CH 1 US AP HISTORY

According to the Asian migration hypothesis, the group that migrated about 5,000 years ago were the: A) Inupiats and Aleuts. B) Folsom hunters. C) Athapascans. D) Cordillerans. E) Hohokam.

A) Inupiats and Aleuts.

The oldest continuously occupied town(s) in the United States are home to the: A) Pueblos. B) Navajos. C) Apaches D) Cherokees. E) Iroquois.

A) Pueblos.

Which one of the following is not a significant New World crop? A) maize B) tobacco C) beans D) potatoes E) wheat

B) tobacco

Which one of the following has the LEAST in common with the other three? A) Large mammals. B) Pleistocene. C) Northern Flint. D) Beringia. E) None have anything in common with the others.

C) Northern Flint.

The combined effects of warmer climate and increased hunting in America led to: A) increased glacial activity. B) settled villages. C) Pleistocene Overkill. D) increased Asian migration. E) Clovis technology.

C) Pleistocene Overkill.

Desert farmers like the Pima and Yuma: A) remained semi-nomadic in the Southwest. B) were highly communal apartment dwellers. C) exported high quality flint hoes. D) lived in dispersed settlements called rancherias. E) were the first to plow using animals

D) lived in dispersed settlements called rancherias.

The Desert Culture: A) disappeared after being unable to adapt to changes in the environment. B) was one of the first settled North American peoples. C) relied on agriculture. D) migrated seasonally in search of game. E) was densely populated in urban areas.

D) migrated seasonally in search of game.

The predominant language group in New England was: A) Inuit. B) Pequot. C) Iroquoian. D) Athapascan. E) Algonquin.

A) Inuit.

The two prominent language families of the Northeast on the eve of colonization were the: . A) Iroquoian and Algonquian. B) Sac and Fox. C) Hopewell and Adena. D) Mississippian and Cherokee. E) Pueblo and Athapascan.

A) Iroquoian and Algonquian.

Which of the following has the LEAST in common with the other three? A) Kivas B) Cahokia C) the four have no commonalities D) fortifications E) city-states

A) Kivas

Which one of the following is NOT true of North American Indian populations in B.C.E. 1500? A) The Southwest had the lowest population concentrations. B) Despite language barriers, the Indians found ways to communicate with one another. C) Population density was greatest in farming and coastal areas. D) There were more than 350 distinct groups. E) Demographers now estimate that the population is higher than previously believed.

A) The Southwest had the lowest population concentrations.

One commonality between the Creek, Chickasaw, and Choctaws was a/an: A) cultural pattern of confederacies. B) matriarchal patronage system. C) patrilineal system of reckoning descent. D) living in small villages with little fortification. E) elaborate system of class, priests and monarch.

A) cultural pattern of confederacies.

The center of the development of the practice of farming in North America among Indian peoples was the: A) highlands of Mexico. B) plains of Peru. C) Great Plains. D) Great Basin. E) desert of Arizona.

A) highlands of Mexico.

Based on studying the modern Shoshoni and the Ute communities, archaeologists have found that these peoples accepted innovative practices and made complex adjustments to their harsh surroundings: A) Clovis bands in New Mexico B) Desert culture in Utah and Nevada C) the Inupiats of the Arctic Coast D) old copper people of the western Great Lakes E) the Cordillarians

B) Desert culture in Utah and Nevada

Which one of the following is NOT a description of Anasazi communities? A) Multistoried apartment complexes with central plazas. B) Large animal effigy earth mounds. C) Kivas for community religious ceremonies. D) They were affected by 13th century drought. E) Excellent roads connecting community sites.

B) Large animal effigy earth mounds.

Which one of the following was NOT an Indian group found in the South on the eve of colonization? A) Natchez B) Miami C) Catawba D) Chickasaw E) Choctaw

B) Miami

Which one of the following is the RESULT of the other three? A) Beringia. B) Migration from Asia. C) Pleistocene ice age. D) Large mammals. E) No causal relationship exists between the above.

B) Migration from Asia.

Pueblo Bonito is to the Anasazi as Cahokia is to the: A) Athapascans. B) Mississippians. C) Algonquians. D) Hopis. E) Hohokam.

B) Mississippians.

If one were sent to negotiate with the Five Nations, he would be meeting with: A) Clovis, Folsom, Plano, Inupiats, and Aleuts. B) Mohawks, Oneidas, Onodagsa, Cayugas, and Senecas. C) Mimacs, Crees, Montagnais, Ojibwas, and Hurons. D) Choctaws, Chickasaws, Creeks, Cherokees, Natchez. E) Hurons, Mohawks, Creeks, Natchez and Aleuts.

B) Mohawks, Oneidas, Onodagsa, Cayugas, and Senecas.

Pimas, Papagos and Apaches were found in this region in 1500: A) Great Plains B) Southwest C) Great Basin D) Northwest E) Deep South

B) Southwest

Which one of the following was LEAST likely to be a characteristic of the religion of Hunting Traditions? A) The hunting of bison. B) Spear points made of clay. C) Hunters hurling lances. D) A focus on big game animals. E) None of them were true of the Hunting Traditions.

B) Spear points made of clay.

Which one of the following does NOT describe a new technology or crop that affected the development of Native Americans in North America? A) Maize B) Wheat C) Northern Flint D) Clovis point E) Native Americans were not affected by any of the above

B) Wheat

Oral traditions of many Indian people such as the Pima "Emergence Song" seem to support: A) that most migration was along the Pacific coastline. B) a long journey from a distant place. C) large sedentary tribal communities. D) the Yukon Basin village beginnings at 50,000 B.C.E. E) large scale migration of whole cities from Asia.

B) a long journey from a distant place.

A consequence of Native Americans' increasing reliance on agriculture was: A) higher levels of disease. B) a new division of labor and, ultimately, the emergence of classes. C) a lesser role for religion in their lives. D) a decrease in the need for military forces. E) increased reliance on weather patterns.

B) a new division of labor and, ultimately, the emergence of classes.

Teotihuacan is significant because it illustrates: A) the absorption of neighboring peoples by the Aztecs. B) a sophisticated urban civilization. C) the earliest stable and prosperous settlement known to archaeologists. D) the rise of the city-state in Mesoamerica. E) the violent nature of the Toltecs.

B) a sophisticated urban civilization.

Historians today regard the development of farming: A) as historically inevitable. B) as a slow, gradual process taking many years. C) as the product of dramatic breakthroughs. D) as a revolution in a critical period. E) as a break between primitive and civilized peoples.

B) as a slow, gradual process taking many years.

These carbohydrate sources contributed much to the Indian food supply and still contribute the most to the world's supply of staple foods: A) maize and beans B) maize and potatoes C) yams and beans D) wheat and rice E) rice and beans

B) maize and potatoes

The founding of Oraibi by the Hopi in 1150 C.E. marks the: A) first cultivation of plants in North America. B) oldest town in North America. C) first use of flint in North America. D) beginnings of Northern Flint. E) first settled communities.

B) oldest town in North America.

Early Spanish observers of New World Indians: A) asserted the superiority of Indian lifestyles and culture compared to those of Europeans. B) proposed a migration hypothesis that suggested the Indians had come from Asia. C) were only interested in non-migratory theory. D) believed they must have originated in some part of the New World. E) rarely thought about the origins of these people.

B) proposed a migration hypothesis that suggested the Indians had come from Asia.

Farming made the most sense in which of the following regions? A) the Great Basin B) the Southwest C) the Pacific Northwest D) the northern forests of Wisconsin E) the Desert

B) the Southwest

The largest Indian population centers could be found among: A) the Archaic peoples of the interior. B) the farming districts of the South, the Southwest, and the Northeast. C) the fishing communities of the Pacific Northwest. D) the hunters and gatherers of the Great Plains. E) the warrior cultures of the Southeast.

B) the farming districts of the South, the Southwest, and the Northeast.

Beringia refers to: A) glaciers along the Alaskan coast. B) the land bridge between Asia and North America. C) the homeland of the Inuit peoples. D) the combined landmass of Asia and North America. E) the Russian region of the Bering Strait.

B) the land bridge between Asia and North America.

Woodland farmers introduced this crop before it was domesticated in the Caribbean: A) pumpkin B) tobacco C) sunflowers D) squash E) maize

B) tobacco

Today the narrow land connection between Asia and North America is: A) a glacial corridor. B) under the Bering Sea. C) under the Marianas Trench. D) the Yukon plain. E) the Kamchatka Peninsula.

B) under the Bering Sea.

According to the migration hypothesis, the people Columbus mistakenly called Indians came from: A) Asia. B) Israel. C) Africa. D) Northern Europe. E) Russia.

C) Africa.

