History 111- Test #1

Which of the following were among the most important crops created during the Central American Agricultural Revolution?

Corn, Potatoes, Squash

Which of the following places, events, or developments in correct or chronological order, with the earliest on the left and the latest on the right?

Extinction of the wholly mammoth, agricultural revolution, mayan empire

The term "Beringia" refers to...

a land bridge that existed between Alaska and Siberia during the last Ice Age (2 million- 10,000 years ago)

The term Clovis refers to

a native American culture that used a distinctive style of spear points about 10,000 years ago

The Archaic Period was characterized by...

a prolonged period of global warming between about 10,000 and 5,000 years ago

The end of the last Ice Age resulted in

a wave of extinctions of such animals as the Mastadon and Saber-toothed tiger

According to the academic/scientific version, the first human beings arrived in North America..

by traveling from west to east.

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 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 term "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

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 than was previously believed.

Gunpowder, triangular (Lateen) sails, and the magnetic compass were

new technologies that were available to Europeans at the time that Columbus made his journey across the Atlantic Ocean in 1492

"Hunter-gatherer" societies were generally...

nomadic and consisted of relatively small numbers of people, perhaps as few as 20-30 individuals.

Which of the following was one consequence of the last Great Ice Age?

ocean levels were much lower than they are today

The term "Paleo-Indians" refers to...

one of the earliest migrations of ancient humans into North America, about 10,000 years ago.

The term "Silk Road" refers to

one of the greatest trade routes of the "Old World", running between China and the Middle East

The following developments can be attributed to the "Agricultural Revolution"

sedentism as a way of life and the emergence of civilizations.

The following products became necessities for Europeans during and after the Crusades

silk, porcelain, spices

Archaeologists believe

that there may have been several migrations of ancient human beings to North America.

Which of the following places, events, or developments in correct chronological order, with the earliest to the left and the latest on the right?

the Agricultural revolution in central America, the Crusades, the exploration of Prince Henry

The Spanish practice of giving victorious Christian soldiers a portion of conquered lands and the right to command the labor of the people living on one of those lands was known as

the Ecomienda System

Which of the following choices was more likely to have practiced a "sedentary" lifestyle?

the Olmec and Maya civilizations

Prince Henry "The Navigator" was

the Portuguese leader who promoted the first explorations of the African coast in the 1420's

The term "Agricultural Revolution" refers to

the development of agriculture in Central America about 3,000 years ago.

The history of the "Old World" prior to 1492 was shaped in significant ways by

the presence of major world religious such as Christianity and Islam

Europeans learned about new products from the Far East (India and China) when

they occupied the "Holy Land" in the Middle East during the Crusades from 1096 AD- 1291 AD

By traveling Westward across the Atlantic Ocean, Columbus hoped

to establish a direct trade route with Asia

By about 5,000 years ago, the earth's climate had...

warmed up and stabilized at its current level.