Global Americans A History Of The United States, 1
Global Americans A History of the United States, 1
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Global Americans A History of the United States 1st Edition By Maria Montoya, Laura Belmonte, Carl Guarneri (Test Bank)
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Global Americans A History of the United States, 1
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Global Americans A History Of The United States, 1
Global Americans A History of the United States, 1e Maria Montoya, Laura Belmonte, Carl Guarneri (Test Bank)
Global Americans A History of the United States, 1e Maria Montoya, Laura Belmonte, Carl Guarneri (Test Bank)
(Global Americans A History of the United States, 1e Maria Montoya, Laura Belmonte, Carl Guarneri)
(Test Bank, Answer at the end of each Chapter)
chapter 1
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
1. At its peak, the Maya civilization had a population of 3 to 5 million people.
a. True
b. False
2. Nearly all the peoples of the Americas traded with neighbors for commodities they could not produce.
a. True
b. False
3. Even after their decline and disappearance, cultural elements of the Adena and Hopewell could be found over much of
eastern North America as a result of trade.
a. True
b. False
4. Throughout the Americas, all native groups lived in small villages of a few hundred people.
a. True
b. False
5. The historic peoples of the Southeast, the Cados, Choctaw, Chickasaws, Cherokees, and Creeks emerged as some of the
earliest civilizations within the Mississippian culture.
a. True
b. False
6. The category of gender is rooted in biology and is uniform across societies.
a. True
b. False
7. The most extensive American Indian empire was the Inca.
a. True
b. False
8. Archaic peoples did little to modify their environments.
a. True
b. False
9. The Anasazi were skilled stone masons who developed a culture similar to the Hohokam.
a. True
b. False
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10. The analysis of ancient human bones suggests that agriculture caused a decline in health and nutrition among native
groups.
a. True
b. False
Indicate the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
11. Longhouses were
a. single-family homes.
b. shared by members of a clan who shared a common female ancestor.
c. the homes of Iroquois rulers.
d. the place where the Iroquois stored their maize for winter.
e. the place where rulers from the different Iroquois nations would meet.
12. Among the Iroquoian speakers,
a. children inherited their father's property.
b. in old age, individuals often counted on their nieces and nephews for support rather than their own children.
c. married couples typically resided with the groom's parents.
d. men spent more time in and around the villages than women.
e. None of these are correct.
13. The Aztec are also known as the _________________
a. Toltec.
b. Maya.
c. Mexica.
d. Olmec.
e. Chimu.
14. The Plains Indians
a. included the Oneota, Wichita, Pawnee, and Arikaras.
b. all lived under a unified political system and spoke the same language.
c. hunted the bison, although this source of food was undependable.
d. All of these are correct.
e. None of these are correct.
15. Southeastern societies
a. were organized as chiefdoms.
b. produced many items for export and trade.
c. shared cultural traits with Mesoamerican and Cahokian groups.
d. were hierarchical societies and had a total population of about 10,000.
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e. All of these are correct.
16. The Chumash
a. were a native group from California.
b. were only a few hundred in number.
c. had no gendered division of labor as both men and women hunted and gathered.
d. were an inland people so they built no boats or canoes.
e. All of these are correct.
17. Mexica society
a. rose before the collapse of the Toltec state.
b. had no hierarchical social structure.
c. had no military.
d. All of these are correct.
e. None of these are correct.
18. According to archaeologists, approximately when did the first humans arrive in America?
a. 75,000 BCE
b. 41,000 BCE
c. 12,500 BCE
d. 60,000 BCE
e. 2,500 BCE
19. Until about 2 million years ago, Homo erectus, the distant ancestors of modern humans, lived only in
a. Asia.
b. Australia.
c. Europe.
d. Africa.
e. Antarctica.
20. The Chinook
a. depended on maize as a staple.
b. refused to practice slavery as it violated their religious ideals.
c. were the most prominent of the Pacific Northwest people.
d. were located in southern California.
e. lived in single family homes.
21. The Chinook
a. lived at the center of a crucial trading zone.
b. depended heavily on salmon.
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c. spoke a language that became the language of commerce across the Pacific Northwest.
d. practiced slavery.
e. All of these are correct.
22. The Woodlands
a. refers to the forests of the Amazon.
b. were inhabited by groups who were strictly hunter-gatherers.
c. had access to little variety in terms of naturally-occurring food sources.
d. were inhabited by a people who established some of the largest urban centers in ancient North America.
e. None of these are correct.
23. Evidence about early Native American cultures comes mainly from
a. material evidence.
b. human remains.
c. Carbon-14 dating.
d. All of these are correct.
e. None of these are correct.
24. The Adena and Hopewell cultures emerged from the Valley of the ________________
a. Potomac River.
b. Ohio River.
c. Columbia River.
d. Missouri River.
e. Arkansas River.
25. The Aleuts and Inuits, also known as Eskimos __________________.
a. migrated from Siberia.
b. hunted fish, whales, opposes, seals, sea lions, and sea otters.
c. developed separate cultures with separate languages before settling in present-day Alaska.
d. had a society that was stratified into the rich, the ordinary, and the slaves.
e. All of these are correct.
26. Cahokia began to decline around
a. 1,000 CE.
b. 1,500 CE.
c. 600 CE.
d. 400 CE.
e. 1,300 CE.
27. Which of the following is true about Paleoindian settlement in the Americas?
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