Test Bank For US A Narrative History Volume 1 And 2 8Th Edition ByJames Davidson

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. EuropeB. South AmericaC. AsiaD. 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 StraitB. Alaskan StraitC. Siberian StraitD. 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. AztecsB. OlmecsC. ToltecsD. 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 villagesB. mountainsC. streamsD. 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. WoodlandsB. HohokamC. Ancestral PuebloD. 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 WoodlandsB. SouthwestC. Great PlainsD. 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 theA. 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 WoodlandsB. Pacific NorthwestC. Great PlainsD. 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. SubarcticB. Pacific NorthwestC. Great BasinD. 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 WoodlandsB. SubarcticC. Great PlainsD. 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