Question 1

Which of the Southwest US societies constructed ceremonial ball courts?

Accepted Answer

A)  Hohokam 
B)  Mogollon 
C)  Sinagua 
D)  Ancestral Puebloan 
A)  Hohokam 
B)  Mogollon 
C)  Sinagua 
D)  Ancestral Puebloan

Question 2

The Room 33 burial at Pueblo Bonito has been interpreted by some as that of:

Accepted Answer

A)  slaves 
B)  Spanish colonists 
C)  a ruling family at Chaco Canyon 
D)  victims of cannibalism 
A)  slaves 
B)  Spanish colonists 
C)  a ruling family at Chaco Canyon 
D)  victims of cannibalism

Question 3

The site of Cahokia was:

Accepted Answer

A)  an ancient, prehistoric, Native American city 
B)  an outpost of ancient Maya traders just east of the modern city of St. Louis 
C)  a Native American ceremonial center with a very small population 
D)  the geographic focal point of a powerful Native American chiefdom 
A)  an ancient, prehistoric, Native American city 
B)  an outpost of ancient Maya traders just east of the modern city of St. Louis 
C)  a Native American ceremonial center with a very small population 
D)  the geographic focal point of a powerful Native American chiefdom

Question 4

The dominant earthwork forms found at Town Creek Mound, Etowah, Komoki, and Moundville are:

Accepted Answer

A)  temple mounds 
B)  burial mounds 
C)  effigy mounds 
D)  enclosure mounds 
A)  temple mounds 
B)  burial mounds 
C)  effigy mounds 
D)  enclosure mounds

Question 5

Much of the Hopewell diet consisted of:

Accepted Answer

A)  wild foods 
B)  cattle 
C)  llamas and alpacas 
D)  all of the above 
A)  wild foods 
B)  cattle 
C)  llamas and alpacas 
D)  all of the above

Question 6

Archaeologist Timothy Pauketat views Cahokia as being:

Accepted Answer

A)  a central place in a three-tiered hierarchy of communities 
B)  an ancient city on the Mississippi with a population of close to 30,000 people 
C)  a ceremonial center without a substantial resident population 
D)  the capital of an extensive Native American kingdom 
A)  a central place in a three-tiered hierarchy of communities 
B)  an ancient city on the Mississippi with a population of close to 30,000 people 
C)  a ceremonial center without a substantial resident population 
D)  the capital of an extensive Native American kingdom

Question 7

Among the later mound builders of North America, Cahokia was:

Accepted Answer

A)  absolutely unique; there are no other large mound-building sites 
B)  the only large mound site to show clear evidence of contact with the complex civilizations of Mesoamerica to the south 
C)  not the largest but the first of the urban-like settlements 
D)  by far the largest but not the only impressive, densely settled, mound-building community 
A)  absolutely unique; there are no other large mound-building sites 
B)  the only large mound site to show clear evidence of contact with the complex civilizations of Mesoamerica to the south 
C)  not the largest but the first of the urban-like settlements 
D)  by far the largest but not the only impressive, densely settled, mound-building community

Question 8

The so-called "great houses" of the American Southwest show the:

Accepted Answer

A)  capacity of some non-state societies to organize the labor of a large population 
B)  impact of Mesoamerican civilizations on their cousins to the north 
C)  enormous effect of the Spanish missions on the architecture of the sixteenth-century Southwest 
D)  great wealth and power of the kings who lived in the great houses 
A)  capacity of some non-state societies to organize the labor of a large population 
B)  impact of Mesoamerican civilizations on their cousins to the north 
C)  enormous effect of the Spanish missions on the architecture of the sixteenth-century Southwest 
D)  great wealth and power of the kings who lived in the great houses

Question 9

How does archaeologist Brad Lepper explain the alignments at the Newark earthworks in Ohio?

Accepted Answer

Brad Lepper, an archaeologist with the O

Question 10

Discuss the evolution of the mound builders. When did mound building in North American begin? How did the purpose of the mounds change through time?

Accepted Answer

The mound builders were ancient Native A

Question 11

The flowering of the Ancestral Puebloans occurred about when:

Accepted Answer

A)  soon after A.D. 1000 
B)  A.D. 750 
C)  A.D. 100 
D)  soon after A.D. 1540 
A)  soon after A.D. 1000 
B)  A.D. 750 
C)  A.D. 100 
D)  soon after A.D. 1540

Question 12

Why is the use of the term "Anasazi" controversial? Why do some of the descendants of the people who built the Great Houses and cliff dwellings object to the use of this name commonly used by archaeologists?