Which one of the following was NOT the location of a complex urban civilization supported by highly productive farming at around the first millennium C.E.? A) Valley of Mexico B) Yucatan Peninsula C) Aleutian Islands D) present-day Mexico City E) none of the above

C) Aleutian Islands

Which one of the following best describes a kiva? A) burial mound of Hopewell mortuary cult B) apartments used by Anasazi workers C) Anasazi subterranean religious center D) Pueblo impersonations of ancestral, sacred spirits E) Hohokam ball-playing court with surrounding religious platform mound

C) Anasazi subterranean religious center

The Four Corners refers to the meeting point of: A) a trading center between the Great Basin and Great Plains. B) Arthapascans, Aleuts, Apaches and Anasazi. C) Arizona, New Mexico, Utah and Colorado. D) major confederacies of the Southwest. E) a religious totem developed by the Aleuts.

C) Arizona, New Mexico, Utah and Colorado.

In a native farming culture one would have seen which ONE of the following? A) Little social conflict and warfare. B) The disappearance of clans. C) Elaborate systems of kinship. D) Increased reliance on those who owned livestock. E) Simple means for distribution of material goods and possessions.

C) Elaborate systems of kinship.

Archaeologists have discovered that a central feature of the Hopewellian culture was: A) city states. B) apartment-like living structures called pueblos. C) an elaborate trade network throughout North America. D) simple religious rituals and burial practices. E) its complete self-sufficiency

C) an elaborate trade network throughout North America.

The Anasazi and Mississippian cultures shared what characteristics? A) political systems run by women B) democratic social forms C) artistic traditions D) mound-building E) writing systems

C) artistic traditions

Which one of the following does NOT apply to the Mississippian culture? A) city-states B) mound-building C) democratic social order D) maize farming E) the adaptation of technology

C) democratic social order

Early Indian communities in North America typically: A) developed around stable agricultural economies. B) remained socially and communally primitive. C) demonstrated increasing levels of complexity. D) feared the gods and refused to change. E) had little knowledge of even the simplest forms of technology.

C) demonstrated increasing levels of complexity.

The Cherokee confederacy included: A) very few towns. B) no towns; only temporary camps. C) more than sixty towns. D) what is now Massachusetts. E) less than sixty towns.

C) more than sixty towns.

Which one of the following was NOT introduced in the Northeast by 650? A) arrows B) flint hoes C) potatoes D) bow and arrow E) Northern Flint corn

C) potatoes

The people generally recognized as the first to develop a settled farming way of life in the Southwest were: A) the Skoaquik. B) the Arawaks. C) the Mogollon. D) the Pimas and Papagos. E) the Hohokam.

C) the Mogollon.

Athapascan migrations to America began in 5000 B.C.E. They arrived in the Southwest by: A) 500 C.E. B) 1800 C.E. C) 250 B.C.E. D) 1300 C.E. E) 1000 C.E.

D) 1300 C.E.

The oldest fossil evidence of human beings in the Americas dates from: A) 10,000 B.C.E. B) 5,000 B.C.E. C) 35,000 B.C.E. D) 25,000 B.C.E. E) 50,000 B.C.E.

D) 25,000 B.C.E.

Which one of the following North American regions had low population density in 1500? A) California. B) Northwest. C) South. D) Great Plains. E) Atlantic Coast.

D) Great Plains.

1200 C.E. marks the high point of these two cultures: A) Iroquois and Algonquian B) Hohokam and Adena C) Athapascans and Hopewell D) Mississippian and Anasazi E) Hopis and Navaho

D) Mississippian and Anasazi

Which of the following was not one of the Five Nations that made up the Iroquois Confederacy? A) Huron B) Oneida C) Seneca D) Mohawk E) Cayuga

D) Mohawk

On the eve of European colonization, remaining Mississippian cultures in the South included the: A) Pimas. B) Cherokees. C) Mimacs. D) Natchez. E) Apaches.

D) Natchez.

Two later groups that developed from the Athapascans in the Southwest are the: A) Inupiats and Aleuts. B) Hopi and Pueblo. C) Shoshone and Ute. D) Navajo and Apache. E) Anasazi and the Hopi.

D) Navajo and Apache.

Which one of the following is NOT true of the community of Cahokia on the Mississippi? A) It was the most populated urban complex north of Mexico. B) Cahokia had been abandoned by the 14th century. C) Intensive farming supported the urban population. D) Written records of the nobility have survived. E) High quality flint hoes were a major export.

D) Written records of the nobility have survived.

