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1
The centers of Mesoamerican culture in the first millennium C.E. developed primarily in
A)New York.
B)California.
C)Mexico.
D)Canada.
2
The first human inhabitants of the Western Hemisphere came from
A)western Europe.
B)northeastern Asia.
C)Africa.
D)the Middle East.
3
The end of the Ice Age brought
A)new inhabitants to the Americas.
B)European settlers.
C)a change in the physical environment.
D)All these answers are correct.
4
The builders of the first cities in America were the
A)Olmecs.
B)Hohokam.
C)Apache.
D)Inuit.
5
The Mayan civilization is famous for its
A)written language.
B)discovery of zero.
C)calendar.
D)All these answers are correct.
6
Why did the Mayan civilization fall?
A)military invasion
B)epidemic disease
C)earthquakes
D)unknown reasons
7
The earliest inhabitants of the Eastern Woodlands relied on all of the following for food EXCEPT
A)fishing.
B)agriculture.
C)hunting.
D)gathering.
8
The Mississippian culture built Cahokia, a port city of more than 10,000 people, near the present-day site of
A)Chicago.
B)New Orleans.
C)Charleston.
D)St. Louis.
9
The primary source of food for the hunters of the Great Plains was
A)maize.
B)buffalo.
C)fish.
D)wheat.
10
The people of the Pacific Northwest traveled in canoes, and from the largest of these craft they
A)netted salmon.
B)harpooned whales.
C)gathered clams.
D)All these answers are correct.
11
Which of the following foods was NOT native to the Americas?
A)corn
B)rice
C)squash
D)potatoes
12
How did the north-south axis of the Americas affect the development of societies?
A)It facilitated the transmission of plants and animals from one region to another.
B)It created climatic diversity that made it easy for societies to share agricultural practices.
C)It created geographic diversity that made it difficult for societies to communicate with each other.
D)All these answers are correct.
13
Why were American societies more susceptible to communicable diseases than their European counterparts after contact?
A)American societies had too many domesticated animals, which transmitted communicable diseases.
B)American societies did not have enough domesticated animals transmitting diseases.
C)American societies had fewer cities than did European societies.
D)Tuberculosis was more contagious than smallpox.
14
Each of the following civilizations collapsed during the centuries immediately preceding the arrival of the Europeans, EXCEPT
A)the Pueblos.
B)the Hohokam.
C)the Anasazi.
D)the Hopewell.
15
One famous legacy of the tribes of the lower Mississippi valley, including the Natchez, is their
A)pyramids.
B)mound-building.
C)totem poles.
D)longhouses.
16
Which of the following native groups held that the members of the group should all be treated as equals?
A)the Aztecs
B)cultures of the Pacific Northwest
C)the Mayas
D)the Inuit
17
Aztec society was
A)peaceful.
B)impoverished.
C)egalitarian.
D)highly stratified.





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