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Judge, Connections: A World History, Combined Volume, 3E, Test Bank: Chapter 5: Early American Societies: Connection and Isolation, 20,000 B.C.E. – 1500 C.E.

5.1   Multiple-Choice Questions

1) Which of these made the Bering land bridge possible? 

A) rising seas
B) human migration
C) an ice age
D) a period of drought
Answer: C
Section: Origins and Arrival of the Amerinds
Objective: LO 5.1: Evaluate the historical controversy over the timing of the arrival of Amerinds in the Western Hemisphere.
Question Type: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy 

2) How did Knosorov’s research affect current theories regarding Mayan culture?
A) Historians gained a new respect for Mayan culture.
B) It became clear that Mayan culture emerged from Olmec traditions.

C) Inscriptions exposed another aspect of Mayan culture.

D) Historians better understood the connections between the Maya and the Mississippians.

Answer: C
Section: The Amerinds of Mesoamerica
Objective: LO 5.3: Trace the development of Amerind societies in Mesoamerica through the Preclassic, Classic, and Postclassic periods.
Question Type: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level: Moderate 

3) Why is the term “Native Americans” rejected by some historians and anthropologists?
A) because the term “Indian” was used first
B) because the first people on the continent were actually Europeans
C) because the first people on the continent were actually Africans
D) because no human life was “native” to the Western Hemisphere
Answer: D
Section: Origins and Arrival of the Amerinds
Objective: LO 5.1: Evaluate the historical controversy over the timing of the arrival of Amerinds in the Western Hemisphere.
Question Type: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level: Moderate 

4) What is another common term for the Amerinds?
A) Native Americans
B) Native Asian Indians
C) African American Indians
D) Asian Indians
Answer: A
Section: Origins and Arrival of the Amerinds
Objective: LO 5.1: Evaluate the historical controversy over the timing of the arrival of Amerinds in the Western Hemisphere.
Question Type: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy 

5) What conclusion can be drawn from anthropological evidence regarding the origins of the Amerinds?
A) They are of African descent.
B) They are of European descent.
C) They are of Asian descent.
D) They are of Australian descent.
Answer: C
Section: Origins and Arrival of the Amerinds
Objective: LO 5.1: Evaluate the historical controversy over the timing of the arrival of Amerinds in the Western Hemisphere.
Question Type: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy 

6) The archeological findings at Monte Verde challenge earlier scholarship regarding __________.
A) the pattern of human population of the Americas
B) religious practices among Amerinds
C) the arrival of Europeans in the Western Hemisphere
D) the writing system of the Maya
Answer: A
Section: Origins and Arrival of the Amerinds
Objective: LO 5.1: Evaluate the historical controversy over the timing of the arrival of Amerinds in the Western Hemisphere.
Question Type: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level: Moderate 

7) Which of these is challenged by the dating of archaeological evidence at Monte Verde?
A) the idea that Native Americans created complex societies
B) the Bering Strait theory
C) the idea that only in Mesoamerica did Amerinds create cities
D) the idea that Amerinds entered the Americas before 5000 B.C.E.
Answer: B
Section: Origins and Arrival of the Amerinds
Objective: LO 5.1: Evaluate the historical controversy over the timing of the arrival of Amerinds in the Western Hemisphere.
Question Type: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level: Moderate

8) Information from DNA and archaeology concerning Amerind history is best considered __________.

A) part of a coherent picture
B) erroneous
C) supportive of Native American beliefs
D) contradictory
Answer: D
Section: Origins and Arrival of the Amerinds
Objective: LO 5.1: Evaluate the historical controversy over the timing of the arrival of Amerinds in the Western Hemisphere.
Question Type: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level: Moderate 

9) Which of the following accurately describes the first inhabitants of North America?
A) They were farmers.
B) They were very warlike.
C) They were nomadic hunter-gatherers.
D) They were not of Asian descent.
Answer: C
Section: The Amerinds of North America
Objective: LO 5.2: Analyze the differences between North American Amerind societies.
Question Type: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy 

10) Which of these was a nomadic Amerind group of the North American plains?

