US A Narrative History Volume 1 And 2 8Th Edition ByJames Davidson – Test Bank
Chapter 01 The First Civilizations of North America
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Most modern archeologists would agree that the earliest inhabitants of the Western Hemisphere came from which of the following areas of the world?
A. Europe
B. South America
C. Asia
D. the Arctic
Answer: C
Bloom’s: Understand
Learning Objective: Explain the development of human settlement in the Americas and compare the key features of early Mesoamerican, South American, and North American societies.
Topic: Early Americans
2. About 15,000 years ago BP, which land bridge was used by migrants to cross between Siberia and Alaska?
A. Bering Strait
B. Alaskan Strait
C. Siberian Strait
D. Straits of Asia
Answer: A
Bloom’s: Remember
Learning Objective: Explain the development of human settlement in the Americas and compare the key features of early Mesoamerican, South American, and North American societies.
Topic: Early Americans
3. Which group was the first to build cities in the New World?
A. Aztecs
B. Olmecs
C. Toltecs
D. Mayas
Answer: B
Bloom’s: Remember
Learning Objective: Explain the development of human settlement in the Americas and compare the key features of early Mesoamerican,
South American, and North American societies.
Topic: Early Americans
4. Both the Mogollon and the Hohokam peoples of the American Southwest tended to build their dwellings near which of the following?
A. other villages
B. mountains
C. streams
D. sacred sites
Answer: C
Bloom’s: Understand
Learning Objective: Explain the development of human settlement in the Americas and compare the key features of early Mesoamerican, South American, and North American societies.
Topic: Early Americans
5. Which of the following groups lived in what is now known as the Four Corners region of the United States?
A. Woodlands
B. Hohokam
C. Ancestral Pueblo
D. Aztecs
Answer: C
Bloom’s: Remember
Learning Objective: Explain the development of human settlement in the Americas and compare the key features of early Mesoamerican, South American, and North American societies.
Topic: Early Americans
6. The Mogollon, the Hohokam, and the Ancestral Pueblo were North American cultures from which region of the United States?
A. Eastern Woodlands
B. Southwest
C. Great Plains
D. Great Basin
Answer: B
Bloom’s: Remember
Learning Objective: Explain the development of human settlement in the Americas and compare the key features of early Mesoamerican, South American, and North American societies.
Topic: Early Americans
7. The Mississippian people were a culture from the
A. Eastern Woodlands.
B. Pacific Northwest.
C. Great Plains.
D. Great Basin.
Answer: A
Bloom’s: Remember
Learning Objective: Explain the development of human settlement in the Americas and compare the key features of early Mesoamerican, South American, and North American societies.
Topic: Early Americans
8. The Numic-speaking peoples were from which geographic region?
A. Eastern Woodlands
B. Pacific Northwest
C. Great Plains
D. Great Basin
Answer: D
Bloom’s: Remember
Learning Objective: Explain the development of human settlement in the Americas and compare the key features of early Mesoamerican, South American, and North American societies.
Topic: Early Americans
9. In which of the following areas did people live in a society with deep divisions among nobles, commoners, and slaves?
A. Subarctic
B. Pacific Northwest
C. Great Basin
D. Eastern Woodlands
Answer: B
Bloom’s: Remember
Learning Objective: Explain the development of human settlement in the Americas and compare the key features of early Mesoamerican, South American, and North American societies.
Topic: Early Americans
10. The inhabitants of which region moved from their summer fishing camps to berry patches in the fall, and into moose- and caribou-hunting groups in the winter?
A. Eastern Woodlands
B. Subarctic
C. Great Plains
D. Pacific Northwest
Answer: B
Bloom’s: Remember
Learning Objective: Explain the development of human settlement in the Americas and compare the key features of early Mesoamerican, South American, and North American societies.
Topic: Early Americans
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