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Sunday, September 1, 2013

US History - Out of Many Ch 1

The first people in the Northeast cultural region to adopt farming were
The Iroquois.

The Clovis cultural tradition refers to
The improved tools of 11,000 years ago that had fluted blades and lance points.

The people whose civilization was centered at Cahokia
Created a variety of societies from hunting and gathering bands to complex urban centers.

Teotihuacan
Was controlled by an elite class of religious and political leaders.

The Mississippian culture was noted for all of the following EXCEPT
A tradition of social equality and popular politics.

All of the following are true of the Indian peoples of the Americas EXCEPT
They are of the same physical type.

The Desert Culture
Spread to California where it helped make densely populated, permanent settlements possible.

The largest Indian populations in the future United States were in
Those areas where people farmed.

The Anasazis adjusted to an increasingly dry climate by
Building increasingly complex irrigation canals and terraced fields.

The map of the projected native North American trade networks shows that they were
Interlinked across most of the continent with a number of major centers.

The Indian peoples of the Southwest included all of the following EXCEPT
The Natchez who developed a class society with a ruling nobility

The Mississippian culture is most closely identified with
Cahokia, Illinois.

The population of the Americas before Columbus
Varied tremendously according to region.

Tribal names in the Indians' own languages often meant a version of
"the people"

Between c. 10,000 and 4000 BCE, farming developed in all of the following parts of the globe EXCEPT
Sub-Saharan Africa.

The theory that the development of farming constituted a revolution was based on
The concept that human history is the story of technological progress.

The text refers to the development of farming as a "Resisted Revolution" because
The hunter-gatherers' methods suited certain climates better and provided more nutrition and freedom.

One of the most likely dates for the formation of the Iroquois Confederacy of five nations was
1142.

The characteristics of the Desert Culture included all of the following EXCEPT
Tribal independence and isolation from other bands.

Scholars disagree that the pre-colonial Indian population of the Western Hemisphere was nearly the same as that of
Europe.

War in the Mississippian culture
Reflected the desire of farming societies to protect or acquire land.

The Indians in the southeastern region of North America included the
Timucuas.

The development of farming may not be revolutionary for all of the following reasons EXCEPT
It took place over a short period of time.

The Anasazis' most prominent center was at
Chaco Canyon.

Farming and sedentary living led to
More knowledge as a class of experts developed calendars and mathematics.

The urban centers of the Mississippian culture
Collapsed as a result of climate change and increased warfare.

The Iroquois
Traced their descent through the mothers who chose the leaders.

The Indian peoples who settled the Americas
Moved south from Beringia by land and sea.

Indian farming communities were different from European societies because among Indians
Marriage ties were weak, and women controlled their own bodies.

The tribes east of the Mississippi engaged in what is called Forest Efficiency and did all of the following EXCEPT
Identify with nature so that they preserved the forests untouched.

The Folsom culture
Refers to a new style of tool dating from about 10,000 years ago.

The development of farming among Indian peoples
Increased specialization and promoted a more settled, complex society.

The Iroquois Confederacy was formed primarily to
Replace revenge killings with payment among the member nations.

The map of Indian Groups in the Areas of First Contact show Southwestern Indian settlements in all of the following places EXCEPT
Moundville.

The temple mound at Cahokia was a public structure designed to awe the many and empower the priests and governors as was done in
Ancient Egypt and Greece.

After the end of the Ice Age all of the following occurred EXCEPT
Hunters were wasteful since they had no way to preserve the meat from the mass killing of prey.

The Indian peoples of the cultural area known as the Southwest
Lived as farmers in pueblos or on dispersed rancherias.

The map of the possible migration routes shows that the probable main land route south was
Through pathways along glaciers.

All of the following are true of the Indians of the cultural regions of California and the Pacific Northwest EXCEPT
They rejected hunting and gathering as a basis of their culture.

The development of farming gradually led to all of the following EXCEPT
More stable, less violent societies.

The Algonquian-speaking peoples included
The Chippewas.

Cahokia provides evidence that before AD 1300, North America was a continent of
A variety of community types

The Indian peoples of the eastern woodlands
Lived mostly in permanent communities.

One of the primary characteristics of the Indian peoples in the South was that they
Were matrilineal and gave women substantial power in village life.

When the Europeans arrived in the Americas, they found
People of many distinct cultures that had used and altered the land in different ways.

Indian people used knowledge of plant reproduction in different ways as shown by all of the following EXCEPT
The desert gatherers, who improved the variety and nutrition of their diet by farming.

All of the following were true of the Natchez EXCEPT
They had an egalitarian society that emphasized sharing.

The Great Serpent Mound in southern Ohio shows
A high degree of social organization in the Mississippian culture.

The map of the pre-European population of North America shows that the greatest density existed
Along the coasts.

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