A) Haudenosaunee
B) Apache
C) Pueblo
D) Toltec
Answer: B
Section: The Amerinds of North America
Objective: LO 5.2: Analyze the differences between North American Amerind societies.
Question Type: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy 

11) The full-scale tribal societies differed from the complex societies in being __________.
A) hunter-gatherers
B) farmers
C) seminomadic
D) settled
Answer: C
Section: The Amerinds of North America
Objective: LO 5.2: Analyze the differences between North American Amerind societies.
Question Type: Analyze It
Difficulty Level: Difficult

12) Which of these was one of the Amerind groups that developed full-scale tribal organization?

A) Plains
B) Pueblo
C) Northwest Coast
D) California
Answer: A
Section: The Amerinds of North America
Objective: LO 5.2: Analyze the differences between North American Amerind societies.
Question Type: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy

13) Which of these groups retained traits that resembled the earliest Amerinds?
A) Inuits
B) Cherokees
C) Adena
D) Creeks
Answer: A
Section: The Amerinds of North America
Objective: LO 5.2: Analyze the differences between North American Amerind societies.
Question Type: Analyze It
Difficulty Level: Difficult

14) Which of the following best explains the reason for the loose affiliation among the Algonquian peoples in the eastern Canadian Sub-Arctic?
A) They realized that they must cooperate in order to expel the European settlers.
B) They realized that they could grow enough crops to feed the entire tribe if they planted communal gardens instead of each family planting its own individual garden.
C) They banded together for the purposes of fishing for salmon and smoking it to ensure a year-round abundance of food.
D) They banded together to make better use of resources.
Answer: D
Section: The Amerinds of North America
Objective: LO 5.2: Analyze the differences between North American Amerind societies.
Question Type: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level: Moderate 

15) Which of these regions arguably had the most diverse types of Amerind culture?

A) Southwest
B) Northwest
C) Plains
D) California
Answer: A
Section: The Amerinds of North America
Objective: LO 5.2: Analyze the differences between North American Amerind societies.
Question Type: Analyze It
Difficulty Level: Difficult

16) Which of these was a Plains Indian group?

A) Pueblo
B) Cheyenne
C) Apache
D) Haudenosaunee
Answer: B
Section: The Amerinds of North America
Objective: LO 5.2: Analyze the differences between North American Amerind societies.
Question Type: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy

17) Which of these regions of North America developed an Amerind civilization?

A) Northwest
B) Eastern coast
C) Southeast
D) Northeast
Answer: C
Section: The Amerinds of North America
Objective: LO 5.2: Analyze the differences between North American Amerind societies.
Question Type: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy 

18) Which of these was a shared characteristic of the Pueblo and Mississippian cultures?
A) They lived in what is today the Southwest.
B) They were urban dwellers.
C) They lived along great rivers.
D) Large mounds were at the center of their communities.
Answer: B
Section: The Amerinds of North America
Objective: LO 5.2: Analyze the differences between North American Amerind societies.
Question Type: Analyze It
Difficulty Level: Difficult

19) The use of the number 260 at Cahokia indicates ties between __________.

A) eastern and western North America
B) North America and South America
C) North America and Mesoamerica
D) the Plains and Pueblo Indians
Answer: C
Section: The Amerinds of North America
Objective: LO 5.2: Analyze the differences between North American Amerind societies.
Question Type: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy

20) Cahokia was part of what Amerind culture?

A) Adena-Hopewell
B) Apache
C) Toltec
D) Mississippian
Answer: D
Section: The Amerinds of North America
Objective: LO 5.2: Analyze the differences between North American Amerind societies.
Question Type: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy 

21) Which of these was a staple of the Northwest Coast Amerinds?

A) wheat
B) fish
C) corn
D) buffalo
Answer: B
Section: The Amerinds of North America
Objective: LO 5.2: Analyze the differences between North American Amerind societies.
Question Type: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy 

22) Which tribe was known for its rigid hereditary castes such as the “Suns” and the “Stinkards”?
A) Natchez
B) Creek
C) Choctaw
D) Chickasaw
Answer: A
Section: The Amerinds of North America
Objective: LO 5.2: Analyze the differences between North American Amerind societies.
Question Type: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy 

23) Who were the mound builders of the Ohio River Valley?
A) Powhatan
B) Adena-Hopewell
C) Natchez
D) Choctaw
Answer: B
Section: The Amerinds of North America
Objective: LO 5.2: Analyze the differences between North American Amerind societies.
Question Type: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy 

24) Compared to contemporary North American Amerind groups, Cahokia was more __________.

