Hemisphere came
from which of the following areas of the world?
A. Europe
B. South America
C. Asia
D. The Arctic
2. About 15,000 years ago B.P., which land bridge was used by migrants to cross between Siberia and
Alaska?
A. Bering Strait
B. Alaskan Strait
C. Siberian Strait
D. Straits of Asia
3. Which group was the first to build cities in the new world?
A. Aztecs
B. Olmecs
C. Totecs
D. Mayans
4. Both the Mogollon and the Hohokan peoples of the American southwest tended to build their dwellings
near which of the following?
A. Other villages
B. Mountains
C. Streams
D. Sacred sites
5. Which of the following groups lived in what is now known as the Four Corners region of the United
States?
A. Woodlands
B. Hohokan
C. Anasazi
D. Aztec
6. The Mogollan, the Hohokan and the Anasazi peoples were North American cultures from which region of
the United States?
A. Eastern Woodlands
B. Southwest
C. Great Plains
D. Great Basin
7. The Mississippian people were a culture from the
A. Eastern Woodlands
B. Pacific Northwest
C. Great Plains
D. Great Basin
8. The Numic-Speaking peoples were cultures from which geographic region?
A. Eastern Woodlands
B. Pacific Northwest
C. Great Plains
D. Great Basin
,9. Which of the following peoples lived in a society with deep divisions between nobles, commoners and
slaves?
A. Subartic
B. Pacific Northwest
C. Great Basin
D. Eastern Woodlands
10. The inhabitants of this region moved from their summer fishing camps, to berry patches in the fall, to
moose and caribou hunting groups in the winter.
A. Eastern Woodlands
B. Subarctic
C. Great Plains
D. Pacific Northwest
11. All of the following are reasons that the systematic use of fire reshaped forests and helped hunters in
multiple ways, EXCEPT that
A. Fire allowed hunters to better build their villages
B. Fire increased the overall food supply for grazing animals
C. Fire attracted those animals that hunters valued most
D. Fire made it easier to track game because it cleaned the ground of debris
12. Which of the following, built around 1300, contained more than 2000 rooms and had a water and sewage
removal system?
A. Navajos
B. Anasazi
C. Paquine
D. Pueblos
13. The Muskogan speakers rejected hierarchical societies in favor of egalitarian ones as they matured into
these three great southeastern confederations.
A. Iroquois, Algonquian, Mohawk
B. Creek, Choctaw, Chickasaw
C. Chickasaw, Mohicans, Iroquois
D. Choctaw, Creek, Apache
14. The distinctive feature of Iroquois and Huron architecture was not the temple mound but the
A. Pueblo
B. Tepee
C. Longhouse
D. Wigwam
15. The Algonquians were part of which cultural group?
A. Eastern Woodlands
B. Subartic
C. Great Plains
D. Southwestern
16. In the 1830s and 1840s, Americans sought to drive Indians ___________ of the Mississippi.
________________________________________
17. Between 10,000 and 2,500 years ago many regional ____________ developed among the peoples of the
Americas.
________________________________________
18. People in Mesoamerica began domesticating ___________ about 10,000 years ago.
________________________________________
,19. Between the 3rd and 9th centuries, the ____________ empire founded some 50 urban centers scattered
throughout the Yucatán Peninsula, Belize, Guatemala and Honduras.
________________________________________
20. The master potters of the American Southwest were the ____________ people.
________________________________________
21. The most important innovation crucial to human history was domestication of individual
_____________.
________________________________________
22. The adoption of ___________ gave people in the Southwest and the Eastern Woodlands the security
necessary to develop complex societies.
________________________________________
23. The most prominent culture in the Ohio and Mississippi Valleys ca. 100 B.C.E. - 400 C.E. was the
______________.
________________________________________
24. The ____________ were the first Native American peoples to play ball games around 1500 B.C.E.
________________________________________
25. Scientists have found no fossil remains to support the idea that human beings evolved into modern men
and women in the ___________.
________________________________________
26. Explain how early peoples evolved into stable and secure cultures.
27. Explain how the emergence of ecosystems made for ever greater biological diversity.
28. Compare and contrast the early cultures of ancient Mexico.
, 29. Describe the early cultures of the American Southwest.
30. Analyze the differences between the cultures of the Pacific Northwest and the other Native American
cultures in North America.
31. Analyze and explain the rise of agriculture and the worldwide spread of American crops.
32. Explain why Native Americans were largely spared the effects of most of the world's communicable
diseases until 1492.
33. Describe the Americas on the eve of contact with European civilizations.
34. In an evolutionary context, why were Native Americans at a disadvantage compared to Europeans?
