Chapter
One
Native Peoples
of America, to
1500
Boyer, The Enduring Vision
Chapter 1
• Scientists’ current theory is that
– 1. the ancestors of Native Americans originated in
the Western Hemisphere.
– 2. Native Americans first reached the Western
Hemisphere on swift sailing ships from northern
Europe and Iceland.
– 3. the Western Hemisphere was populated by
multiple migrations from Asia across the SiberiaAlaska land bridge and by sea.
– 4. the ancestors of Native Americans crossed the
Atlantic in giant outrigger canoes from the west
coast of Africa.
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Boyer, The Enduring Vision
Chapter 1
• Scientists’ current theory is that
– 3. the Western Hemisphere was populated
by multiple migrations from Asia across the
Siberia-Alaska land bridge and by sea.
– Hint: See page 2.
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Boyer, The Enduring Vision
Chapter 1
• The densest Native American
populations in what would later be the
United States were found
– 1. in the Great Basin.
– 2. on the High Plains.
– 3. on the Pacific Coast.
– 4. in the northern forests.
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Boyer, The Enduring Vision
Chapter 1
• The densest Native American populations in
what would later be the United States were
found
– 3. on the Pacific Coast.
– Hint: Climate and resources made this possible.
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Boyer, The Enduring Vision
Chapter 1
• In which geographical region did the
Hopewell Native Americans reside?
– 1. Arizona and New Mexico
– 2. the Midwest
– 3. the Mississippi River to the Atlantic
Coast
– 4. Arizona
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Boyer, The Enduring Vision
Chapter 1
• In which geographical region did the
Hopewell Native Americans reside?
– 2. the Midwest
– Hint: Hopewell culture was associated with
the Midwest.
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Boyer, The Enduring Vision
Chapter 1
• Which one of these did not help to shape
Native Americans’ social and cultural
development before 1500?
– 1. geographical isolation
– 2. drastic climatic and geographical variations
across America
– 3. contact with African cultures, from which Native
Americans adopted many practices
– 4. long-term changes or cycles in weather, such
as warming trends and extended droughts
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Boyer, The Enduring Vision
Chapter 1
• Which one of these did not help to shape
Native Americans’ social and cultural
development before 1500?
– 3. contact with African cultures, from which Native
Americans adopted many practices
– Hint: This did not help shape Native American
development because there is no evidence of any
contact before 1500.
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Boyer, The Enduring Vision
Chapter 1
• The Aztecs, Mayans, and Incas had
developed all of the following before the
arrival of the Spanish except:
– 1. great cities in which thousands of people lived.
– 2. complex monotheistic religions based on belief
in one god.
– 3. sophisticated irrigation systems which made
possible extensive agricultural production.
– 4. advanced engineering knowledge that allowed
them to build roads, bridges, and pyramids.
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Boyer, The Enduring Vision
Chapter 1
• The Aztecs, Mayans, and Incas had
developed all of the following before the
arrival of the Spanish except:
– 2. complex monotheistic religions based on belief
in one god.
– Hint: They worshipped many gods, not one. See
pages 3–4.
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Boyer, The Enduring Vision
Chapter 1
• About how many Native Americans lived
on the continent north of present-day
Mexico, at the time of Columbus’s first
voyage to the New World?
– 1. 7 million to 10 million
– 2. 75 million
– 3. 50,000 to 100,000
– 4. 1 million to 2 million
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Boyer, The Enduring Vision
Chapter 1
• About how many Native Americans lived on
the continent north of present-day Mexico, at
the time of Columbus’s first voyage to the
New World?
– 1. 7 million to 10 million
–
– Hint: See page 8.
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Chapter 1
• Which of the following statements about
American Indians is correct?
– 1. There is no evidence of any people living in the
Americas earlier than 15,000 years ago.
– 2. Indians did not know how to build irrigation
systems for agriculture until they learned it from
the Spanish conquistadores.
– 3. Indian society frowned on all competitive
behavior.
– 4. New England tribes allowed women as well as
men to serve as chiefs.
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Boyer, The Enduring Vision
Chapter 1
• Which of the following statements about
American Indians is correct?
– 4. New England tribes allowed women as
well as men to serve as chiefs.
– Hint: See page 10.
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Boyer, The Enduring Vision
Chapter 1
• In which region did Native American
men and women both work at farming?
– 1. Northeast
– 2. Great Basin
– 3. Southwest
– 4. Mississippi Valley
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Boyer, The Enduring Vision
Chapter 1
• In which region did Native American
men and women both work at farming?
– 3. Southwest
– Hint: See pages 4 and 5.
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Boyer, The Enduring Vision
Chapter 1
• The term Archaic peoples refers to
– 1. native North Americans from about 8000
to 1500 B.C.
– 2. the first nomadic hunters to reach North
America.
– 3. the mound builders of the Mississippi
Valley.
– 4. all Native Americans living here at the
time of Columbus’s voyage.
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Boyer, The Enduring Vision
Chapter 1
• The term Archaic peoples refers to
– 1. native North Americans from about 8000
to 1500 B.C.
– Hint: See page 3.
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Chapter 1
• Agriculture was first practiced by the
Indians of the
– 1. Pacific Northwest.
– 2. desert Southwest.
– 3. Midwestern heartland.
– 4. Atlantic Coast.
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Chapter 1
• Agriculture was first practiced by the
Indians of the
– 2. desert Southwest.
– Hint: Agriculture first spread to tribes in the
Southwest from central Mexican tribes.
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