Hist 111- Knowledge Check #1
Which of the following places events or developments in correct chronological order, with the earliest on the left and the latest on the right?
Extinction of the wooly mammoth (Mastadon), agricultural revolution, Mayan Empire
The inhabitants of the Mayan Empire were among the first to adopt a hunter-gatherer way of life in order to adapt to the harsh conditions of the Great Ice Age.
False
The terms "New World" and "Old World" refer to the geological age of the mountains and other major landforms in Africa and North America.
False
Which of the following was created by the Olmec Civilization?
Giant sculptures of stone heads
Which of the following were among the most important crops created during the Central American Agricultural Revolution?
Maize (corn), potatoes, squash
The term Clovis refers to
a native American culture that used a distinctive style of spear points about 10,000 years ago
The term "Paleo-Indians" refers to
a. One of the earliest migrations of ancient humans into North America, about 10,000 years ago
"Hunter-gatherer" societies were generally
a. nomadic and consisted of relatively small numbers of people, perhaps as few as 20-30 individuals.
The term "Agricultural Revolution" refers to
a. the development of agriculture in Central America about 3,000 years ago.
By about 5,000 years ago, the earth's climate had
a. warmed up and stabilized at its current level.
Which of the following choices was more likely to have practiced a "sedentary" lifestyle?
b. The Olmec and Maya Civilizations.
The end of the last Ice Age resulted in
b. a wave of extinctions of such animals as the Mastadon and Saber-toothed Tiger.
The following developments can be attributed to the "Agricultural Revolution"
b. sedentism as a way of life and the emergence of civilizations.
According to the academic/scientific version, the first human beings arrived in North America
by travelling from west to east
The term "Beringia" refers to
c. a land bridge that existed between Alaska and Siberia during the last Ice Age (2 million-10,000 years ago)
The Archaic Period was characterized by
d. a prolonged period of global warming between about 10,000 and 5,000 years ago.
The stories told by American Indian Nations about how they first came to live in North American are about the same as the academic/scientific version.
false
The significance of the Monte Verde archaeological excavation in Chile is that
it suggests that ancient Native Americans may have arrived in the Americas much earlier that was previously believed
Which of the following was one consequence of the last Great Ice Age?
ocean levels were much lower than they are today
Archaeologists believe
that there may have been several migrations of ancient human beings to North America