Prior to European contact, the Eastern third of what is today the United States:
A. Was politically controlled by the Cahokia Indians
B. Contained no permanent settlements
C. Had the most abundant food resources of any region of the continent
D. Was populated by tribes that engaged in hunting...
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U.S History 1:
Exam 1(SOLVED)
Prior to European contact, the Eastern third of
what is today the United States:
A. Was politically controlled by the Cahokia Indians
B. Contained no permanent settlements
C. Had the most abundant food resources of any
region of the continent
D. Was populated by tribes that engaged in
hunting and gathering but did not yet farm
E. Remained for the most part uninhabited -
answer C. Has the most abundant food resources
of any region of the continent.
Many pre-Columbian tribes East of the Mississippi
river were loosely linked by:
A. The shared use of a series of forts
,B. Common linguistic roots
C. Economic compacts
D. Inter-tribal religious festivals
E. The Iroquois confederacy - answer B. Common
linguistic roots
Which statement best describes the role of women
in pre-Columbian North American tribes?
A. In some tribes, men took care of the children as
the women tended the fields.
B. In all tribes, women cared for the children and
prepared meals.
C. In no tribes did women participate in the social
and economic organization of the tribe.
D. In all tribes, both women and men engaged in
hunting.
E. In all tribes, women were responsible for
farming. - answer B. In all tribes, woman cared for
the children and prepared meals.
Native American religions were closely linked to:
A. The idea of apocalypse
B. Human sacrifice
, C. Ideas of male dominance
D. Visions from the world if spirits
E. The natural world - answer E. The natural world
In the Great Plains region, most pre-Columbian
societies:
A. Engaged in sedentary farming.
B. Lived in small nomadic tribes.
C. Hunted buffalo for survival.
D. Used horses.
E. Developed a harsh religion that required human
sacrifice - answer A. Engaged in sedentary farming
The first truly complex society in the Americas was
that of the:
A. Maya.
B. Aztecs.
C. Inca.
D. Pueblo peoples.
E. Olmecs - answer E. Olmecs
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