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USHIST Chapter 1 Review Questions
A Continent of Villages, to 1500
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History
11th Grade
06/30/2011

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Name 3 things researches used to support the theory of American Indians migrating from Asia.
Definition
-Similarities in teeth
-Physical appearence
-The study of viruses
Term
T or F:
The warming of the climate created ice-free corridors that allowed hunters to migrate into the North American interior.
Definition
True
Term
What did the artifacts found at Monte Verde in Chile indicate?
Definition
People had established communities in the Americas before the glacial sheet melted.
Term
Who was involved in the second migration from Asia into North America?
Definition
Athapascans
Term
Hunters from the Stone Age and Plano cultures both did what?
Definition
Stampede buffalo herds over cliffs.
Term
The era from roughly 10,000 to 2,500 years ago in North America is called the what?
Definition
Archaic period
Term
Desert culture included which of these?
-Bow and arrow use
-Intensified plant food collecting
-Social heirarchy
-Pottery making
Definition
Intensified collection of plant foods
Term
Desert culture foraging encouraged what?
Definition
Consensus decision making
Term
What was the primary function of a clan chief?
Definition
Supervising the storing and harvesting of crops
Term
Who developed the first irrigation system in America north of Mexico?
Definition
The hohokam
Term
T or F: The earliest tools found in North America are similar to artifacts found in Europe and Asia from the same period.
Definition
True
Term
Were Clovis tools similar to those of the Europeans?
Definition
No
Term
T or F: Forest efficiancy included cutting down systematic trees.
Definition
False
Term
T or F: Even until the late Archaic period, communities in the Northeast remained nomadic.
Definition
True
Term
How did the Mississippian culture come about in the 7th-8th centuries CE?
Definition
They developed improved maize varieties
Term
How large-scale was warfare among Indians?
Definition
It could include organized armies and fortified settlements
Term
T or F: The Mohawks, Oneidas, and Senecas were aell Iroquis cheifdoms.
Definition
True
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