Introduction to Native North America 4th Edition

The most important social unit in the NW Coast was the __________. a. moiety b. nuclear family c. clan d. lineage Answer: (c.) Answer: (c.) Answer: (c.) The environment of the Plateau region is __________. a. arctic with year-round snowcover and/or permafrost b. mild, experiencing much coastal rainfall c. mountainous and dominated by evergreen forests d. dry and arid, consisting mostly of

The first Europeans to contact the people of the Subarctic were __________. a. British fur traders in the 1600s b. French fur traders in the 1500s c. Russian fur traders in the 1700s d. Norse explorers around A.D. 1000 Answer: (d.) Answer: (d.) Answer: (d.) Sovereignty refers to __________. a. the authority of a group to govern itself b.

In the 1870s American Indian policy __________. a. shifted from segregation to assimilation b. extended treaty-making into the 1890s c. allowed Indian children to remain on reservations to maintain their culture d. added land to most Indian reservations Answer: (a) Answer: (a) Answer: (a) Which of the following was true about the Sun Dance? a. It was a

The major social unit in California was __________. a. the clan b. the lineage c. the moiety d. the nuclear family. Answer: (b.) Answer: (b.) Answer: (b.) Highly respected and sometimes serving as doctors or second wives, the Cheyanne hemaneh literally translates as __________. a. bisexual b. coyote medicine c. halfman-halfwoman d. spirit guide Answer: (c.) Answer: (c.) Answer: (c.) The Great Basin is located

The first Europeans to contact the Northwest Coast Indians were ___________. a. Americans b. French c. Russian d. British Answer: (c.) Answer: (c.) Answer: (c.) From 1680 to 1880 many Cheyenne were forced from __________. a. Minnesota to Oklahoma b. Florida to Montana c. Wyoming to Kansas d. South Dakota to Oklahoma e. Michigan to Montana Answer: (a.) Answer: (a.) Answer: (a.) All of the following

Norseman Leif Eriksson landed in Newfoundland around A.D. 1000, the first documented European contact with the New World Answer: (T) Answer: (T) Answer: (T) The two major divisions of the Arctic people are __________. a. Eskimo and Inuit b. Aleut and Eskimo c. Eskimo and Algonkian d. Eskimo and Na-Dene Answer: (b.) Answer: (b.) Answer: (b.) The Derby Dam, built in

Men in the Arctic fought mainly over _________ and resolved disputes with __________. a. hunting partners, harpoon-throwing contests b. territory, knives c. women, song contests d. food, their fists Answer: (c.) Answer: (c.) Answer: (c.) The Archaic Puebloans or Anasazi __________. a. adopted above-ground masonry houses; their former pithouses became kivas b. never developed large structures due to their small

The Western Woods Cree __________. a. traveled mainly on horseback b. made excellent pottery c. lived in semi-subterranean pit-houses d. all of the above e. none of the above Answer: (e.) Answer: (e.) Answer: (e.) A common element of Pueblo religion was __________. a. female shamans b. blood-letting ceremonies c. secret societies d. animal sacrifice Answer: (c) Answer: (c) Answer: (c) In Mexico __________. a. the repartimiento system

Mississippian Complexes (c. 1000-500 BP) __________. a. made hunting the most important way to obtain food b. had large towns and corn agriculture c. stressed equality d. functioned without a specialization of labor Answer: (b.) Answer: (b.) Answer: (b.) Modern Great Basin Indians __________. a. have overcome problems with drugs and alcohol b. have issues with land, hunting, water, and

Southeast religions __________. a. emphasized One World, the visible world we live in b. believed in the maintenance of purity and harmony as their primary goal c. said people had no souls d. believed the world is round and sits on a huge turtle's back Answer: (b.) Answer: (b.) Answer: (b.) The most important Southeast bird and game

Nez Perce marriages __________. a. took place before the female reached puberty b. were village exogamous. c. were complex ceremonies. d. usually ended in divorce. Answer: (b.) Answer: (b.) Answer: (b.) What is the single greatest health problem today on Indian reservations? a. cancer b. gout c. heart disease d. alcoholism Answer: (d.) Answer: (d.) Answer: (d.) Special characteristics of the Plateau culture area include

With reference to death, the Navajo __________. a. viewed it as frightful except among the aged b. removed the dying from a hogan c. disposed of a body as soon as possible d. all of the above Answer: (d.) Answer: (d.) Answer: (d.) In the Southeast, people lived in __________. a. bearskin tents b. pithouses c. houses with gabled roofs d. tipis