Questions from quizzes

Question 1

This time period is generally recognized for an increase sedentism among indigenous peoples in northeast North America and the beginnings of crop husbandry

Answer 1

late archaic

Question 2

This period spans the time from roughly 900 B.P. to the arrival of europeans in the middle of the 16th century

Answer 2

Pre columbian

Question 3

Although occurring most abundantly where the effects of human activities are most intense , these types of plants are not considered cultigens because they can survive in habitats independently of human influence

Answer 3

Quasi-cultigens

Question 4

This term describes areas of land where the natural vegetation is more artificial than natural, the effects of human disturbances can be long-lasting and the natural selection of plants is sufficiently suppressed

Answer 4

cultivated

Question 5

Which of the following is NOT a distinguishable characteristic of wild/weedy seeds compared to seeds that have been cultivated

Answer 5

color

Question 6

Corn, beans and squash were not indigenous to northeast North America but were introduced from outside the region and were extensively used after AD 1100

Answer 6

True

Question 7

Like the southern and central plains the plains village pattern in the north is marked by a dual reliance on corn farming and bison hunting

Answer 7

true

Question 8

Human activity, such as fostering, management, and cultivation, likely had little effect on the spread of native varieties of tobacco across North America continent

Answer 8

False

Question 9

Over a period of several thousand years, migration, change, flexibility, and population stress transformed the Great Plains and its culture

Answer 9

TRUE

Question 10

It has been argued that maize cultivation spread into the Canadian subarea of the northern plains as a result of environmental conditions, specifically moisture and growing seasons that proved suitable for cultivation

Answer 10

false

Question 11

This is a vast region of North America that covers the southern portions of the provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta as well as Montana, North Dakota and South Dakota

Answer 11

Northern Plains

Question 12

The archaeological record over-emphasizes the utilization of bison in the diet of many precontact plains groups, due to

Answer 12

Preservation bias

Question 13

This global cooling trend occurred during the 1600s which caused difficulties and eventual abandonment of maize based agriculture in southern Manitoba

Answer 13

Little ice age

Question 14

This agricultural practice was employed by the Hidatsa and involved the establishment of new fields roughly every 14 years

Answer 14

Shifting cultivation

Question 15

This polycropping strategy, which involves corn, beans and squash, is commonly referred to as

Answer 15

the three sisters

Question 16

This term captures the ways in which the Coast Salish were engaged in shaping and sustainably managing plant and animal communities of various scales and at different stages of their life cycles to enhance their productivity

Answer 16

Indigenous Resource Management

Question 17

Relying on ethnographic context, linguistic evidence, and contemporary Katzie knowledge, used instruct the very mature and meaning of being Coast Salish

Answer 17

Storywork

Question 18

This food resource served as a cultural keystone resource for the Coast Salish by it contributed to both basic subsistence and the prestige economy

Answer 18

Wapato

Question 19

In the vernacular sense were the ancient Coast Salish farmers

Answer 19

True

Question 20

Which of the follow characteristics can be applied to the ancient Coast Salish

Answer 20

All of the characteristics listed

Question 21

Unlike wild plants, this cultigen is dependent upon humans for its reproduction in that human decisions determine its production as much the plant’s actual physiological requirements

Answer 21

Maize

Question 22

In many regions of the world this factor served as a driving force behind agricultural innovation, diffusion and adoption

Answer 22

Population pressure

Question 23

One of the most important weather related conditions for farmers is

Answer 23

Predictability

Question 24

While over 300 different types of corn were used by pre-contact indigenous peoples, this variety was relied on most by indigenous farmers in northeast North America

Answer 24

Flint

Question 25

This global climatic period has been attributed to enhance variability and general cooling patterns

Answer 25

Little ice age