Norseman Leif Eriksson landed in Newfoundland around A.D. 1000, the first
documented European contact with the New World
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
The Derby Dam, built in 1905, across the Truckee River, __________.
a. devastated the economic base of the Northern Paiute
b. brought much needed water to the Northern Paiute
c. formed Lake Winnemucca
d. had no impact on the reservation at Pyramid Lake
Native Americans may be defined __________.
a. by their color
b. by their clothing
c. by their religion
d. administratively
The most important domesticated animals for Arctic people was the __________.
a. polar bear
b. musk ox
c. dog
d. mallard duck
The two major divisions of Arctic people and languages are __________.
a. Eskimo and Inuit
b. Aleut and Eskimo
c. Eskimo and Algonkian
d. Eskimo and Na-Dene
The names we have for Native American peoples seldom come from __________.
a. their enemies
b. themselves
c. places where they lived
d. archaeologists
Why were Pueblo groups considered “less primitive” by Europeans at the time of
contact?
a. They spoke English
b. They wore European clothing
c. They lived in permanent towns
d. They had an alphabet
California tribes ___________.
a. had no formal leaders
b. lived in permanent or semipermanent villages
c. were peaceful and seldom fought
d. were extremely small in size
Chief Seathl is famous for __________.
a. signing the Treaty of Point Elliot which placed many NW coast peoples on
reservations
b. rebelling against the Canadian government at the Battle of Point Elliot
c. conducting valuable ethnographic research with the Kwakiutl in the late 19th and
early 20th c.
d. hosting the largest potlatch of record in the Northwest Coast in the late 19th c.
The Owens Valley Paiute __________.
a. were organized into 7 bands that controlled specific areas
b. were peaceful and traded with California Indians
c. divided labor by age and sex
d. used flood irrigation, a form of “incipient agriculture”
e. all of the above
Traditionally, the six nations of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy live mostly in what
state?
a. Illinois
b. Michigan
c. New York
d. Massachusetts
The Archaic Period___________.
a. included the beginnings of agriculture
b. saw fewer resources utilized by people
c. was colder
d. was a time of migrations
One problem with using culture areas is __________.
a. Diversity may be ignored
b. Criteria are chosen by Indians
c. Cultures never change
d. They”re never compared
An important part of this harvest event was the renewal of the __________.
a. sacred fire
b. priesthood
c. growing fields
d. sacred bones
Major issues for Plateau Indians today include ___________.
a. fishing rights and gambling
b. new treaties
c. better health care than their neighbors
d. too many businesses moving onto the reservation
The art of the Northwest Coast is ___________.
a. mainly of stone
b. quite simple
c. not concerned with relationships
d. the most unique and recognizable aspect of the culture area
When a young Navajo couple married, __________.
a. matrilocal residence was the ideal.
b. bilocal residence might occur
c. residence depended on various factors
d. all of the above
The only domestic animal for the Kwakiutl was __________.
a. the horse
b. the turkey
c. the fox
d. the dog
Spain’s approach to the New World included _________.
a. converting Indians
b. establishing an imperial presence
c. Taking rich resources
d. all of the above
The traditional role of women in Native American cultures was __________.
a. much like European women
b. different from Europeans
c. inferior to Europeans
d. not important
The Nez Perce __________.
a. hunted mainly bison
b. used few plant resources
c. fished with large communal traps __________.
D. seldom ate fowl of any kind __________.
Hopi religious belief __________.
a. maintains 12 secret societies, all for women
b. centered on bringing rain as the primary goal of ceremonies
c. uses katsinas all year round in ceremonies
d. begins the year with Niman in February
Plateau groups and Euroamericans first met each other __________.
a. through British and American traders in the 1700s
b. through friendly missionaries in 1836
c. on the Oregon Trail in 1840
d. during the Lewis and Clark Expedition in 1805
The Spanish introduced the Pueblo people to __________.
a. new and deadly diseases
b. wheat, peppers, and tomatoes
c. horses, cattle, and sheep
d. Christianity
e. all of the above
A pregnant Kwakiutl woman __________.
a. worked very hard to help her baby appreciate a good work ethic
b. wanted to avoid having twins
c. slept parallel to house planking to help in the baby’s birth
d. was the last up in the mornings so she could get much-needed rest
The Haudenosaunee means __________.
a. “killer people”
b. “people of the north star”
c. “people of the longhouse”
d. “people of the lakes”
Around how many Haudenosaunee are there today?
a. 10,000
b. 40,000
c. 60,000
d. 90,000
The Dutch, the French, and the Russians were primarily interested in __________.
a. the fur trade
b. converting Indians
c. gaining land
d. building settlements
Sequoyah was __________.
a. a term for the combined chief and head priest in Natchez culture
b. a Cherokee man who in the 19th c. created the Cherokee alphabet
c. a Seminole man who helped negotiate with the United States for formal recognition
of the Seminole in the 20th c.
d. a Natchez leader who led an unsuccessful rebellion during the Trail of Tears
The Anasazi are the possible ancestors of the __________.
a. Navajo
b. Pueblo
c. Rarmuri
d. O”odham
The most popular large mammals hunted in the Great Basin were __________.
a. bear and elk
b. bison and caribou
c. deer, mountain and pronghorn sheep
d. all of the above
The encomienda system was __________.
a. fair to Indians
b. a form of Indian slavery
c. based on communes
d. not used often.
For the Western Woods Cree __________.
a. the basic social unit was the nuclear family
b. kinship was reckoned bilaterally
c. labor was divided by sex
d. all of the above
The Woodland Period (c. 3000 BP to contact) is defined by three innovations, including
__________.
a. manufacture of pottery and use of burial mounds
b. fancy basketwork and use of iron
c. simple cultures with no agriculture
d. all of the above
Agriculture in the Southeast __________.
a. was not as important as hunting
b. included corn, beans, and squash
c. used the slash and burn method
d. d. provided products for immediate consumption, because storage was impossible
e. e. b and c
The current basis of federal government and Indian relations is complete assimilation
Paleoindians in the Subarctic exploited mainly coastal areas because of glaciation in
interior regions.
Most Arctic people lived in snow houses or igloos. T/F
The two most famous Paleoindian sited in the Southwest are Clovis and Folsom. T/F
Corn, beans and squash agriculture did not occur among hunting Plains peoples. T/F
Arctic material culture and technology were dominated by the use of skins. T/F
The Aleuts believed the universe consisted of three levels.
The most important animal in the Plateau groups’ economies was seal.
Fortunately, Europeans in the New World completely understood Native American
ideas about farming and land use.
The Aleut live in a colder climate than the Eskimo.
Most of the Quebec Inuit population lived on the coasts.
The Arctic people believed humans had three souls. T/F
Sitting Bull, a famous Hunkpapa Lakota Sioux war chief, was not present at the Battle
of Little Big Horn and died peacefully in his sleep on a reservation. T/F
A striking characteristic of the Subarctic was their permanent towns and houses.
The kinship classifications used today were named after Native American groups.