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1

The Early Woodland period in the American Midwest was characterized by
A)the appearance of pottery.
B)increasing trade in exotic luxury items.
C)increasingly elaborate burial rituals.
D)all of the above.
2

Which of the following plants was not initially domesticated in the American Midwest?
A)maize.
B)knotweed.
C)little barley.
D)maygrass.
3

Which of the following can be taken as evidence for increasing social and economic inequality in the Early Woodland period?
A)the presence of pottery vessels.
B)the presence of domesticated plants such as maygrass.
C)the presence of elaborate mounded burials.
D)hickory nut processing.
4

Which of the following are exotic luxury items that were included in Adena burials?
A)Ohio pipestone and jewelry made of copper from the Great Lakes.
B)silks and gold ornaments.
C)cotton textiles and bronze objects.
D)all of the above.
5

The Hopewell Interaction Sphere was a widespread network of trade and exchange that was established during the
A)Early Woodland period
B)Middle Woodland period
C)Late Woodland period
D)Mississippian Period
6

Which of the following types of data have been used to suggests that the Middle Woodland political organization was based on a series of chiefdoms?
A)the evidence for trade in luxury items.
B)the two-tiered settlement hierarchy including larger regional centers and smaller villages and farmsteads.
C)the evidence for an economy based on hunting, fishing, and plant cultivation.
D)all of the above.
7

Maize agriculture became widespread in the Eastern Woodlands during
A)Early Woodland period.
B)Middle Woodland period.
C)Late Woodland period.
D)Mississippian Period.
8

Differences between male and female human skeletons are visible on the
A)lower legs.
B)teeth and jaws.
C)pelvis.
D)all of the above.
9

Analyses of stable carbon isotopes have been used to
A)distinguish male skeletons from females.
B)determine the age of the individual when he or she died.
C)identify ancient diseases.
D)determine when Native American populations incorporated maize into their diets.
10

Lines of arrested growth in human skeletons
A)are also known as Harris lines.
B)result from the an interruption of growth due to disease or malnutrition.
C)can be used to study the health status of ancient populations.
D)all of the above.
11

Which of the following may have played an important role in the emergence of the complex Mississippian chiefdoms?
A)the development of a prestige goods economy.
B)increased use of maritime resources.
C)split inheritance and a labor tax.
D)the emergence of the temple as a major center for redistribution of goods and services.
12

Which of the following was not an important part of Mississippian settlement and social organization?
A)small villages and farmsteads.
B)larger administrative centers with platform mounds.
C)ciudadellas associated with past rulers.
D)buffer zones between individual territories.
13

Which of the following sites are large Mississippian administrative centers?
A)Moundville and Cahokia.
B)Kelheim and Manching.
C)Wari and Tiwanaku.
D)Tula and San Lorenzo.
14

Which of the following have not been identified at the Missippian center at Cahokia?
A)craft specialists.
B)large pyramids and platform mounds.
C)temples and cemeteries.
D)markets.
15

Recent archaeological research at the site of Moundville in Alabama indicates that
A)Moundville continued to expand until the time of Columbus
B)Moundville gradually changed from an administrative center to a center for mortuary rituals
C)Moundville was first occupied about 200 B.C
D)the Moundville site was much larger than Cahokia
16

The geographic region that includes the American Southwest and northern Mexico is known as
A)the Eastern Woodlands.
B)the Great Basin.
C)the Desert Borderlands.
D)Mesoamerica.
17

In comparison with earlier interpretations, modern research in the Desert Borderlands suggests that
A)agriculture was gradually adopted by native hunters and gatherers.
B)the introduction of farming did not lead to settlement permanence.
C)the introduction of farming may have involved some degree of population migration into previously uninhabited desert regions.
D)agriculture was introduced as early as 4000 B.C.
18

The first permanent houses that appear in the Borderlands region are
A)pithouses.
B)houses built on platform mounds.
C)rectangular mud-brick structures.
D)pueblos.
19

An archaeological example of a pueblo is
A)Cahokia.
B)Moundville.
C)Indian Knoll.
D)Mesa Verde.
20

The settlement system centered at Chaco Canyon included
A)great houses.
B)small houses.
C)roads that connected the outlying settlements.
D)all of the above
21

One factory that may have played a role in the abandonment of the Chaco Canyon system was
A)loss of soil fertility.
B)heavy winter snowstorms.
C)drought.
D)overpopulation.





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