TEST BANK FOR THE ENDURING VISION, VOLUME 1: TO 1877 9TH EDITION PAUL S. BOYER, CLIFFORD E. CLARK, KAREN HALTTUNEN, JOSEPH F. KETT, NEAL SALISBURY
Name: Class: Date: Chapter 01 Native Peoples of America, to 1500 Multiple Choice 1. Which of the following is not one of the theories about how America was originally settled? a. Europeans sailed across the Atlantic in leather boats during the pre-Christian era. b. Siberian hunters crossed from Asia to North American during the last ice age. c. Humans arrived by boat and followed the coast southward from Alaska. d. Humans arrived in multiple migrations e. Hunters from Asia dispersed themselves over much of North America. ANSWER: a 2. Evidence about early Native American cultures comes mainly from: a. All of these choices b. observations of European explorers. c. archeology. d. Indian oral traditions. e. inscriptions and graphic images. ANSWER: a 3. According to archaeologists, when did the first humans likely arrive in America? a. 41,000 B.C. b. 13,000 B.C. c. 2,500 B.C. d. 6,000 B.C. e. 75,000 B.C. ANSWER: b 4. The Iroquois account of their people's origins in North America focuses on: a. None of these choices b. Corn Mother, who breathed life into the spirits of two sisters, who would then people the Earth. c. tales of ancestors battling hairy mammals for control of the Earth. d. Sky Woman, a pregnant woman who fell from sky world to Earth. e. their ancestors' difficult journeys through other worlds before reaching their homelands. ANSWER: d 5. Which of the following was a feature of Paleo-Indian society? a. They moved constantly, within informally defined boundaries. b. They developed a cultural life that transcended their small bands. c. They dwelled in bands of about fifteen to fifty people. d. Men hunted, while women prepared food and took care of the children. e. All of these choices ANSWER: e 6. Why did the Paleo-Indians flourish in the Americas?
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