A) unsophisticated
B) early to develop
C) densely populated
D) warlike
Answer: C
Section: The Amerinds of North America
Objective: LO 5.2: Analyze the differences between North American Amerind societies.
Question Type: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level: Moderate 

25) Where is the Great Serpent Mound located?
A) Mexico City
B) Peru
C) Pennsylvania
D) Ohio
Answer: D
Section: The Amerinds of North America
Objective: LO 5.2: Analyze the differences between North American Amerind societies.
Question Type: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy 

26) The “Three Sisters” of Amerind culture were __________.

A) gods
B) priestesses
C) queens
D) staple crops
Answer: D
Section: The Amerinds of North America
Objective: LO 5.2: Analyze the differences between North American Amerind societies.
Question Type: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy 

27) Which North American Amerind society is most comparable to the Asian and North African river civilizations?
A) Hopewell
B) Natchez
C) Mississippians
D) Iroquois
Answer: C
Section: The Amerinds of North America
Objective: LO 5.2: Analyze the differences between North American Amerind societies.
Question Type: Analyze It
Difficulty Level: Difficult 

28) Which of these arose in Mesoamerica around 1800 B.C.E.?

A) Chavín
B) Olmec
C) Monte Verde
D) Mayan
Answer: B
Section: The Amerinds of Mesoamerica
Objective: LO 5.3: Trace the development of Amerind societies in Mesoamerica through the Preclassic, Classic, and Postclassic periods.
Question Type: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy 

29) Which of the following locations represents Mesoamerica?
A) Central and South America
B) northern Mexico and southern North America
C) southern Mexico and northern Central America
D) Mexico and northern Central America
Answer: C
Section: The Amerinds of Mesoamerica
Objective: LO 5.3: Trace the development of Amerind societies in Mesoamerica through the Preclassic, Classic, and Postclassic periods.
Question Type: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy 

30) Which region of the Western Hemisphere was home to the most complex of Amerind civilizations?
A) North America
B) Mesoamerica
C) South America
D) Alaska
Answer: B
Section: The Amerinds of Mesoamerica
Objective: LO 5.3: Trace the development of Amerind societies in Mesoamerica through the Preclassic, Classic, and Postclassic periods.
Question Type: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level: Moderate 

31) The Maya resemble the Akkadians and Aryans in what sense?
A) in creating large pyramid complexes
B) in conquering a more sophisticated culture

C) in adopting the practices of an earlier civilization
D) in having a state religion founded on human sacrifice
Answer: C
Section: The Amerinds of Mesoamerica
Objective: LO 5.3: Trace the development of Amerind societies in Mesoamerica through the Preclassic, Classic, and Postclassic periods.
Question Type: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level: Moderate

32) Which people built San Lorenzo and Tres Zapotes?
A) Olmec
B) Maya
C) Toltec
D) Apache
Answer: A
Section: The Amerinds of Mesoamerica
Objective: LO 5.3: Trace the development of Amerind societies in Mesoamerica through the Preclassic, Classic, and Postclassic periods.
Question Type: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy

33) What unique Olmec artifacts were found at San Lorenzo?
A) elaborate burial mounds
B) sophisticated iron tools
C) huge wheeled carts
D) immense stone heads
Answer: D
Section: The Amerinds of Mesoamerica
Objective: LO 5.3: Trace the development of Amerind societies in Mesoamerica through the Preclassic, Classic, and Postclassic periods.
Question Type: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy 

34) The Long Count is based on a cycle of __________ solar years.

A) 52
B) 5125
C) 265
D) 10
Answer: B
Section: The Amerinds of Mesoamerica
Objective: LO 5.3: Trace the development of Amerind societies in Mesoamerica through the Preclassic, Classic, and Postclassic periods.
Question Type: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy 

35) The Maya developed their civilization in what is today __________.

A) modern Mexico
B) Peru
C) Brazil
D) Guatemala and southern Mexico
Answer: D
Section: The Amerinds of Mesoamerica
Objective: LO 5.3: Trace the development of Amerind societies in Mesoamerica through the Preclassic, Classic, and Postclassic periods.
Question Type: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy 

36) Which civilization most profoundly affected the development of Mayan society?
A) Chavín
B) Olmec
C) Monte Verde
D) Toltec
Answer: B
Section: The Amerinds of Mesoamerica
Objective: LO 5.3: Trace the development of Amerind societies in Mesoamerica through the Preclassic, Classic, and Postclassic periods.
Question Type: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level: Moderate 

37) The Maya economy was based on __________.

