SS8H1 Test Review

In which period would Native Americans have been MOST likely to practice hunting and gathering?

• Archaic period
• Settler period
• Woodland period
• Mississippian period

Native American groups from the Ohio Valley spread certain rituals down to Georgia during the Woodland period. The rock piles and earth mounds in Georgia that date to the Woodland period are likely

• dams.
• missions.
• burial mounds.
• food storage areas.

Hernando de Soto and his soldiers often treated Native Americans harshly during the Spanish quest for

• food and drink.
• fame and power.
• gold and silver.
• rivers and trials.

Which route is showing the path traveled by explorer Hernando de Soto?

• A
• B
• C
• D

Which grouping lists the main reasons for Spanish exploration of the "New World"?

• "God, glory, and gold"
• "Salt, silk, and spices"
• "Rum, slaves, and molasses"
• "Trade, silver, and jewels"

Given the following choices, which is CLOSEST to the types of food that the Eastern Woodland Indians would have eaten?

• nuts, corn, beans
• corn, beans, squash
• corn, blueberries, trout
• beans, strawberries, salmon

According to some archaeologists, during which period was the bow and arrow invented?

• Archaic
• Mississippian
• Paleoindian
• Woodland

When looking at the map, what can you tell about the colonial European settlements?

• All of the settlements were in the south.
• All of the settlements were along major rivers.
  
• All settlements tried to avoid the Indian settlements.
  
• All of the settlements were close to major bodies of water.

Why did kings of France, England, and Spain urge exploration and settlement of the New World?

• They wanted to expand their empires by acquiring more land.
• They wanted to kidnap the Native Americans and force them into slavery.
  
• They wanted to practice their map making skills by mapping the New World.
  
• They wanted a place to send sick people so they wouldn't spread their diseases.

Which statement provides the BEST evidence to support the conclusion that the Paleo Indians were the earliest and LEAST advanced prehistoric culture in North America?

• The Woodland Indians were the first native culture to develop a system of agriculture.
  
• While later cultures lived in settled, permanent villages, the Paleo Indians lived a nomadic lifestyle.
• The Archaic Indians lived in shallow, oval-pit houses and larger rectangular wattle-and-daub dwellings.
  
• The Woodland Indians were more advanced than the Archaic cultures; their tools included the bow-and-arrow.