Test Deck Flashcards
“In 1492 around __________ Indians lived in North America.”
“In 1492 around eight million Indians lived in North America.”
Which gigantic mammals in North America do archaeologists believe were killed off by the earliest humans?
- Wooly mammoths and mastodons
- Eight-foot lions
- Giant sloths taller than giraffes
Which reasons did natives use fire in North America?
- To stampede buffalo
- To flush lizards from the ground in the grasslands
- To encourage wild blueberries and sunflowers to grow
- To drive off hordes of mosquitos
In fact, we might say that the motto of North America in 1492 was the opposite of E pluribus unum: __________.
In fact, we might say that the motto of North America in 1492 was the opposite of E pluribus unum. Out of many people, one.
“A flock of geese setting out from the western Arctic will spy Inuit bands chasing whales in __________—open boats made from walrus skins stretched over driftwood.”
“A flock of geese setting out from the western Arctic will spy Inuit bands chasing whales in umiaks—open boats made from walrus skins stretched over driftwood.”
What skill did the Inuit women develop?
“Inuit women have developed the skill of sewing seal gut and fish skin to make clothing that fits the body more closely and is thus warmer for those living in such wintry lands.”
Natives in the Willamette River Valley made sticks into a line to trap which creatures?
“Indians mend a fish trap—a line of sticks pounded into the river bottom along a rapids. Salmon swimming upstream can make their way though only a few openings, and there they are caught in woven baskets.”
What did the Hohokam people create 600 miles of which construction?
“In the centuries after AD 300, the Hohokam people dug six hundred miles of canals, some over city feet wide, to bring water to the beans, squash, and corn they grew.”
Name the division of social ranks among the Natchez.
- King (known as the Great Sun)
- His relatives (Little Suns)
- Nobles (Honored People)
- Lowest of all (Stinkards)
“This people called themselves the Mexica, though in later years the Spanish referred to them as __________.”
“This people called themselves the Mexica, though in later years the Spanish referred to them as Aztecs.”
List the features of Tenochtitlán.
- Marketplaces with goods from thousands of miles away
- Museum gardens filled with exotic plants
- Aqueducts bringing drinking water to the city from the mountains miles away
“Archaeologists have made it their business to __________. Their detective work has been truly astonishing, with new knowledge gained every year.”
“Archaeologists have made it their business to discover what happened before there was any written history. Their detective work has been truly astonishing, with new knowledge gained every year.”
“Still, later European settlers reported immense numbers of wild animals in America. Virginia rivers were so full of fish that __________ as English colonists trotted in the shallows.”
“Still, later European settlers reported immense numbers of wild animals in America. Virginia rivers were so full of fish that the hooves of horses killed them as English colonists trotted in the shallows.”
Which two Americans invented the idea for blue jeans?
“In modern America, for example, many people wear blue jeans, pants held together by rivets. That’s a custom; and it has a history. Actually, two Americans, Levi Strauss and David Jacobs, thought of the idea in 1873.”
What could birds see if they flew over the Sonoran desert in present-day Arizona?
“The birds in 1492 can still see the remains of the canals…”
“__________ peoples from the north of Asia were attacking China, drawing the emperors’ attention elsewhere”
“Mongol peoples from the north of Asia were attacking China, drawing the emperors’ attention elsewhere”
“Even as traders made their way along the Silk Road, China launched a great fleet of trading ships that took seven voyages across the Indian Ocean, as far as __________ and the coast of __________.”
“Even as traders made their way along the Silk Road, China launched a great fleet of trading ships that took seven voyages across the Indian Ocean, as far as Madagascar and the coast of East Africa.”
“Cortés heard rumors of rich empires yet undiscovered. In 1519 he and about six hundred followers marched toward the seven-thousand-foot-high plateau and the Valley of Mexico. The empire he was seeking, of course, was that of the Mexica, or Aztetcs, whose capital lay on the glittering island-city of __________.”
Tenochtitlán
“The Mexica worshiped a god named __________, whose job, according to sacred teachings, was nothing less than to sustain the life of the sun.”
Huitzilopochtli
“Thousands upon thousands of Indians lived along the route and one of the nations, __________, fought Cortés bitterly. But then __________’s rulers decided to help rather than to oppose the Spanish.”
“Thousands upon thousands of Indians lived along the route and one of the nations, Tlaxcala, fought Cortés bitterly. But then Tlaxcala’s rulers decided to help rather than to oppose the Spanish.”
Which of the following did the Mexica do to their other peoples for their god?
- They forced the peoples they conquered to send three or four thousand people a year.
- They sacrificed them atop sacred pyramids.
- Priests cut open prisoners’ chests in order to offer beating hearts and save the sun.
“__________ dropped anchor along the California coast in 1429.”
“Admiral Zheng He dropped anchor along the California coast in 1429”
“Admiral Zheng He dropped anchor along the __________ coast in 1429”
“Admiral Zheng He dropped anchor along the California coast in 1429”
“Admiral Zheng He dropped anchor along the California coast in __________”
“Admiral Zheng He dropped anchor along the California coast in 1429”
Who was the minor officer who arrested Balboa before going on to conquer another civilization in South America, the Inca empire?
“And the minor officer who arrested Balboa—Francisco Pizarro—went on to conquer another civilization in South America, the Inca empire.”
Who was the emperor of the Mexica during the visit of the conquistadors?
“The emperor of the Mexica then was Moctezuma.”