Chapter 1: America Begins – Flashcards
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The first inhabitants of the Americas reached the New World by
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migrating from Asia across the then existing Alaska-Siberia land bridge.
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The densest Indian populations in what would later be the United States were found in
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California and the Pacific Northwest.
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Which of these Indian cultures is not correctly matched to the geographical area in which it flourished?
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Woodlands - the Pacific Northwest and California.
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All of the following helped shape Native Americans' social and cultural development before 1500 except
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contact with Asian and African cultures, from which they adopted many practices.
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Which of the following tribes was the ancestor of the modern Pueblo Indians?
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Anasazis
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At the time of Columbus's first voyage to the New World, about how many Native Americans lived on the continent north of present-day Mexico?
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7 million to 10 million
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All of these were characteristics of Native American culture before contact with the Eastern Hemisphere except
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the belief that property ownership gave the owner perpetual and exclusive control over the land.
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Cahokia was
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part of the mound-building Mississippian culture and grew to a population of 20,000 inhabitants.
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Among North American Indians women alone did the farming except for tribes in the
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Southwest.
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The term Archaic people refers to
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native North Americans from about 8000 to 1500 BC.
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Which of the following best illustrates the way environmental factors influenced Native American societies?
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The demise of the Anasazi culture.
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Manitou refers to
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the spiritual force that Native Americans believed permeated all nature.
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The first full-time agricultural socieities in the East developed
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On the floodplains of the Mississippi River and its tributaries.
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Which of the following best expresses Native American attitudes toward the land?
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We are part of the natural order of things, including the land, and must take care not to upset this natural order.
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All of the following flourished in the Southwest except
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The Hopewell.
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"Reciprocity" refers to
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Native American religious and social values.
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The Iroquois League
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Was forged after a long period of bloody warfare.
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The most important force for social cohesion in Native American societies was
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kinship ties.
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Which of the following areas offered the least favorable conditions for the development of sophisticated Native American cultures?
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The Great Basin.
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The primary leadership method used by Native Americans was
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Consensus building.
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Which of the following was a feature of Paleo-Indian society?
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They dwelled in bands of about fifteen to fifty people; they moved constantly, within informally defined boundaries; they used fluted points on their spears.
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Why did the Paleo-Indians spread out and proliferate with amazing speed?
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Because of the bountiful and accomodating environment.
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Which of the following would be most likely to lead to a settled life-style in permanent villages?
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Drying fish and storing them in quantities sufficient to last the year around.
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Which statement about agriculture and the development of society is not correct?
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Throughout North America, patterns of agriculture and the development of society were generally similar.
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Which of the following generalizations about pre-Columbian cultures is true?
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All Native Americans were characterized by a preference for independent kin-based communities and certain beliefs and rituals surrounding burial of the dead.
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Which of the following best describes patterns of divorce in Native American societies at the time of the first European contacts?
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Divorce was generally a simple process because kinship was more important than marriage.
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In more Native American societies, warfare
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Was conducted more as a pastime than as a way of conquering and subduing enemies.
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Features of Native American socities included
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A life that was strictly regulated and that had little room for nonconformity.
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One of the significant differences between European society and most pre-Columbian Native Americans cultures was that
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Native Americans lacked the concept that property ownership conferred perpetual and exclusive control of land.
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Based on what historians have learned about Cahokia, what conclusion might you draw about a society in which you found an insufficient food supply, depletion of the forests, military challenges from inside or out, and the collapse of trade?
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The society was on the verge of collapse.
