AMH 2010 - Exam I UPDATED ACTUAL
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
Bering Strait - CORRECT ANSWER - A strait of the Pacific between Russia and the U.S;
allows for people from Asia, Siberia to travel to Western Civilization
Paleo-Indians - CORRECT ANSWER - All very similar; nomadic hunters that travel all
over North America.
Clovis Point - CORRECT ANSWER - Used by Paleo-Indians to hunt large-game animals
such as giant sloths and mammoths.
Archaic Indians - CORRECT ANSWER - Hunting and gathering peoples who descended
from Paleo-Indians and dominated the Americas from 8,000 BCE - 1,000 BCE.
Pacific Coast Culture (California) - CORRECT ANSWER - - Most diverse and populated
of all 5 cultures, consisting of 500+ tribes speaking 90+ languages.
- PERMANENT culture; uses cedar wood to build structures
- ARTS: totem poles, wood carving
Great Basin Culture - CORRECT ANSWER - - Hunter-GATHERERS
- Foraging for food: berries, rabbits, rodents
- Nomadic culture
Great Plains Culture - CORRECT ANSWER - - HUNTER-Gatherers
- Nomadic, hunt Bison/Buffalo
- Bow & Arrow revolutionizes hunting
Southwestern Culture (New Mexico, Arizona, etc.) - CORRECT ANSWER - - Collect
quinoa, cactus fruit, lizards, etc.
,- Nomadic
- Neolithic Revolution (AGRICULTURE) ~ 2,000 BCE
- Permanent (farmers)
Eastern Woodlands Culture - CORRECT ANSWER - - Food source: deer
- Captured deer by FIRE, which clears out brush and helps lure them in
Algonquian - CORRECT ANSWER - - Live along Atlantic (VA-ME)
- Permanent = hunt/harvest fish
Iroquoian - CORRECT ANSWER - - Inland, West of Appalachians
- Permanent
- Matriarchal
- Agriculture
Iroquois Confederacy (League of 5/6 Nations) - CORRECT ANSWER - I. Seneca
II. Onadaga
III. Cayuga
IV. Mohawk
V. Oneida
(Added later on) VI. Tuscarora
Muskogean - CORRECT ANSWER - - Worshiped the sun
- Very diverse, different types of people
Eric Thorvaldsson - CORRECT ANSWER - - Fiery temper like father Thorvald
- Banished from Iceland in 982 AD
- Moves to Greenland with his sons, Leif Ericsson and Thorvald (Jr.)
, Leif Ericsson - CORRECT ANSWER - - Viking, known as first explorer in New World
- Explores New Finland, Canada, Maine
Vinland - CORRECT ANSWER - - Established by Leif Ericsson
- Leif kills chief of Native Tribe
- VINLAND gone in 1014
Portuguese Exploration - CORRECT ANSWER - - Portugal and Spain are rivals, they get
products from other countries through sailing
- Lots of WEALTH on these ships, so they'd get pirated
- Squadrons put guns (cannons) on ships
Caravel - CORRECT ANSWER - Small, highly maneuverable sailing ship w/ triangular
sails. Portuguese.
Prince Henry - CORRECT ANSWER - - Portuguese
- Starts sponsoring exploration in 1415 in Africa (until 1460)
- Obsessed with "gold"
- Sent explorers to find "river of gold"
- Instead, enslaves African population and makes them their "gold"
Treaty of Tordesillas - CORRECT ANSWER - Treaty negotiated in 1914 that separated
land in the New World; Spain took West and Portugal took East.
Bartolomeu Dias - CORRECT ANSWER - 1488: Sailed around the Cape of Good Hope at
the Southern tip of Africa, reaching the Indian Ocean from the Atlantic.
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
Bering Strait - CORRECT ANSWER - A strait of the Pacific between Russia and the U.S;
allows for people from Asia, Siberia to travel to Western Civilization
Paleo-Indians - CORRECT ANSWER - All very similar; nomadic hunters that travel all
over North America.
Clovis Point - CORRECT ANSWER - Used by Paleo-Indians to hunt large-game animals
such as giant sloths and mammoths.
Archaic Indians - CORRECT ANSWER - Hunting and gathering peoples who descended
from Paleo-Indians and dominated the Americas from 8,000 BCE - 1,000 BCE.
Pacific Coast Culture (California) - CORRECT ANSWER - - Most diverse and populated
of all 5 cultures, consisting of 500+ tribes speaking 90+ languages.
- PERMANENT culture; uses cedar wood to build structures
- ARTS: totem poles, wood carving
Great Basin Culture - CORRECT ANSWER - - Hunter-GATHERERS
- Foraging for food: berries, rabbits, rodents
- Nomadic culture
Great Plains Culture - CORRECT ANSWER - - HUNTER-Gatherers
- Nomadic, hunt Bison/Buffalo
- Bow & Arrow revolutionizes hunting
Southwestern Culture (New Mexico, Arizona, etc.) - CORRECT ANSWER - - Collect
quinoa, cactus fruit, lizards, etc.
,- Nomadic
- Neolithic Revolution (AGRICULTURE) ~ 2,000 BCE
- Permanent (farmers)
Eastern Woodlands Culture - CORRECT ANSWER - - Food source: deer
- Captured deer by FIRE, which clears out brush and helps lure them in
Algonquian - CORRECT ANSWER - - Live along Atlantic (VA-ME)
- Permanent = hunt/harvest fish
Iroquoian - CORRECT ANSWER - - Inland, West of Appalachians
- Permanent
- Matriarchal
- Agriculture
Iroquois Confederacy (League of 5/6 Nations) - CORRECT ANSWER - I. Seneca
II. Onadaga
III. Cayuga
IV. Mohawk
V. Oneida
(Added later on) VI. Tuscarora
Muskogean - CORRECT ANSWER - - Worshiped the sun
- Very diverse, different types of people
Eric Thorvaldsson - CORRECT ANSWER - - Fiery temper like father Thorvald
- Banished from Iceland in 982 AD
- Moves to Greenland with his sons, Leif Ericsson and Thorvald (Jr.)
, Leif Ericsson - CORRECT ANSWER - - Viking, known as first explorer in New World
- Explores New Finland, Canada, Maine
Vinland - CORRECT ANSWER - - Established by Leif Ericsson
- Leif kills chief of Native Tribe
- VINLAND gone in 1014
Portuguese Exploration - CORRECT ANSWER - - Portugal and Spain are rivals, they get
products from other countries through sailing
- Lots of WEALTH on these ships, so they'd get pirated
- Squadrons put guns (cannons) on ships
Caravel - CORRECT ANSWER - Small, highly maneuverable sailing ship w/ triangular
sails. Portuguese.
Prince Henry - CORRECT ANSWER - - Portuguese
- Starts sponsoring exploration in 1415 in Africa (until 1460)
- Obsessed with "gold"
- Sent explorers to find "river of gold"
- Instead, enslaves African population and makes them their "gold"
Treaty of Tordesillas - CORRECT ANSWER - Treaty negotiated in 1914 that separated
land in the New World; Spain took West and Portugal took East.
Bartolomeu Dias - CORRECT ANSWER - 1488: Sailed around the Cape of Good Hope at
the Southern tip of Africa, reaching the Indian Ocean from the Atlantic.