Indian trading centers: A) were virtually nonexistent. B) were found only within the same communities. C) tended to concentrate on the Pacific coastline. D) connected all the western regions. E) were found entirely on the Atlantic seaboard.

D) connected all the western regions.

Beringia refers to the: . A) greatest of the Indians wars prior to 10,000 B.C.E. B) first settled group of Indians in the Yukon Basin. C) earliest evidence of human habitation in the United States. D) earlier land connection between Asia and North America. E) narrow corridor through the immense Northern glaciers

D) earlier land connection between Asia and North America.

Archaeologists identify at least how many distinct migration events in populating the Americas? A) two B) three C) four D) five E) one

D) five

Which product is not correctly paired with its region of origin? A) mica-Appalachians B) shells-Gulf coast C) obsidian-Rocky Mountains D) flint-Mexico E) copper-Great Lakes

D) flint-Mexico

Eastern Woodland tribes subsisted by: A) fur trading and tobacco production. B) raids on neighboring villages. C) fishing and farming. D) gathering, hunting, and cultivation. E) dry farming and small game hunting

D) gathering, hunting, and cultivation.

Which one of the following is the CAUSE of the other three? A) distinct North American climatic regions B) stress on large mammals C) ending of the Pleistocene D) global warming 15,000 years ago E) none of the above

D) global warming 15,000 years ago

Which one of the following was NOT part of the social and political structure of a Mississippian community such as Cahokia? A) public works B) hierarchical chiefdoms C) population growth leading to violent competition D) minimal warfare E) leadership class

D) minimal warfare

The primary function of a ruling council in a farming community was to: A) conduct warfare against other tribes. B) divide property among the clans. C) prevent crime. D) supervise the economy. E) appease the gods

D) supervise the economy.

Which one of the following describes the correct chronological order of these events? (1) Hopewell (2) Clovis (3) Iroquois confederacy (4) High point of Anasazi and Mississippian A) 3, 4, 1, 2 B) 1, 4, 2, 3 C) 1, 2, 3, 4 D) 4, 2, 3, 1 E) 2, 1, 4, 3

E) 2, 1, 4, 3 (2) Clovis (1) Hopewell (4) High point of Anasazi and Mississippian (3) Iroquois confederacy

The productive potential of maize farming was greatly increased by: A) the introduction of the Northern Flint variety of maize. B) the use of flint hoes. C) the development of a centralized city administration. D) all of the above. E) A and B.

E) A and B. the introduction of the Northern Flint variety of maize and the use of flint hoes.

The Anasazi culture declined as the result of: A) attacks by neighboring peoples. B) internal warfare. C) climate change. D) population pressures. E) B and C.

E) B and C. internal warfare and climate change.

The Cherokee, Iroquois and Algonquian had this in common: A) Matrilineal descent B) The longhouse C) Patrilineal descent D) Sedentary communities E) Confederacy organization

E) Confederacy organization

Which one of the following is NOT a distinctive feature of Archaic Indian forest communities? A) Hunting and gathering for subsistence. B) Community populations grew during the later archaic period. C) Division of work according to gender. D) The practice of burning the land to encourage the harvest of food and animal grazing. E) Environmentally-threatening use of forest resources.

E) Environmentally-threatening use of forest resources.

Folsom technology was: A) a refinement of the Plano tradition. B) unrelated to the hunting of bison. C) more reliant on farming than on hunting technology. D) completely unrelated to the Plano tradition. E) a tradition in which spear points played no part.

E) a tradition in which spear points played no part.

Historians believe the Iroquois Confederacy was probably founded to: A) control the violence that characterized the existence of the five Iroquois nations. B) control Iroquois trade with the French in Canada. C) undertake the conquest of Algonquian-speaking tribes in the Northeast. D) fight the European invasion of Iroquois lands. E) defend against economic changes.

E) defend against economic changes.

Which one of the following is NOT part of the increasing social complexity of Indian farming communities? A) increased complexity but less stability than foraging communities B) families grouping into clans for social, political or ritual functions C) clans grouping into a tribe with councils of leaders D) separate social groupings of men and women E) private ownership of land and other resources

E) private ownership of land and other resources

A major achievement of the Hohokams involved: A) the development of crops that needed no water. B) the importation of grains like maize into North America. C) their refusal to engage in religious practices. D) the building of communities of cliff dwellings. E) the development of the first system of irrigation in America.

E) the development of the first system of irrigation in America.