Exam 1: Native Peoples of America

Prior to European contacts, Native Americans were not exclusively nomadic, nor did they live exclusively in small villages. Many lived in major cities. Describe such cities, using Cahokia as an example.

Why are Hiawatha and Deganawidah significant to Iroquois culture?

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Inca Empire

Explore how agricultural production developed and changed within Indian societies. Where did it flourish and why? What advances were Indians able to make?

What was the capital of the largest early state in Mesoamerica?

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Kinship

What key development had to occur before southwestern populations could grow and expand?

What advances did the Maya make?

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Teotihuacán

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Poverty Point

Who were the Pochteca?

Which of the following generalizations about Native American cultures is true?

Which of the following is a way Native Americans engaged in "genetic engineering"?

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Iroquois Confederation

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Norse expansionists

Why was Cahokia significant?

Which of the following was not one of the ways that Plains Indians used buffalos?

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Reciprocity

What evidence does the historian use to write the history of North America before the arrival of Europeans? Evaluate the possible pitfalls or shortcomings of such evidence.

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Mesoamerica