8th Pre-Columbian America

Question 1

Name for a native religious leader believed to be able to communicate with the spiritual world

Accepted Answer

Shaman

Question 2

All of the following tribes lived in the southeast region of the U.S. EXCEPT

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Iroquois

Question 3

All of the following are examples of secondary sources, EXCEPT

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Autobiographies

Question 4

Primary sources are those sources which do not contain prejudice or bias

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False

Question 5

All of the following were tribes of the American West/Northwest, EXCEPT

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Creek

Question 6

Lineage traced through the mother's sides of the family

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Matrilineal

Question 7

Many Native civilizations experienced their 'Golden Age' centuries before Europeans arrived in the Americas

Accepted Answer

True

Question 8

Formed a confederacy of tribes in the New York region

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Iroquois

Question 9

An example of cultural diffusion might be

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Similar farming techniques among Native tribes

Question 10

Aztec capital (modern Mexico City)

Accepted Answer

Tenochtitlan

Question 11

Asian people who first followed herds into North America between 50,000 and 10,000 B.C.

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Paleo-Indians

Question 12

Native Americans domesticated all of the following crops except:

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Coffee

Question 13

% of Native Americans who died after Europeans came to New World (owing largely to disease)

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80%

Question 14

The "New Stone Age; humans made the shift from hunting and gathering to keeping animals and growing crops

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Neolithic Revolution

Question 15

Much of our knowledge about the first peoples in the Americas comes from

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The study of artifacts

Question 16

The reason we do not have many Mayan writings

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They were destroyed by Spanish explorers

Question 17

Between 10,000 and 12,000 years ago

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The last Ice Age ended

Question 18

All of the following were Native American farming techniques EXCEPT

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No-till anti-erosive techniques on the plains

Question 19

Native Americans have their own origin stories about the creation of the world and their place in it

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True

Question 20

Allows you to form your own argument by viewing information which has not been filtered through another person

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Benfit of using a primary source

Question 21

The Mayan, Aztec, and Olmec were all inhabitants of Mesoamerica

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True

Question 22

Which of the following was NOT one of the 3 sisters?

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Potatoes

Question 23

Native Americans' original religious beliefs were largely influenced by the message of Christ

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False

Question 24

Native Americans kept the past alive by passing it own via word of mouth. This is called

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Oral history

Question 25

Groups of families who are all descended from a common ancestor

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Clan

Question 26

Distinct and developed cultures with complex political, social, religious, and economic institutions

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Civilization

Question 27

To form a complex civilization, you primarily need

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Agriculture

Question 28

Native Americans were savages who had little knowledge of farming, technology, government, etc.

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False

Question 29

All of the following were "mound builders" EXCEPT

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Seminole

Question 30

To compare one source with another source in order to determine accuracy

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Cross-check

Question 31

Growing just enough as necessary for survival; without a surplus to sell

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Subsistence farming

Question 32

The study of the movements of stars/planets and belief that such movements influence human life/fortune

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Astrology

Question 33

Native Americans did not consider themselves one people or race

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True

Question 34

Land bridge between Siberia and Alaska by which the peoples migrated to the Americas

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Beringia

Question 35

The period of time before writing was invented

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Prehistory

Question 36

Incan city

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Machu Picchu

Question 37

Different ways of looking at and describing the same event (e.g. the Boston Massacre)

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Multiple perspectives

Question 38

The offering of an object, animal, or human life to a god in order to give thanks or establish a relationship

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Sacrifice

Question 39

Native Americans first domesticated the horse

Accepted Answer

False

Question 40

All of the following are extinct animals of North America EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

The Black Bear

Question 41

Generally speaking, Native Americans believed land...

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could be used by a tribe but not "owned"

Question 42

PaleoIndian hunting tool found in North America

Accepted Answer

Clovis Points

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