Accepted Answer

The use of the term "Anasazi" is controv

Question 13

The Adena and Hopewell people constructed mounds:

Accepted Answer

A)  in the center of their large, densely populated settlements 
B)  in sparsely populated ceremonial centers 
C)  adjacent to rivers where their summits served as safe havens from floods and enemies 
D)  far from their urban centers 
A)  in the center of their large, densely populated settlements 
B)  in sparsely populated ceremonial centers 
C)  adjacent to rivers where their summits served as safe havens from floods and enemies 
D)  far from their urban centers

Question 14

Subsistence at Cahokia was based primarily on:

Accepted Answer

A)  local, native crops domesticated by Native Americans beginning about 4,000 years ago: sunflower, goosefoot, lamb's quarter 
B)  maize and squash 
C)  fishing 
D)  beans 
A)  local, native crops domesticated by Native Americans beginning about 4,000 years ago: sunflower, goosefoot, lamb's quarter 
B)  maize and squash 
C)  fishing 
D)  beans

Question 15

The purpose for most of the larger mounds-like Monks Mound-built at places like Cahokia was:

Accepted Answer

A)  to serve as burial places for the elite 
B)  to serve as platforms for temples built at their summits 
C)  to enclose the elite precincts of the community 
D)  to serve as archaeoastronomical viewing places 
A)  to serve as burial places for the elite 
B)  to serve as platforms for temples built at their summits 
C)  to enclose the elite precincts of the community 
D)  to serve as archaeoastronomical viewing places

Question 16

A significant component of Hopewell subsistence was:

Accepted Answer

A)  maize, beans, and squash 
B)  locally domesticated native seeds crops 
C)  sea mammals 
D)  Pleistocene megafauna 
A)  maize, beans, and squash 
B)  locally domesticated native seeds crops 
C)  sea mammals 
D)  Pleistocene megafauna

Question 17

What was the purpose of the Adena or Hopewell burial mounds? In terms of their social and political position, who do archaeologists think was buried in the mounds? On what do they base this hypothesis?

Accepted Answer

The purpose of the Adena or Hopewell bur

Question 18

Discuss the site of Cahokia. How big was it? What does the archaeological record there show about the nature of life at the site?

Accepted Answer

Cahokia was a pre-Columbian Native Ameri

Which of the Southwest US societies constructed ceremonial ball courts?

The Room 33 burial at Pueblo Bonito has been interpreted by some as that of:

The site of Cahokia was:

The dominant earthwork forms found at Town Creek Mound, Etowah, Komoki, and Moundville are:

Much of the Hopewell diet consisted of:

Archaeologist Timothy Pauketat views Cahokia as being:

Among the later mound builders of North America, Cahokia was:

The so-called "great houses" of the American Southwest show the:

How does archaeologist Brad Lepper explain the alignments at the Newark earthworks in Ohio?

Discuss the evolution of the mound builders. When did mound building in North American begin? How did the purpose of the mounds change through time?

The flowering of the Ancestral Puebloans occurred about when:

Why is the use of the term "Anasazi" controversial? Why do some of the descendants of the people who built the Great Houses and cliff dwellings object to the use of this name commonly used by archaeologists?

The Adena and Hopewell people constructed mounds:

Subsistence at Cahokia was based primarily on:

The purpose for most of the larger mounds-like Monks Mound-built at places like Cahokia was:

A significant component of Hopewell subsistence was:

What was the purpose of the Adena or Hopewell burial mounds? In terms of their social and political position, who do archaeologists think was buried in the mounds? On what do they base this hypothesis?

Discuss the site of Cahokia. How big was it? What does the archaeological record there show about the nature of life at the site?

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Exam 14: An Explosion of Complexity: North America

Which of the Southwest US societies constructed ceremonial ball courts?

The Room 33 burial at Pueblo Bonito has been interpreted by some as that of:

The site of Cahokia was:

The dominant earthwork forms found at Town Creek Mound, Etowah, Komoki, and Moundville are:

Much of the Hopewell diet consisted of:

Archaeologist Timothy Pauketat views Cahokia as being:

Among the later mound builders of North America, Cahokia was:

The so-called "great houses" of the American Southwest show the:

How does archaeologist Brad Lepper explain the alignments at the Newark earthworks in Ohio?

Discuss the evolution of the mound builders. When did mound building in North American begin? How did the purpose of the mounds change through time?

The flowering of the Ancestral Puebloans occurred about when:

Why is the use of the term "Anasazi" controversial? Why do some of the descendants of the people who built the Great Houses and cliff dwellings object to the use of this name commonly used by archaeologists?

The Adena and Hopewell people constructed mounds:

Subsistence at Cahokia was based primarily on:

The purpose for most of the larger mounds-like Monks Mound-built at places like Cahokia was:

A significant component of Hopewell subsistence was:

What was the purpose of the Adena or Hopewell burial mounds? In terms of their social and political position, who do archaeologists think was buried in the mounds? On what do they base this hypothesis?

Discuss the site of Cahokia. How big was it? What does the archaeological record there show about the nature of life at the site?

Encountering the Past

Probing the Past

African Roots

The Human Lineage

The First Humans: The Evolution of Homo Sapiens

Expanding Intellectual Horizons: Arts and Ideas in the Upper Paleolithic and Late Stone Age

Expanding Geographical Horizons: New Worlds

After the Ice: The Food-Producing Revolution

Roots of Complexity: The Origins of Civilization

An Explosion of Complexity: Mesopotamia, Africa, and Europe

An Explosion of Complexity: The Indus Valley and China

An Explosion of Complexity: Mesoamerica

An Explosion of Complexity: South America

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