A) farming
B) herding
C) hunting and gathering
D) trading
Answer: A
Section: The Amerinds of Mesoamerica
Objective: LO 5.3: Trace the development of Amerind societies in Mesoamerica through the Preclassic, Classic, and Postclassic periods.
Question Type: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy 

38) Which of these was at the top of the Maya hierarchy?

A) priests
B) warriors
C) kings
D) scholars
Answer: C
Section: The Amerinds of Mesoamerica
Objective: LO 5.3: Trace the development of Amerind societies in Mesoamerica through the Preclassic, Classic, and Postclassic periods.
Question Type: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy 

39) The Maya writing system was __________.

A) phonetic
B) pictographic
C) reserved for short inscriptions
D) abandoned by 1400
Answer: B
Section: The Amerinds of Mesoamerica
Objective: LO 5.3: Trace the development of Amerind societies in Mesoamerica through the Preclassic, Classic, and Postclassic periods.
Question Type: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy 

40) Teotihuacán had about how many pyramids?
A) 10
B) 50
C) 150
D) 600
Answer: D
Section: The Amerinds of Mesoamerica
Objective: LO 5.3: Trace the development of Amerind societies in Mesoamerica through the Preclassic, Classic, and Postclassic periods.
Question Type: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy

41) Teotihuacán was distinguished from contemporary Amerind cities by its __________.

A) pyramids
B) dependence on trade
C) population
D) focus on war
Answer: C
Section: The Amerinds of Mesoamerica
Objective: LO 5.3: Trace the development of Amerind societies in Mesoamerica through the Preclassic, Classic, and Postclassic periods.
Question Type: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level: Moderate 

42) Between 650 and 850 C.E., the Maya and Teotihuacán __________.
A) declined and collapsed
B) merged into a single state known as Aztec
C) reached their peak of sophistication and power
D) were conquered by the Moche
Answer: A
Section: The Amerinds of Mesoamerica
Objective: LO 5.3: Trace the development of Amerind societies in Mesoamerica through the Preclassic, Classic, and Postclassic periods.
Question Type: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level: Moderate

43) In which area of society did the Teotihuacanos and Maya differ greatly?
A) military
B) government
C) religion
D) commerce
Answer: B
Section: The Amerinds of Mesoamerica
Objective: LO 5.3: Trace the development of Amerind societies in Mesoamerica through the Preclassic, Classic, and Postclassic periods.
Question Type: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level: Moderate 

44) There are varying opinions regarding the cause of the collapse of Classic Mesoamerican civilization. Which viewpoint is most widely accepted today?
A) Epidemic disease destroyed Mesoamerican civilization.
B) Natural disasters destroyed Mesoamerican civilization.
C) Internal stresses destroyed Mesoamerican civilization.
D) Invasion by other Amerind tribes destroyed Mesoamerican civilization.
Answer: C
Section: The Amerinds of Mesoamerica
Objective: LO 5.3: Trace the development of Amerind societies in Mesoamerica through the Preclassic, Classic, and Postclassic periods.
Question Type: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level: Moderate 

45) War between Tikal and Calakmul was probably __________ the collapse of the Maya civilization.

A) a contributing factor in
B) the cause of
C) unrelated to
D) a result of
Answer: A
Section: The Amerinds of Mesoamerica
Objective: LO 5.3: Trace the development of Amerind societies in Mesoamerica through the Preclassic, Classic, and Postclassic periods.
Question Type: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy 

46) Who was the “feathered serpent”?
A) Hernán Cortés
B) Quetzalcóatl
C) Tezcatlipoca
D) Kukulcán
Answer: B
Section: The Amerinds of Mesoamerica
Objective: LO 5.3: Trace the development of Amerind societies in Mesoamerica through the Preclassic, Classic, and Postclassic periods.
Question Type: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy 

47) The Aztec Empire referred to its artisans by the name __________.
A) Mayan
B) Olmec
C) tolteca
D) quetzal
Answer: C
Section: The Amerinds of Mesoamerica
Objective: LO 5.3: Trace the development of Amerind societies in Mesoamerica through the Preclassic, Classic, and Postclassic periods.
Question Type: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy 

