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
A common element of Pueblo religion was __________.
a. female shamans
b. blood-letting ceremonies
c. secret societies
d. animal sacrifice
In Mexico __________.
a. the repartimiento system was stopped when Mexico became independent in 1821
b. reform laws in the 1850s recognized Indian rights and communal property
c. the 1910 Revolution tried to destroy Indian cultures
d. the Yaqui, Maya, and Zapotecs have rebelled against the government
The “Sidelight: Domesticated Wilderness” states that ___________.
a. Native Americans had little impact on their environments
b. Indian farming and land use were misunderstood by Europeans
c. plowing, irrigation, and burning are types of Passive Resource Management
d. controlled burns by European Americans upset Native Americans
Today, Cherokees rank what in Native American population?
a. 1st
b. 5th
c. 2nd
d. Last; they are culturally extinct
There are three continents in the Western hemisphere: North America, South America,
and Central or Mesoamerica.
The earliest Europeans in the Southeast, in the early 1500s, were __________.
a. English
b. Spanish
c. French
d. Russian
The prehistory of the Northwest Coast is poorly known partly because __________.
a. frequent volcanic activity has destroyed sites
b. many ancient sites are now underwater
c. most prehistoric settlements are under ice
d. political instabilities in the region
Today Native Americans suffer from __________.
a. stereotyping and romanticism by the dominant culture
b. poverty and discrimination
c. high drop-out rates from school
d. poor housing and health care
e. all of the above
The Mashantucket Pequot tribe grosses about how much a year from casino revenues?
a. $1,000
b. 50 million dollars
c. $10,000
d. One billion dollars
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
Most Southeast tribes __________.
a. were patrilineal
b. defined kinship by 3 categories: family, friends, and slaves
c. had intricate and rigid social classification
d. never played games
European intrusion in the New World led to Indian __________.
a. population decimation and loss of cultures
b. loss of land
c. health problems
d. b and c
e. all of the above
The Ottawa raised corn, which __________.
a. was planted b y women, old men, and children
b. introduced by Europeans
c. their only crop
d. b and c
Which of the following did buffalo provide for Plains Indians?
a. Robes, shields, containers
b. Scrapers, axes, awls
c. Sinew for sewing and bowing
d. All of these
As General of the Army in 1869, General William T. Sherman __________.
a. Formed peaceful agreements with Indians
b. Was fired for sympathizing too much with Natives’ causes
c. Campaigned to exterminate Indians in the West
d. Campaigned to send Indian children to boarding schools
Great Basin religion __________.
a. included the Bear Dance and the Round Dance
b. focused on subsistence
c. included relatively few ceremonies
d. added the Ghost Dance in the late 1800s
e. All of the above
A band headman in the Subarctic __________.
a. would be replaced if he didn’t lead well.
b. kept the peace.
c. decided when and where to move.
d. all of the above
In Canada __________.
a. Indian reserves are owned outright by Indians
b. all Indians are recognized federally
c. Indians were given full rights as citizens by their treaties
d. Nunavat is a new province governed by Eskimos
Arctic religious beliefs __________.
a. were concerned only with people’s relationships
b. were concerned with souls in all beings
c. were never concerned with war
d. used male shamans exclusively
Housing in the Great Basin __________.
a. never varied from brush and adobe
b. included wickiups, caves, and large, semisubterranean houses
c. consisted of permanent villages
d. did not include sweathouses
The basic social unit in Great Basin society was the __________.
a. lineage
b. band
c. nuclear family
d. clan
The Ghost Dance __________.
a. is a classic example of a “revitalization” movement
b. was encouraged by the federal government because it calmed the Indians
c. was never militarized
d. was never very popular on the Plains or in the Great Basin
The three innovations that mark the Woodland period in the Northeast are __________.
a. advanced basketry, lack of agriculture, and use of burial platforms
b. some pottery, cultivation of wheat, and wooden palisades for defense
c. pottery, cultivation of native plants, and use of burial mounds
d. simple basketry, cultivation of oats and sunflowers, and burial mounds.
Problems the Arctic people have today include __________.
a. inability to speak English
b. few jobs and malnutrition
c. cancers caused by solar radiation
d. all of the above
The Rarmuri were famous for __________.
a. violins
b. flutes
c. gourd rattles
d. leather-covered drums
e. all of the above
Coppers __________.
a. were often displayed at potlatches. b. had names and histories
b. could be destroyed
c. all of the above
d. none of the above
Pinyon nuts, a major Great Basin food source, __________.
a. require traveling and monitoring of cones to collect
b. can be gathered by brown coning or green coning
c. could be stored unshelled for years
d. all of the above
California Indian tribes ___________.
a. were mainly matrilineal
b. ate acorns and deer
c. didn’t trade much
d. centered their religions on individual vision quests
The Inuit entertained themselves with __________.
a. painting with dyes made from lichens and mosses on bark
b. gambling, archery contests, and blanket tosses
c. lacrosse games
d. b and c
The names we have for Native American peoples seldom come from __________.
a. their enemies.
b. themselves
c. places where they lived.
d. archaeologists.
18. The American Revolution basically destroyed the League of the Haudenosaunee.
Shamans were not important in the Subarctic.
At contact, dogs pulled the travois of goods and possessions for many Plains peoples.
Warfare was common among the Cree. T /F
The term “salvage ethnography,” used by anthropologists in the late 1800s, indicates
these researchers believed Native Americans were going extinct. T/F
Subarctic people were primarily hunters and fishermen. T/F
The Arctic people believed a child was not a real person until he or she was able to
walk.
The English encouraged native warfare in order to procure slaves
The coniferous forest treeline is the boundary between the Arctic and Subarctic. T/F
The impact of Europeans on Arctic people resulted in a 90% or more population loss.
The Proclamation Line of 1763 was ignored by American settlers.
The Dawes Act of 1887 encouraged individual land ownership. T/F
The atlatl was a tool used by Native Americans for sharpening their spear points.
The Owens Valley Paiute had 3 kinds of shaman: herb, spirit, and ceremonial
The Dawes Act of 1887 encouraged individual land ownership.
An Aleut shaman had a knowledge of anatomy from mummies and also knew
pharmacology.
European diseases devastated American Indians because the New World was relatively
free of contagious, infectious diseases
Plateau people hunted bear, coyotes, wolves and deer for food and sometimes kept them
as pets
Popular Indian stereotypes include bloodthirsty warriors and noble warriors.