History Final: American YAWP 1-15 Exam Questions And Answers

History Final: American YAWP 1-15 Exam Questions And Answers The first American arrived on the North American continent approximately - ANS 12-20 thousand years ago Agriculture arose in North America - ANS Nearly simultaneously as in Asia/eastern hemisphere The crops most commonly grown by Native Americans, also called the "Three Sisters," include all of the following except - ANS Wheat What is the best term to describe Native Americans ancestry/descent? - ANS Matrilineal What was the name of the largest city in the Mississippian Empire? - ANS Cahokia What is the name of the Native American group who live in Chaco Canyon? - ANS Pueblo Most Native Americans understood property rights as primarily relating to which of the following concepts? - ANS Active Use How would you compare the sexual and marital freedom of Native Americans and Europeans before contact? - ANS They enjoyed greater sexual and marital freedom Under the leadership of Prince Henry the Navigator, the Portuguese emerged as an early sea power. Which of these inventions contributed to Portuguese sea-faring? - ANS Astrolobe Christopher Columbus sailed under the flag of which nation? - ANS Spain What was the name of the first native american group that Columbus encountered? - ANS Arawaks Hernan Cotes relied on a native woman to conquer the Aztecs. What did he call her? - ANS Dona Marina Which of the following proved essential to the Spanish conquest of the Aztecs? - ANS All of the above In the 130 years after contact, approximately what proportion of Native Americans had died? - ANS 95%