48) Which inhabited region of the world is the least thoroughly explored even today?
A) North America
B) Mesoamerica
C) South America
D) Africa
Answer: C
Section: South America: Societies of the Andes
Objective: LO 5.4: Explain how Amerind societies of the Andes coped with and compensated for geographic and topographic challenges.
Question Type: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy 

49) About when did hunter-gatherers arrive in the Andes?
A) 7000 B.C.E.
B) 10,000 B.C.E.
C) 1000 B.C.E.
D) 500 B.C.E.
Answer: B
Section: South America: Societies of the Andes
Objective: LO 5.4: Explain how Amerind societies of the Andes coped with and compensated for geographic and topographic challenges.
Question Type: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy 

50) Which of these was the earliest Andean civilization?

A) Tiahuanaco
B) Huari
C) Chimú
D) Chavín
Answer: D
Section: South America: Societies of the Andes
Objective: LO 5.4: Explain how Amerind societies of the Andes coped with and compensated for geographic and topographic challenges.
Question Type: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy 

51) The civilization of Chavín differed greatly from that of Mesoamerica in what way?
A) Chavín lacked a ceremonial center.
B) Chavín was isolated from neighboring cultures.
C) Chavín cannot be considered a civilization.
D) Chavín had no organized religion.
Answer: B
Section: South America: Societies of the Andes
Objective: LO 5.4: Explain how Amerind societies of the Andes coped with and compensated for geographic and topographic challenges.
Question Type: Analyze It
Difficulty Level: Difficult

52) Which of the following statements accurately portrays relations between the Nazca and the Moche?
A) They engaged extensively in trade.
B) They frequently engaged in conflict.
C) They eventually combined forces through intermarriage.
D) They remained isolated from each other.
Answer: B
Section: South America: Societies of the Andes
Objective: LO 5.4: Explain how Amerind societies of the Andes coped with and compensated for geographic and topographic challenges.
Question Type: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level: Moderate 

53) Which region of the Western Hemisphere was home to the Moche?
A) eastern South America
B) northern Peru
C) the Sub-Arctic
D) Mesoamerica
Answer: B
Section: South America: Societies of the Andes
Objective: LO 5.4: Explain how Amerind societies of the Andes coped with and compensated for geographic and topographic challenges.
Question Type: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy 

54) How did Chimor’s social structure mimic Mayan social structure?
A) Both were hierarchical.
B) Both rejected the practice of slavery.
C) Both viewed artisans as nobility.
D) Both viewed priests as commoners.
Answer: A
Section: South America: Societies of the Andes
Objective: LO 5.4: Explain how Amerind societies of the Andes coped with and compensated for geographic and topographic challenges.
Question Type: Analyze It
Difficulty Level: Difficult

55) What Amerind society was centered on the Yucatán Peninsula?
A) Aztecs
B) Incas
C) Maya
D) Moche
Answer: C
Section: The Amerinds of Mesoamerica
Objective: LO 5.3: Trace the development of Amerind societies in Mesoamerica through the Preclassic, Classic, and Postclassic periods.
Question Type: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy

5.2   True/False Questions

1) Most Amerinds accept the idea that their ancestry is distinctly Asian.
Answer: FALSE
Section: Origins and Arrival of the Amerinds
Objective: LO 5.1: Evaluate the historical controversy over the timing of the arrival of Amerinds in the Western Hemisphere.
Question Type: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy 

2) Most Amerinds in North America developed written languages.
Answer: FALSE
Section: The Amerinds of North America
Objective: LO 5.2: Analyze the differences between North American Amerind societies.
Question Type: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy

3) The preinvasion Eskimos never developed complex societies.
Answer: TRUE
Section: The Amerinds of North America
Objective: LO 5.2: Analyze the differences between North American Amerind societies.
Question Type: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level: Moderate 

4) The Paiute and Shoshone were largely nomadic, Great Basin societies.
Answer: TRUE
Section: The Amerinds of North America
Objective: LO 5.2: Analyze the differences between North American Amerind societies.
Question Type: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy 

5) The “Three Sisters” were cultivated in Mesoamerican and Mississippian societies.
Answer: TRUE
Section: The Amerinds of North America
Objective: LO 5.2: Analyze the differences between North American Amerind societies.
Question Type: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy 

