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Prologue: Beginnings

Multiple-Choice Questions

Multiple-Choice Questions


This activity contains 8 questions.

	Hunters reached the Great Plains near what is now Calgary, Canada and found   an arid plain populated by thousands of people. a lush grassland populated by large animals. the Bering Strait. frozen tundra. a dense forest.

	The "big mammals" of the Western Hemisphere were probably wiped out by   Clovis hunters. bacteria. diseases brought by humans. the Ice Age. volcanic activity.

	All of the following statements about the Archaic peoples are true EXCEPT   they used metal for tools. they migrated according to the change in season. they had diets high in fat and carbohydrates. they developed a far-ranging system of trade. they ate sunflower seeds and sump weed.

	The people of Poverty Point   built an enormous and complex system of mounds. never found a sufficient manner of acquiring food. were discovered, still thriving, by Spanish explorers in the 15th century. relied on a vegetarian diet of squash and seeds. organized themselves in an egalitarian fashion.

	The most important effect of corn planting on North America was   it allowed the transformation from hunting-gathering to farming societies. it allowed settlement of the Mexican desert. it destroyed Aztec culture. it became the staple crop across the continent by 500 B.C. its religious symbolism.

	An acre planted in corn provided enough food for approximately   1000 people. 200 people. 50 people. 500 people. 10 people.

	Cornfields in the Southwest stopped producing corn because   flooding ruined the land. the demand for food decreased. human disease and malnutrition forced people to rely on hunting and gathering, rather than corn raising. residents spent most of their energy on house building. salt water diverted to the fields eventually produced toxic soil.

	By the close of the fifteenth century, Europe was in ferment because of all of the following EXCEPT   pressure caused by increased population. developments in military technology. a marked rise in the popularity of traditional ideas among rich and poor. advances in communication. land shortage.

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