American History Connecting with the Past 15th Edition Alan Brinkley Test Bank
Chapter 1 The Collision of Cultures
Multiple-Choice Questions
- The origins of the majority of human existence in North America began
- with migrations from Eurasia over the Bering Strait.
- with the explorations of Christopher Columbus.
- as a result of the development of the wheel.
- long after the last ice age ended.
- from the southern tip of South America.
Answer: A
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Topic: America Before Columbus
- Scholars estimate that human migration into the Americas over the Bering Strait occurred
- 2,000 years ago.
- 5,000 years ago.
- 9,000 years ago.
- 11,000 years ago.
- 18,000 years ago.
approximately
Answer: D
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Topic: America Before Columbus
- The first truly complex society in the Americas was that of the
- Mayas.
- Aztecs.
- Incas.
- Pueblos.
- Olmec.
Answer: E
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Topic: America Before Columbus 1 / 4
- Which of the following was NOT possessed by any of the early Central or South American
- the use of wheeled vehicles
- economies primarily based on agriculture
- substantial cities
- complex political systems
- elaborate religious and cultural systems
civilizations such as the Incas, Mayas, and Aztecs?
Answer: A
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Topic: America Before Columbus
- The pre-Columbian American peoples in the Pacific Northwest
- did not have permanent settlements.
- developed political systems as sophisticated as those of the Mayas and Aztecs.
- fished salmon as their principal occupation.
- were the most peaceful of pre-Columbian societies.
- were known as the Inuit.
Answer: C
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Topic: America Before Columbus
- The pre-Columbian North American peoples in the Southwest
- were primarily hunters of small game.
- built large irrigation systems for farming.
- lived in small, nomadic tribes.
- created an economy exclusively based on trade.
- primarily pursued moose and caribou for sustenance.
Answer: B
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Topic: America Before Columbus
- In the Great Plains region, most pre-Columbian societies
- engaged in sedentary farming.
- lived in small nomadic tribes.
- hunted buffalo for survival.
- used horses.
- developed a harsh religion that required human sacrifice.
Answer: A
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Topic: America Before Columbus 2 / 4
- Prior to European contact, the eastern third of what is today the United States
- was politically controlled by the Cahokia Indians.
- contained no permanent settlements.
- had the most abundant food resources of any region of the continent.
- was populated by tribes that engaged in hunting and gathering but did not yet farm.
- remained for the most part uninhabited.
Answer: C
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Topic: America Before Columbus
- Cahokia was a large trading center located near what present-day city?
- St. Louis
- Memphis
- New Orleans
- Baton Rouge
- Detroit
Answer: A
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Topic: America Before Columbus
- The agricultural practices of pre-Columbian tribes in the Northeast were characterized by
- extensive irrigation systems.
- the development of metal-tipped plows.
- a sacred respect for trees that kept people from cutting them down.
- a rapid exploitation of the land.
- an emphasis on tobacco cultivation.
Answer: D
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Topic: America Before Columbus
- Many pre-Columbian tribes east of the Mississippi River were loosely linked by
- the shared use of a series of forts.
- common linguistic roots.
- economic compacts.
- intertribal religious festivals.
- the Iroquois Confederacy.
Answer: B
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Topic: America Before Columbus 3 / 4
- Native American religions were closely linked to
- the idea of apocalypse.
- human sacrifice.
- ideas of male dominance.
- visions from the world of spirits.
- the natural world.
Answer: E
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Topic: America Before Columbus
- Which statement best describes the role of women in pre-Columbian North American tribes?
- In some tribes, men took care of the children as the women tended the fields.
- In all tribes, women cared for the children and prepared meals.
- In no tribes did women participate in the social and economic organization of the tribe.
- In all tribes, both women and men engaged in hunting.
- In all tribes, women were responsible for farming.
Answer: B
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Topic: America Before Columbus
- Regarding knowledge of the Americas prior to the fifteenth century, most Europeans
- were aware of the travels of the Norse seaman Leif Eriksson in the eleventh century.
- believed the Americas consisted of little more than several small islands.
- were entirely unaware of the existence of the Americas.
- assumed that the Americas were largely unpopulated.
- had only heard of America from the travels of Marco Polo.
Answer: C
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Topic: Europe Moves Westward
- In the late fifteenth century, the desire in Europe to look for new lands was spurred in part by
- significant population growth.
- the absence of a merchant class.
- the declining political power of many monarchs.
- the expansion of feudalism.
- a desire to escape the Black Death.
Answer: A
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Topic: Europe Moves Westward
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