6) Much of the available information regarding Amerinds in North America comes from the work of archaeologists and anthropologists.
Answer: TRUE
Section: Origins and Arrival of the Amerinds
Objective: LO 5.1: Evaluate the historical controversy over the timing of the arrival of Amerinds in the Western Hemisphere.
Question Type: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy 

7) Mayan culture was built on Mississippian foundations.
Answer: FALSE
Section: The Amerinds of Mesoamerica
Objective: LO 5.3: Trace the development of Amerind societies in Mesoamerica through the Preclassic, Classic, and Postclassic periods.
Question Type: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level: Moderate 

8) Hunting was the bedrock of Olmec civilization.
Answer: FALSE
Section: The Amerinds of Mesoamerica
Objective: LO 5.3: Trace the development of Amerind societies in Mesoamerica through the Preclassic, Classic, and Postclassic periods.
Question Type: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level: Moderate 

9) Some women became Mayan kings.
Answer: TRUE
Section: The Amerinds of Mesoamerica
Objective: LO 5.3: Trace the development of Amerind societies in Mesoamerica through the Preclassic, Classic, and Postclassic periods.
Question Type: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy 

10) The Romans were the first people to use the digit zero as a placeholder.
Answer: FALSE
Section: The Amerinds of Mesoamerica
Objective: LO 5.3: Trace the development of Amerind societies in Mesoamerica through the Preclassic, Classic, and Postclassic periods.
Question Type: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy

5.3   Short Answer Questions

1) Which ancient civilization provided the basis for many of the components of Mayan culture?
Answer: Olmec
Section: The Amerinds of Mesoamerica
Objective: LO 5.3: Trace the development of Amerind societies in Mesoamerica through the Preclassic, Classic, and Postclassic periods.
Question Type: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy 

2) How did the first humans most likely enter the Western Hemisphere?
Answer: the Bering land bridge

Section: Origins and Arrival of the Amerinds
Objective: LO 5.1: Evaluate the historical controversy over the timing of the arrival of Amerinds in the Western Hemisphere.
Question Type: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy

3) Which society was first accidentally discovered in the 1930s?
Answer: Olmec
Section: The Amerinds of Mesoamerica
Objective: LO 5.3: Trace the development of Amerind societies in Mesoamerica through the Preclassic, Classic, and Postclassic periods.
Question Type: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy 

4) How did the Maya attempt to bridge the temporal and spiritual realms?
Answer: bloodletting
Section: The Amerinds of Mesoamerica
Objective: LO 5.3: Trace the development of Amerind societies in Mesoamerica through the Preclassic, Classic, and Postclassic periods.
Question Type: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy 

5) How was obsidian used in Teotihuacán?
Answer: carving tools
Section: The Amerinds of Mesoamerica
Objective: LO 5.3: Trace the development of Amerind societies in Mesoamerica through the Preclassic, Classic, and Postclassic periods.
Question Type: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy 

6) How could Mayan slaves obtain freedom?
Answer: payment by relatives
Section: The Amerinds of Mesoamerica
Objective: LO 5.3: Trace the development of Amerind societies in Mesoamerica through the Preclassic, Classic, and Postclassic periods.
Question Type: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy 

7) What was the first stable empire in central Mexico after the fall of the Toltec?
Answer: Aztec
Section: The Amerinds of Mesoamerica
Objective: LO 5.3: Trace the development of Amerind societies in Mesoamerica through the Preclassic, Classic, and Postclassic periods.
Question Type: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy 

8) What was the punishment for medical malpractice in Moche society?
Answer: death by being eaten alive by birds of prey
Section: The Amerinds of Mesoamerica
Objective: LO 5.3: Trace the development of Amerind societies in Mesoamerica through the Preclassic, Classic, and Postclassic periods.
Question Type: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy 

9) Why do Amerind historians have to rely heavily on the work of archeologists and anthropologists?
Answer: Many Amerind groups left no written records.
Section: The Amerinds of North America
Objective: LO 5.2: Analyze the differences between North American Amerind societies.
Question Type: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy

10) In what modern country were the Nazca and Chavín cultures found?

