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1
All projectile points in North America are ultimately derived from the ancient
(A)
Donner point.
(B)
Clovis point.
(C)
Aleutian point.
(D)
Siberian point.
2
Panalauca Cave, Peru, which dates to 2500 B.C., has yielded evidence of early cultivation of
what crop?
(A)
potatoes
(B)
quinoa
(C)
maize
(D)
teosinte
3
Which of the following is the widespread desert farming culture centered in southern
Arizona that flourished from c. 300 B.C. to A.D. 1500?
(A)
Hohokam
(B)
Ancestral Pueblo
(C)
Adena
(D)
Mississippian
4
Which of the following is the major American Southwestern cultural tradition that centered
on what is now known as the Four Corners region that reached its peak in A.D. 1100?
(A)
Hohokam
(B)
Ancestral Pueblo
(C)
Adena
(D)
Mississippian
5
Which of the following, which is sometimes called the Early Woodland, is the North
American culture dating to between 500 B.C. and A.D. 400 centered on the Ohio River
valley?
(A)
Hohokam
(B)
Ancestral Pueblo
(C)
Adena
(D)
Mississippian
6
Which of the following, centered in the southeastern region of what is now the United
States, is the most elaborate prehistoric cultural tradition to flourish in North America?
(A)
Hohokam
(B)
Ancestral Pueblo
(C)
Adena
(D)
Mississippian
7
Mesa Verde is a series of canyons in Colorado famous for their multiroom dwellings dating
to
(A)
the 13th century A.D.
(B)
1400 B.C.
(C)
2500 B.C.
(D)
between A.D. 1100 and 1130
8
List and describe at least three methods for reconstructing ancient diets.
Answer:
9
Define dendrochronology. Explain the methods used in this study. How has this
methodology been used in the Southwestern United States?
Answer:
10
Explain Kent Flannery’s hypothesis on plant domestication in Mesoamerica. What evidence
supports this hypothesis? Can you think of potential exceptions to this explanation?
Answer:
11
Discuss the possible reasons for the decline of the Hopewell tradition. What civilization
replaced the Hopewell tradition? What staple agricultural product played a role in this
transition, and why?
Answer:
12
Moundville in what is now west-central Alabama flourished as early as A.D. 1250 and went
into decline after
(A)
A.D. 1550.
(B)
A.D. 1450.
(C)
A.D. 1776.
(D)
A.D. 1680.
13
All of the following were major centers of native plant domestication in the Americas
EXCEPT
(A)
highland and lowland Central America.
(B)
the highlands of the Central Andes.
(C)
the coastline of California.
(D)
the southeastern United States.
14
The densest hunter-gatherer populations in North America congregated in river valleys and
(A)
coastlines.
(B)
lakeshores.
(C)
mixed-conifer forests.
(D)
alpine forests.
15
All of the following contributed to the rise of more complex hunter-gatherer societies along
the Pacific Coast of North American EXCEPT
(A)
abundant and predictable food sources.
(B)
increasingly efficient technology.
(C)
sedentary settlements.
(D)
slash and burn agriculture.
16
Which of the following animals was tamed by ancient Americans?
(A)
dog
(B)
guinea pig
(C)
turkey
(D)
all of these are correct
17
The best archaeological evidence for early maize cultivation comes from
(A)
the Tehuacán Valley in southern Mexico.
(B)
Machu Pichu in Peru.
(C)
Mesa Verde in Colorado.
(D)
the Ohio Valley.
18
Maize first entered the American Southwest during a period of higher than average rainfall,
between
(A)
2000 and 1500 B.C.
(B)
1500 and 1000 B.C.
(C)
A.D. 100 and 500.
(D)
5000 and 6000 B.C.
19
Early peoples who lived in what is now the southwestern United States gathered many
plants, including all of the following EXCEPT
(A)
yucca seeds.
(B)
cacti.
(C)
potatoes.
(D)
sunflower seeds.
20
The ""great houses,"" or large pueblos of Chaco Canyon contained many luxury items,
including
(A)
turquoise.
(B)
copper bells.
(C)
skeletons of macaws.
(D)
all of these are correct.
21
Chaco Canyon, used for more than two centuries, was the center of a remarkable flowering
of which culture?
(A)
Hohokam
(B)
Mogollan
(C)
Mississippian
(D)
Ancestral Pueblo
22
A kiva in the Ancestral Pueblo tradition is a
(A)
fireplace.
(B)
bread oven.
(C)
ceremonial room.
(D)
burial mound.
23
Some groups of Paleo-Indian populations had settled along the southern California
coastline and on offshore islands by
(A)
9000 B.C.
(B)
5000 B.C.
(C)
1000 B.C.
(D)
A.D. 1000.
24
Discuss the notion that successors of Mississippian society would have flourished and
evolved into a full-fledged state-organized society if Europeans had not arrived on the
continent. What limitations do experts cite regarding this notion? Can you think of any
adaptations early peoples could have made to overcome these limitations?
Answer:
