1.05 The North American Continent Flashcards
In which climate zone with a long growing season and wet winters did the Native Americans who lived along the Gulf coast and southeast Atlantic coast live?
highlands
humid subtropical
semiarid steppe
cool summer
humid subtropical
Which mountain range extends from New Mexico to British Columbia?
Cascade Range
Appalachian Mountains
Sierra Nevada
Rocky Mountains
Rocky Mountains
What river drains almost half of the United States and serves as a transportation route between the upper Midwest and the Gulf Coast?
Columbia River
Ohio River
Mississippi River
Rio Grande River
Mississippi River
Which of the following is NOT a major theory that explains how the Americas were originally peopled?
Nomadic hunters crossed Beringia into North America more than 12,000 years ago.
Africans crossed into South America when Africa and South America were one continent.
Europeans came to the Americas thousands of years before Columbus.
Southeast Asians sailed across the Pacific Ocean to North America.
Africans crossed into South America when Africa and South America were one continent.
Which of the following is NOT a way in which archaeologists have learned about the first Americans?
the uncovering of artifacts
DNA analysis
analysis of ancient structures
translating and reading written accounts
translating and reading written accounts
Why is our knowledge of ancient Americans limited?
Archaeologists do not have the knowledge or tools to piece together the past.
A pandemic destroyed entire villages and cultures.
Ancient Americans had no written or oral language.
Ancient Americans destroyed objects and items that could have provided clues to their culture.
A pandemic destroyed entire villages and cultures.
Which of the following Native American civilizations was located in the American Southwest, cultivated corn in irrigated fields, and constructed cliff dwellings?
Olmec
Anasazi
Aztec
Mississippians
Anasazi
Which of the following Native American civilizations built elaborate mounds and permanent communities along rivers in the region that includes present-day Ohio and Illinois?
Mississippians
Inca
Aztec
Anasazi
Mississippians
Which Native American culture group hunted whales and held village-wide celebrations called potlatches?
Northeast
Great Basin
Pacific Coast
Southeast
Pacific Coast
Which Native American culture group lived in the harsh, arid lands of Nevada and Utah and traveled from highland to lowland camps with the changing seasons?
Great Plains
Pacific Coast
Northeast
Great Basin
Great Basin
Which Native American culture group hunted bison and used dogs to pull lightweight sleds laden with teepee poles and hide mats?
Great Plains
Southwest
Columbia Plateau
Southeast
Great Plains
Which Native American culture group harvested the resources of the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean and enjoyed warm weather?
Northeast
Southeast
Pacific Coast
Great Basin
Southeast
Which Native American culture group included the Iroquois Confederacy, where women had a remarkable degree of power?
Great Plains
Southeast
Columbia Plateau
Northeast
Northeast
Which Native American culture group included direct descendants of the Anasazi, built pueblos, and irrigated their fields?
Great Basin
Southeast
Southwest
Northeast
Southwest
Which of the following best explains the differences in the shelters used by Native Americans in the Northeast and the Great Plains?
Native Americans of the Northeast had not developed techniques for hunting large game.
The environment of the Great Plains was vastly different from the environment of the Northeast.
Native Americans on the Great Plains did not invent tools for cutting down trees.
The Northeast and the Great Plains are both located roughly along the same lines of latitude.
The environment of the Great Plains was vastly different from the environment of the Northeast.