Answer: Peru

Section: South America: Societies of the Andes
Objective: LO 5.4: Explain how Amerind societies of the Andes coped with and compensated for geographic and topographic challenges.
Question Type: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy

5.4   Essay Questions

1) Evaluate the contributions of the Olmec to Mayan society.
Key Points: Olmec innovations; borrowing by Maya
Section: The Amerinds of Mesoamerica
Objective: LO 5.3: Trace the development of Amerind societies in Mesoamerica through the Preclassic, Classic, and Postclassic periods.
Question Type: Analyze It
Difficulty Level: Difficult

2) What does the development of the Long Count calendar tell us about Mesoamerican culture?
Key Points: principles; religious meaning; worldview
Section: The Amerinds of Mesoamerica
Objective: LO 5.3: Trace the development of Amerind societies in Mesoamerica through the Preclassic, Classic, and Postclassic periods.
Question Type: Analyze It
Difficulty Level: Difficult

3) Speculate on the question of the rise of civilizations in some regions of the Americas, and not in others in this period.
Key Points: overview of civilizations; geography; isolation and contact
Section: The Amerinds of North America; The Amerinds of Mesoamerica; South America: Societies of the Andes
Objective: LO 5.2: Analyze the differences between North American Amerind societies; LO 5.3: Trace the development of Amerind societies in Mesoamerica through the Preclassic, Classic, and Postclassic periods; LO 5.4: Explain how Amerind societies of the Andes coped with and compensated for geographic and topographic challenges.
Question Type: Analyze It
Difficulty Level: Difficult

4) Evaluate the varying proposed explanations for the fall of Mesoamerican civilizations.
Key Points: internal weakness; conflict; invasion; natural disasters
Section: The Amerinds of Mesoamerica
Objective: LO 5.3: Trace the development of Amerind societies in Mesoamerica through the Preclassic, Classic, and Postclassic periods.
Question Type: Analyze It
Difficulty Level: Difficult

5) Compare gender roles in Moche and Central Asian societies. How can you account for similarities and differences?
Key Points: gender roles; economies
Section: South America: Societies of the Andes
Objective: LO 5.4: Explain how Amerind societies of the Andes coped with and compensated for geographic and topographic challenges.
Question Type: Analyze It
Difficulty Level: Difficult

6) What was the relationship between the Tiahuanaco, Huari, and Chimor cultures?
Key Points: chronology; shared traits; contact
Section: South America: Societies of the Andes
Objective: LO 5.4: Explain how Amerind societies of the Andes coped with and compensated for geographic and topographic challenges.
Question Type: Analyze It
Difficulty Level: Difficult

7) Compare contact among Amerind societies in this period to another world area in the same period.
Key Points: nature of contact; isolation
Section: The Amerinds of North America; The Amerinds of Mesoamerica; South America: Societies of the Andes
Objective: LO 5.2: Analyze the differences between North American Amerind societies; LO 5.3: Trace the development of Amerind societies in Mesoamerica through the Preclassic, Classic, and Postclassic periods; LO 5.4: Explain how Amerind societies of the Andes coped with and compensated for geographic and topographic challenges.
Question Type: Analyze It
Difficulty Level: Difficult

8) Compare the role of pyramids and mounds in Amerind cultures with pyramids and ziggurats in West Asia and North Africa.
Key Points: construction; location; purpose
Section: The Amerinds of North America; The Amerinds of Mesoamerica; South America: Societies of the Andes
Objective: LO 5.2: Analyze the differences between North American Amerind societies; LO 5.3: Trace the development of Amerind societies in Mesoamerica through the Preclassic, Classic, and Postclassic periods; LO 5.4: Explain how Amerind societies of the Andes coped with and compensated for geographic and topographic challenges.
Question Type: Analyze It
Difficulty Level: Difficult

9) Discuss the unique problems facing the Chavín Empire.
Key Points: geography; isolation
Section: South America: Societies of the Andes
Objective: LO 5.4: Explain how Amerind societies of the Andes coped with and compensated for geographic and topographic challenges.
Question Type: Analyze It
Difficulty Level: Difficult

10) In what ways did the Mississippian peoples resemble and differ from other North American Amerinds?
Key Points: diversity; civilization; compare with Pueblos
Section: The Amerinds of North America
Objective: LO 5.2: Analyze the differences between North American Amerind societies.
Question Type: Analyze It
Difficulty Level: Difficult

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