,Chapter 01 - The First Civilizations of North America
Chapter 01
The First Civilizations of North America
Multiple Choice Questions
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
Answer: C
Bloom’s: Understand
Learning Objective: Explain the development of human settlement in the Americas and
compare the key features of early Mesoamerican, South American, and North American
societies.
Topic: Early Americans
2. About 15,000 years ago BP, 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
Answer: A
Bloom’s: Remember
Learning Objective: Explain the development of human settlement in the Americas and
compare the key features of early Mesoamerican, South American, and North American
societies.
Topic: Early Americans
1-1
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3. Which group was the first to build cities in the New World?
A. Aztecs
B. Olmecs
C. Toltecs
D. Mayas
Answer: B
Bloom’s: Remember
Learning Objective: Explain the development of human settlement in the Americas and
compare the key features of early Mesoamerican,
South American, and North American societies.
Topic: Early Americans
4. Both the Mogollon and the Hohokam 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
Answer: C
Bloom’s: Understand
Learning Objective: Explain the development of human settlement in the Americas and
compare the key features of early Mesoamerican, South American, and North American
societies.
Topic: Early Americans
5. Which of the following groups lived in what is now known as the Four Corners region of
the United States?
A. Woodlands
B. Hohokam
C. Ancestral Pueblo
D. Aztecs
Answer: C
Bloom’s: Remember
Learning Objective: Explain the development of human settlement in the Americas and
compare the key features of early Mesoamerican, South American, and North American
societies.
Topic: Early Americans
1-2
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6. The Mogollon, the Hohokam, and the Ancestral Pueblo were North American cultures
from which region of the United States?
A. Eastern Woodlands
B. Southwest
C. Great Plains
D. Great Basin
Answer: B
Bloom’s: Remember
Learning Objective: Explain the development of human settlement in the Americas and
compare the key features of early Mesoamerican, South American, and North American
societies.
Topic: Early Americans
7. The Mississippian people were a culture from the
A. Eastern Woodlands.
B. Pacific Northwest.
C. Great Plains.
D. Great Basin.
Answer: A
Bloom’s: Remember
Learning Objective: Explain the development of human settlement in the Americas and
compare the key features of early Mesoamerican, South American, and North American
societies.
Topic: Early Americans
8. The Numic-speaking peoples were from which geographic region?
A. Eastern Woodlands
B. Pacific Northwest
C. Great Plains
D. Great Basin
Answer: D
Bloom’s: Remember
Learning Objective: Explain the development of human settlement in the Americas and
compare the key features of early Mesoamerican, South American, and North American
societies.
Topic: Early Americans
1-3
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Chapter 01
The First Civilizations of North America
Multiple Choice Questions
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
Answer: C
Bloom’s: Understand
Learning Objective: Explain the development of human settlement in the Americas and
compare the key features of early Mesoamerican, South American, and North American
societies.
Topic: Early Americans
2. About 15,000 years ago BP, 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
Answer: A
Bloom’s: Remember
Learning Objective: Explain the development of human settlement in the Americas and
compare the key features of early Mesoamerican, South American, and North American
societies.
Topic: Early Americans
1-1
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3. Which group was the first to build cities in the New World?
A. Aztecs
B. Olmecs
C. Toltecs
D. Mayas
Answer: B
Bloom’s: Remember
Learning Objective: Explain the development of human settlement in the Americas and
compare the key features of early Mesoamerican,
South American, and North American societies.
Topic: Early Americans
4. Both the Mogollon and the Hohokam 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
Answer: C
Bloom’s: Understand
Learning Objective: Explain the development of human settlement in the Americas and
compare the key features of early Mesoamerican, South American, and North American
societies.
Topic: Early Americans
5. Which of the following groups lived in what is now known as the Four Corners region of
the United States?
A. Woodlands
B. Hohokam
C. Ancestral Pueblo
D. Aztecs
Answer: C
Bloom’s: Remember
Learning Objective: Explain the development of human settlement in the Americas and
compare the key features of early Mesoamerican, South American, and North American
societies.
Topic: Early Americans
1-2
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6. The Mogollon, the Hohokam, and the Ancestral Pueblo were North American cultures
from which region of the United States?
A. Eastern Woodlands
B. Southwest
C. Great Plains
D. Great Basin
Answer: B
Bloom’s: Remember
Learning Objective: Explain the development of human settlement in the Americas and
compare the key features of early Mesoamerican, South American, and North American
societies.
Topic: Early Americans
7. The Mississippian people were a culture from the
A. Eastern Woodlands.
B. Pacific Northwest.
C. Great Plains.
D. Great Basin.
Answer: A
Bloom’s: Remember
Learning Objective: Explain the development of human settlement in the Americas and
compare the key features of early Mesoamerican, South American, and North American
societies.
Topic: Early Americans
8. The Numic-speaking peoples were from which geographic region?
A. Eastern Woodlands
B. Pacific Northwest
C. Great Plains
D. Great Basin
Answer: D
Bloom’s: Remember
Learning Objective: Explain the development of human settlement in the Americas and
compare the key features of early Mesoamerican, South American, and North American
societies.
Topic: Early Americans
1-3
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