Question 1

Beginning in eastern Hispaniola around 500 CE, villagers supported the emergence of the _____________ chieftain society that by ca. 1500 CE comprised nearly the entire Caribbean.

Accepted Answer

A)   Spanish
B)   Labrador
C)   La Venta
D)   Taíno

Question 2

The first urban site in the Americas, Caral-Supé, was probably founded around _________.

Accepted Answer

A)   627 CE
B)   2627 BCE
C)   1607 BCE
D)   6627 BCE

Question 3

La Venta ended around _________________ under circumstances as mysterious as those that destroyed San Lorenzo.

Accepted Answer

A)   600 BCE
B)   1100 BCE
C)   2700 BCE
D)   250 CE

Question 4

At San Lorenzo, thousands of laborers were engaged in performing all the tasks below EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)   Constructing a plateau and terraced platforms.
B)   Quarrying huge blocks of basalt from a mountain range 70 miles away.
C)   Carrying beams from which basalt blocks weighing about 18 tons were hung on slings.
D)   Constructing wide moats around fields to drain water and discourage invasions.

Question 5

An intact quipú was found at Caral-Supé, suggesting a continuous system of _____________ up to the Incan period.

Accepted Answer

A)   Iron forging
B)   Alphabetic writing
C)   Cloth dyeing
D)   Record keeping

Question 6

All of the following apply to the Olmecs at San Lorenzo EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)   They built the first important Mesoamerican center around 6000 BCE, before the major centers of Egypt were established.
B)   In order to provide sufficient food, farmers cleared dense tropical rainforests to create arable fields.
C)   We are not certain what they called themselves; the name "Olmec," meaning rubber people, was given to them by the Aztecs.
D)   The fields were near riverbanks, where silt deposited by floods created rich soil, resulting in a high yield, about twice that in the villages of the Mexican valleys.

Question 7

An Olmec figurine made from _________ depicts a jaguar with a human body, perhaps representing a rain god.

Accepted Answer

A)   Iron
B)   Gold
C)   Silver
D)   Jade

Question 8

The Marajó, the most closely investigated of the early Amazonian cultures,:

Accepted Answer

A)   Maize (corn) 
B)   Reached its height about 500 BCE
C)   Built funeral mounds about 30 feet high and 750 feet long.
D)   Show little sign of an existing social hierarchy.

Question 9

All of the following is true of the Lapita cultural complex EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)   It was a system connecting the inhabitants of thousands of islands from Borneo to Melanesia.
B)   The most highly demanded trade item in the complex was metal from which weapons and fish hooks could be manufactured.
C)   The culture developed great sophistication in navigation and the technology involved in watercraft building.
D)   Members of the culture had settled almost all of the habitable islands of the Pacific by the time they came into contact with Europeans in the sixteenth century.

Question 10

One of the ways many scientists track and establish dates for the migration patterns of early Americans is through:

Accepted Answer

A)   Hunting technology, particularly the design of spears and arrowheads.
B)   The musical instruments, such as flutes, left at butchering sites.
C)   Archeological remains showing a strong preference for agriculture over foraging.
D)   The presence of a specific type of technology, called Clovis points, in both northern Eurasia and North America.

Question 11

The name "___________" means "rubber people" in the language of the later Aztecs and refers to the rubber tree farming for which the area was later known.

Accepted Answer

A)   Mexican
B)   Toltec
C)   Olmec
D)   Adena

Question 12

All of the following is true about early settlers in the rainforests of the Caribbean islands EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)   They formed agricultural settlements as early as 500 BCE.
B)   They built villages and terraces to grow manioc.
C)   Artisans made ceramics in the shapes of animals, hinting at a shamanic religion
D)   They generally avoided contact with the mainland, perhaps from fear of invasion.

Question 13

The early development of American societies parallels those in Eurasia and Africa, EXCEPT in respect to:

Accepted Answer

A)   The development of urban centers for religious and trade activities.
B)   The use of two-wheel horse-drawn chariots and sophisticated plows.
C)   Access to agricultural sources of surplus food and means of accumulating stores.
D)   The ability to design and engineer massive buildings, such as pyramids.

