At present the main theories concerning the peopling of the Americas are:
•Hunters from Asia walked across a glacial corridor connecting Siberia and
... [Show More] Alaska, and others arrived from Asia by boat, landing at various places along the western coast of America.
•Humans first evolved from pre-human species in South America. These indigenous humans were later joined by migrants from Africa.
•Fishermen in outrigger canoes coming from Polynesia landed in South America, while Norsemen from Scandinavia landed and spread out from Greenland and Newfoundland.
•Norsemen landed in Greenland and Eskimos landed in Alaska. Their descendants spread out all over North and South America.
Hunters from Asia walked across a glacial corridor connecting Siberia and Alaska, and others arrived from Asia by boat, landing at various places along the western coast of America
The Indian peoples of the Great Basin did not develop agriculture because:
•they had no horses to pull plows.
•the area in which they lived was too dry.
•wild game and wild plants were so abundant that they had no need to do the hard work of farming to feed themselves.
•they had no contact with Eastern Woodland people who could teach them how to farm.
the area in which they lived was too dry.
Which one of these Indian cultures is not correctly matched to the geographical area in which it flourished?
•Hopewell—the Midwest
•Woodlands—the Pacific Northwest and California
•Hohokam—Arizona
•Pueblo—Arizona and New Mexico
Woodlands—the Pacific Northwest and California
All of the following helped shape Native Americans' social and cultural development before 1500 except
long-term changes or cycles in weather, such as warming trends and extended droughts.
geographical isolation.
contact with Asian and African cultures, from which they adopted many practices.
great climatic and geographical variations across America.
contact with Asian and African cultures, from which they adopted many practices.
Which of the following was a distinguishing characteristic of Ancestral Pueblo culture?
its dependency on slaves
its nomadic tradition
its architecture
its human sacrifices
its architecture
At the time of Columbus's first voyage to the New World, about how many Native Americans lived on the continent north of Mesoamerica?
50,000 to 100,000
7 million to 10 million
1 million to 2 million
75 million
7 million to 10 million
All of these were characteristics of North American Indian cultures before contact with the Eastern Hemisphere except
strong kinship or extended family ties.
the belief that all nature was infused with spiritual power.
communal control of resources.
the belief that property ownership gave the owner perpetual and exclusive control over the land.
the belief that property ownership gave the owner perpetual and exclusive control over the land.
Cahokia was
part of the mound-building Mississippian culture and grew to a population of 20,000 inhabitants.
destroyed by French explorers, who burned it in 1682.
located near present-day New York City and reached its peak of glory in the 1700s.
probably doomed by its primitive culture and lack of governmental institutions.
part of the mound-building Mississippian culture and grew to a population of 20,000 inhabitants.
Among North American Indians, women alone did the farming, except among the tribes in the
Mississippi Valley.
Great Basin.
Northeast.
Southwest.
Southwest.
The term Archaic peoples refers to
the mound builders of the Mississippi Valley.
all Native Americans living in North America at the time of Columbus's voyage.
the first nomadic hunters to reach North America.
Native Americans from about 8,000 to approximately 2,500 B.C.
Native Americans from about 8,000 to approximately 2,500 B.C.
Which of the following contributed to the extinction of mammoths and mastodons by approximately 9,000 B.C.E.?
A series of prehistoric parasites
The cooling climate of the ice age
Paleo-Indian hunting practices
Large continental floods
Paleo-Indian hunting practices
Over time, Archaic Americans
abandoned all forms of hunting and gathering for trade.
sharpened distinctions between women's and men's roles.
reserved the privilege of religious healing to men only.
engaged in increasingly deadly large-scale warfare.
sharpened distinctions between women's and men's roles.
Archaic Americans carried goods and dragged loads with human power because
they had little cargo to carry.
they refused to force animals into service for spiritual reasons.
Americas lacked large animals suitable for domestication.
they did not know how to domesticate nearby buffalo.
Americas lacked large animals suitable for domestication.
The most important crop Archaic Americans cultivated across Mesoamerica by 2,500 B.C.E. was
gourds.
squash.
maize.
chili peppers.
maize.
What helped foster the development of wealthy and powerful urban centers in Mesoamerica?
Slavery
Trade
Warfare
ranching
Trade
Which of the following was not a feature of the centralized states that had emerged in Mesoamerica by 2,000 B.C.E.?
Taxes
Public Works
Banks
Armies
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