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,Test Bank For A People and a Nation, Volume I: to 1877 11th EditionChapter 1. Introduction.
Chapter 1. Introduction.
1. 01: Which of the following were the first to cultivate food crop
Which of the following were the first to cultivate food crops in the Americas?
a. European colonists in South America
b. Indians along the Atlantic seaboard of North America
c. Jesuit missionaries in southern California
*d. Indians living in central Mexico
2. 02: Which of the following was a consequence of the spread of ag
Which of the following was a consequence of the spread of agricultural techniques among Indian
groups?
a. Cultural differences among groups of Indians disappeared.
*b. Most groups began to live a more sedentary existence.
c. The various groups began to engage in almost constant warfare.
d. Political power within the various groups fell into the hands of land-owning elite.
3. 03: Why did the practice of settled agriculture lead to the emer
Why did the practice of settled agriculture lead to the emergence of more complex civilizations?
a. People practicing settled agriculture needed a more structured political system.
*b. People with a steady supply of food were free to devote their energy to
accumulating wealth, producing art, building cities, and creating ceremonies and rituals.
c. An increase in the number of children in such societies gave rise to the educational
institutions associated with complex civilizations.
d. Property owners in such societies demanded laws and institutions that protected their
property rights.
4. 04: Which of the following is true of Cahokia, also known as the
Which of the following is true of Cahokia, also known as the City of the Sun?
a. It was the center of the Aztec world.
b. An early form of writing was invented there.
*c. Its economy was based on culture and trade.
d. It was pillaged by Cortez in 1519 CE
5. 05: Which of the following best explains the differences in the
Which of the following best explains the differences in the means of subsistence and lifestyles
that emerged among Indian groups in the New World?
a. Disagreements over political beliefs caused groups to separate.
b. The various tribes migrated to the Americas separately and came from widely
divergent cultures.
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,Test Bank For A People and a Nation, Volume I: to 1877 11th Edition
Chapter 1. Introduction.
*c. Different Indian groups adapted their means of subsistence and lifestyles to the
environment in which they settled.
d. Geographic barriers in the New World made interaction between different Indian
tribes impossible.
6. 06: Which of the following best explains the fact that bands of
Which of the following best explains the fact that bands of Indian hunters remained small in the
area of the Great Basin (present-day Nevada and Utah)?
a. The disease environment dramatically lowered the life expectancy of the inhabitants
of the Great Basin.
b. The tribes of the Great Basin enacted laws that imposed strict limitations on the size
of each band within the tribe.
*c. The inadequate supply of large game made it difficult to find food in sufficient
quantity to support large groups.
d. The practice of human sacrifice significantly reduced the population of the bands and
tribes of the Great Basin.
7. 07: How were North American Indian agricultural societies simila
How were North American Indian agricultural societies similar to each other?
*a. Their families were matrilineal.
b. The clans were patrilineal.
c. Women were exclusively responsible for agricultural work.
d. The chiefs in these societies were often women.
8. 08: The design of pre-Columbian Indian villages indicates which
The design of pre-Columbian Indian villages indicates which of the following?
a. These societies had an extensive trade network with one another.
b. Native Americans once had a common culture because there are no differences
among the villages of hunter-gatherer societies, agricultural societies, and fishing
societies.
c. The design of Indian villages around a central place of worship indicates that,
although widely separated, all Indians had the same religious beliefs.
*d. The defensive design of villages indicates that North American Indians fought with
each other long before the arrival of Europeans.
9. 09: Women were most likely to hold political positions in
Women were most likely to hold political positions in
a. hunting tribes.
b. tribes that had no sexual division of labor.
c. nomadic tribes.
*d. agricultural tribes.
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, Test Bank For A People and a Nation, Volume I: to 1877 11th Edition
Chapter 1. Introduction.
10. 10: Which of the following is true of the Algonquians?
Which of the following is true of the Algonquians?
a. They followed the example of the Aztecs, practicing settled agriculture and living a
sedentary existence.
*b. They accepted women as rulers in some villages.
c. They defined the extended family patrilineally.
d. They were unique among the North American tribes in that they had no known
religious beliefs.
11. 11: The diverse inhabitants of North America spoke well over how
The diverse inhabitants of North America spoke well over how many distinct languages?
*a. 1,000
b. 500
c. 1,500
d. 750
12. 12: Which of the following was one of the major means of subsist
Which of the following was one of the major means of subsistence of the people living in the
northernmost region of Upper Guinea?
a. Farming
b. Animal husbandry
*c. Cultivation of rice
d. The gold trade
13. 13: How did Upper Guinea differ from Lower Guinea in the 1400 CE
How did Upper Guinea differ from Lower Guinea in the 1400 CE?
a. Lower Guinea was primarily democratic; Upper Guinea had autocratic leadership.
b. Women were rice farmers in Lower Guinea; in Upper Guinea they traded.
*c. While Lower Guinea peoples continued to practice traditional African religions, the
influence of the Islamic religion was felt more strongly in Upper Guinea.
d. Women were denied political power in Lower Guinea but held powerful political and
religious positions in Upper Guinea.
14. 14: Most Africans of Lower Guinea were similar to the agricultur
Most Africans of Lower Guinea were similar to the agricultural Indians of the Americas in which
of the following respects?
a. The political systems of both consisted of hereditary rulers governing agricultural
empires.
b. Both assigned agricultural tasks to men.
c. Both lived a nomadic existence.
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