Question 14

Cordilleras are a continuous spine of mountain ranges near or along the entire western coast of the Americas, stretching from the _______ Mountains in the north to the Andes in the south.

Accepted Answer

A)   Appalachian
B)   Adirondack
C)   Sierra Madre
D)   Rocky

Question 15

In North America, where spearhead flutes were oval, they are known as __________ points.

Accepted Answer

A)   Rounded
B)   High
C)   Louisiana
D)   Clovis

Question 16

While there is some evidence of record keeping at Caral-Supé, in the form of "quipú," there is no ___________.

Accepted Answer

A)   Writing
B)   Storage facility
C)   Permanent building
D)   Housing space

Question 17

Diffusion of corn as a food for both animals and humans:

Accepted Answer

A)   Occurred very slowly because there was little trade or contact within the Americas.
B)   Has permanently altered global agricultural patterns over the past 300 years.
C)   Has been extensive, but outside the Americas, it is primarily a trade item because it requires very specific soils and climate.
D)   Is of limited economic value because other, more easily grown substances work as well and are less expensive.

Question 18

The common pattern of the production of monumental architecture for religious and political purposes is even demonstrated in monoliths of ______________

Accepted Answer

A)   Caral-Supé
B)   Inuit culture
C)   Rapa Nui
D)   Tonga

Question 19

The most prominent geographical feature of the Americas is:

Accepted Answer

A)   A contiguous spine of mountain ranges extending along the entire western coast from the Rocky Mountains in the north to the Andes in the south.
B)   A very even terrain extending from northern Canada to the tip of Chile and Argentina
C)   Soil conditions and climate conditions conducive to growing similar crops from Canada to Argentina.
D)   Generally more moderate weather conditions in southern Canada than in northern Chile.

Question 20

Although separated by thousands of miles and vast bodies of water from the peoples of Eurasia and Africa, people in the Americas were following the same pattern, moving from __________ to farming.

Accepted Answer

A)   Industrial production
B)   Cave dwelling
C)   Shipping
D)   Foraging

Exam 5: Origins Apart: the Americas and Oceania, 30,000-600 B.C.E

In North America, where spearhead flutes were oval, they are known as __________ points.

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The name "___________" means "rubber people" in the language of the later Aztecs and refers to the rubber tree farming for which the area was later known.

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La Venta ended around _________________ under circumstances as mysterious as those that destroyed San Lorenzo.

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The first urban site in the Americas, Caral-Supé, was probably founded around _________.

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One of the ways many scientists track and establish dates for the migration patterns of early Americans is through:

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An Olmec figurine made from _________ depicts a jaguar with a human body, perhaps representing a rain god.

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All of the following apply to the Olmecs at San Lorenzo EXCEPT:

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An intact quipú was found at Caral-Supé, suggesting a continuous system of _____________ up to the Incan period.

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Beginning in eastern Hispaniola around 500 CE, villagers supported the emergence of the _____________ chieftain society that by ca. 1500 CE comprised nearly the entire Caribbean.

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All of the following is true of the Lapita cultural complex EXCEPT:

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The common pattern of the production of monumental architecture for religious and political purposes is even demonstrated in monoliths of ______________

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The Marajó, the most closely investigated of the early Amazonian cultures,:

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The early development of American societies parallels those in Eurasia and Africa, EXCEPT in respect to:

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At San Lorenzo, thousands of laborers were engaged in performing all the tasks below EXCEPT:

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While there is some evidence of record keeping at Caral-Supé, in the form of "quipú," there is no ___________.

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Although separated by thousands of miles and vast bodies of water from the peoples of Eurasia and Africa, people in the Americas were following the same pattern, moving from __________ to farming.

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All of the following is true about early settlers in the rainforests of the Caribbean islands EXCEPT:

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The most prominent geographical feature of the Americas is:

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Cordilleras are a continuous spine of mountain ranges near or along the entire western coast of the Americas, stretching from the _______ Mountains in the north to the Andes in the south.

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Diffusion of corn as a food for both animals and humans:

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