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Chapter Quiz
Introductory
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Question 1
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Question 2
Which criterion is most commonly used by native groups to determine qualification for
membership in a tribe?
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Blood quantum
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Native North Americans, page 6.
Culture areas
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Native North Americans, page 6.
Boundary definitions
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Native North Americans, page 6.
U.S. Government classifications
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Native North Americans, page 6.
Native-language fluency
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Native North Americans, page 6.
In Mexico, most people are called mestizo, which essentially means that they
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still speak a native language.
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People, page 6.
are full-blooded natives of Mexico.
Incorrect Native North Americans: The
People, page 6.
have a mix of native and non-native heritage.
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are immigrants from another Spanishspeaking country.
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People, page 6.
reject modern ways and live according to
native beliefs and practices.
Incorrect Native North Americans: The
People, page 6.
Native North Americans: The
People, page 6.
Why was the role of native women so poorly understood even after decades of
anthropological study of the cultures?
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Most native groups forbade contact between
Western scientists and native women.
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The Role of Women,
page 10.
Anthropologists ran out of time to collect thorough
data on women's roles before tribes started
disappearing.
Incorrect Native North Americans:
The Role of Women,
page 10.
The roles of native women were too similar to those
of women in Western society to be of any interest to
anthropologists.
Incorrect Native North Americans:
The Role of Women,
page 10.
In most native groups, gender roles were not
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distinctly separated between women and men the
way they are in Western society.
Most anthropologists were males who were
interested in male activities and who spoke with
mostly men.
Question 4
The Role of Women,
page 10.
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Native North Americans:
The Role of Women,
page 10.
What term do anthropologists use for men who took on female roles in native cultures?
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Amazons
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Native North Americans: Sex and Gender, page 11.
In-betweens
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Native North Americans: Sex and Gender, page 11.
Men-women
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Native North Americans: Sex and Gender, page 11.
Two-spirits
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Native North Americans: Sex and Gender, page 11.
Savages
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Native North Americans: Sex and Gender, page 11.
What is distinctive about Lewis H. Morgan's League of the Iroquois?
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It was the first book to focus on a specific
native culture rather than on native groups in
general.
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Native North Americans, p. 12.
It was the first actual ethnography written about Correct
a native group of North America.
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A Brief History of Research on
Native North Americans, p. 12.
It was the first time that a native group's selfchosen name was acknowledged in print.
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Native North Americans, p. 12.
It was the first study of a native culture that
included an exploration of women's roles.
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Native North Americans, p. 12.
It was the first description of the common
political entities formed by native groups of
North America.
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Native North Americans, p. 12.
Which of the following is the best example of cultural imperialism?
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Smithsonian Institution's Handbook of
North American Indians
Incorrect Contemporary Adoptions of Native
American Culture, page 12.
The Bureau of American Ethnology
Incorrect Contemporary Adoptions of Native
American Culture, page 12.
Lewis H. Morgan's League of the
Iroquois
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American Culture, page 12.
William "Buffalo Bill" Cody's wild west
show
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Contemporary Adoptions of Native
American Culture, page 12.
The Bering Land Bridge theory
Question 7
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American Culture, page 12.
A large-scale system of diverting stream water to corn fields is an example of
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environmental manipulation.
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Sidelight: The Domesticated "Wilderness," page
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harvest augmentation.
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resource domestication.
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passive resource
management.
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active resource management. Incorrect Sidelight: The Domesticated "Wilderness," page
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Question 8
In 1512, an earnest exploration of the origin of New World native peoples began after
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Columbus returned from the New World Incorrect A General Prehistory of North
with stories of a strange and uncivilized
America: The Origin of Native Peoples
race of people.
in the New World, page 17.
Question 9
the Pope declared that New World
natives were people who had souls.
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A General Prehistory of North
America: The Origin of Native Peoples
in the New World, page 17.
evidence of their creation was found in
the Christian bible.
Incorrect A General Prehistory of North
America: The Origin of Native Peoples
in the New World, page 17.
multiple European countries started
laying claims to the native peoples'
land.
Incorrect A General Prehistory of North
America: The Origin of Native Peoples
in the New World, page 17.
explorers learned that most native
groups believed they were not created
but simply always existed.
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America: The Origin of Native Peoples
in the New World, page 17.
Which is an example of nonempirical data?
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Blood quantum Incorrect A General Prehistory of North America: The Origin of Native
Peoples in the New World, page 18.
Skeletal
remains
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Peoples in the New World, page 18.
Question 10
Tribal beliefs
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A General Prehistory of North America: The Origin of Native
Peoples in the New World, page 18.
DNA testing
Incorrect A General Prehistory of North America: The Origin of Native
Peoples in the New World, page 18.
Language
histories
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Peoples in the New World, page 18.
What differentiates the Formative period from the earlier Archaic period?
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A shift from native tradition to Europeaninfluenced customs and practices
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America: The Archaic, page 21.
The development of sophisticated hunting
tools such as the atlatl and the blowgun
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America: The Archaic, page 21.
An ability to use language to record cultural
history
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America: The Archaic, page 21.
The development of political units and social Incorrect A General Prehistory of North
structures
America: The Archaic, page 21.
A reliance on agriculture rather than on
hunting and gathering
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A General Prehistory of North
America: The Archaic, page 21.