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. Toltecs
D. Mayas
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
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. Anasazi
D. Aztecs
6. The Mogollon, the Hohokam, 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 from the
A. Eastern Woodlands.
B. Pacific Northwest.
C. Great Plains.
D. Great Basin.
8. The Numic-speaking peoples were 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 among nobles, commoners, and
slaves?
A. Subarctic
B. Pacific Northwest
C. Great Basin
D. Eastern Woodlands
10. The inhabitants of which region moved from their summer fishing camps to berry patches in the fall, and
to moose-and caribou-hunting grounds in the winter?
A. Eastern Woodlands
B. Subarctic
C. Great Plains
D. Pacific Northwest
11. Recently, scholars have begun to find evidence of incredible manipulations of landscapes and
environments in the least likely of places,
A. the canyons of the Southwest.
B. the area now known as Mexico City.
C. the Amazon rainforest.
D. the Subarctic.
12. Which of the following, built around 1300, contained more than 2,000 rooms and had a water and sewage
removal system?
A. Navajos
B. Anasazi
C. Paquime
D. Pueblos
13. The Muskogean speakers rejected hierarchical societies in favor of egalitarian ones as they matured into
three great southeastern confederacies, the
A. Iroquois, Algonquian, and Mohawk.
B. Creek, Choctaw, and Chickasaw.
C. Chickasaw, Mohicans, and Iroquois.
D. Choctaw, Creek, and 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 group?
A. Eastern Woodlands
B. Subarctic
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. Pioneers in Mesoamerica began domesticating ________ about 10,000 years ago.
________________________________________
,19. Between the third and ninth 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 aridity of the __________ made it a dynamic and unpredictable place to live.
________________________________________
22. A distinctive feature of Iroquois and Huron architecture was the ________.
________________________________________
23. The adoption of ________ gave people in the Southwest and the Eastern Woodlands the security
necessary to develop complex societies.
________________________________________
24. The ________ lived along the Atlantic seaboard and the Great Lakes, in communities smaller than those
of either the Muskogeans or the Iroquois.
________________________________________
25. Ideal environments for the evolution and transmission of disease were created when Eurasian peoples
embraced ________ and started living with one another and domesticated animals.
________________________________________
26. The Natchez practiced a form of kinship in which ________ owned land, tools, and even children.
________________________________________
27. No innovation proved more crucial to human history than native manipulation of ________.
________________________________________
28. Archaeologists discovered evidence of 10,000-year-old domesticated ________ in a cave in southern
Mexico; the same would not appear in the American Southwest for another 7,000 years.
________________________________________
29. Explain how early peoples evolved into stable and secure cultures.
30. Explain how the emergence of ecosystems made for ever greater biological diversity.
31. Compare and contrast the early cultures of ancient Mexico.
, 32. 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
33. 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
34. Which group was the first to build cities in the "new world"?
A. Aztecs
B. Olmecs
C. Toltecs
D. Mayas
35. 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
36. 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. Anasazi
D. Aztecs
37. The Mogollon, the Hohokam, 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
38. The Mississippian people were from the
A. Eastern Woodlands.
B. Pacific Northwest.
C. Great Plains.
D. Great Basin.
39. The Numic-speaking peoples were from which geographic region?
A. Eastern Woodlands
B. Pacific Northwest
C. Great Plains
D. Great Basin
40. Which of the following peoples lived in a society with deep divisions among nobles, commoners, and
slaves?
A. Subarctic
B. Pacific Northwest
C. Great Basin
D. Eastern Woodlands
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. Toltecs
D. Mayas
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
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. Anasazi
D. Aztecs
6. The Mogollon, the Hohokam, 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 from the
A. Eastern Woodlands.
B. Pacific Northwest.
C. Great Plains.
D. Great Basin.
8. The Numic-speaking peoples were 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 among nobles, commoners, and
slaves?
A. Subarctic
B. Pacific Northwest
C. Great Basin
D. Eastern Woodlands
10. The inhabitants of which region moved from their summer fishing camps to berry patches in the fall, and
to moose-and caribou-hunting grounds in the winter?
A. Eastern Woodlands
B. Subarctic
C. Great Plains
D. Pacific Northwest
11. Recently, scholars have begun to find evidence of incredible manipulations of landscapes and
environments in the least likely of places,
A. the canyons of the Southwest.
B. the area now known as Mexico City.
C. the Amazon rainforest.
D. the Subarctic.
12. Which of the following, built around 1300, contained more than 2,000 rooms and had a water and sewage
removal system?
A. Navajos
B. Anasazi
C. Paquime
D. Pueblos
13. The Muskogean speakers rejected hierarchical societies in favor of egalitarian ones as they matured into
three great southeastern confederacies, the
A. Iroquois, Algonquian, and Mohawk.
B. Creek, Choctaw, and Chickasaw.
C. Chickasaw, Mohicans, and Iroquois.
D. Choctaw, Creek, and 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 group?
A. Eastern Woodlands
B. Subarctic
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. Pioneers in Mesoamerica began domesticating ________ about 10,000 years ago.
________________________________________
,19. Between the third and ninth 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 aridity of the __________ made it a dynamic and unpredictable place to live.
________________________________________
22. A distinctive feature of Iroquois and Huron architecture was the ________.
________________________________________
23. The adoption of ________ gave people in the Southwest and the Eastern Woodlands the security
necessary to develop complex societies.
________________________________________
24. The ________ lived along the Atlantic seaboard and the Great Lakes, in communities smaller than those
of either the Muskogeans or the Iroquois.
________________________________________
25. Ideal environments for the evolution and transmission of disease were created when Eurasian peoples
embraced ________ and started living with one another and domesticated animals.
________________________________________
26. The Natchez practiced a form of kinship in which ________ owned land, tools, and even children.
________________________________________
27. No innovation proved more crucial to human history than native manipulation of ________.
________________________________________
28. Archaeologists discovered evidence of 10,000-year-old domesticated ________ in a cave in southern
Mexico; the same would not appear in the American Southwest for another 7,000 years.
________________________________________
29. Explain how early peoples evolved into stable and secure cultures.
30. Explain how the emergence of ecosystems made for ever greater biological diversity.
31. Compare and contrast the early cultures of ancient Mexico.
, 32. 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
33. 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
34. Which group was the first to build cities in the "new world"?
A. Aztecs
B. Olmecs
C. Toltecs
D. Mayas
35. 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
36. 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. Anasazi
D. Aztecs
37. The Mogollon, the Hohokam, 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
38. The Mississippian people were from the
A. Eastern Woodlands.
B. Pacific Northwest.
C. Great Plains.
D. Great Basin.
39. The Numic-speaking peoples were from which geographic region?
A. Eastern Woodlands
B. Pacific Northwest
C. Great Plains
D. Great Basin
40. Which of the following peoples lived in a society with deep divisions among nobles, commoners, and
slaves?
A. Subarctic
B. Pacific Northwest
C. Great Basin
D. Eastern Woodlands
