Final Exam Review Questions SS 7

According to many anthropologists, a land bridge during the Ice Age allowed migration between which two continents?

• South America and North America
• Europe and Asia
• Asia and North America
• North America and Europe

Which social scientist would most likely study the information reported in the headlines below:
"Transportation Costs Rise as Gasoline Prices Reach Record High"
"Unemployment Rate Drops 1.5% in Upstate New York"
"Threat of Recession Leads to Budget Cuts"

• psychologist
• geographer
• archaeologist
• economist

The Inuit live in igloos, the Iroquois live in wooden long houses, and the Anasazi in cliff dwellings.  All three civilizations are using shelters which...

• are adaptations to their environment
• will accommodate large numbers of people
• are easily defended against enemies
• will survive for centuries

Many anthropologists believe that people from Asia crossed a land bridge to North America to...

• search for gold and other riches
• capture native peoples of this region
• hunt migrating animals
• escape religious persecution

Native American groups of the Great Plains were...

• pyramid builders
• nomadic hunters
• unified in a confederacy
• cliff dwellers

Discovery of an arrowhead, an ancient basket made of woven plant fibers, or ancient cave drawings would be of most interest to a (an)...

• economist
• sociologist
• archaeologist
• political scientist 

The buffalo was the primary source of food, shelter and clothing for Native American Indians of the...

• Great Plains
• Eastern Woodlands
• Pacific Coast
• Southeast

An example of a primary source for the ^{colonial period} in American History is...

• a letter written by President Woodrow Wilson
• a pamphlet written by Sam Adams
• President Franklin Roosevelt's Four Freedoms speech
• an account of the Salem witch trials written by a 20th Century historian

The Quakers of Pennsylvania believed in religious toleration.  This meant that they...

• refused to join either side in a war
• allowed others to practice their own religion
• supported government control of religion
• required children to attend religious schools

Which development led to the other three?

• New diseases are introduced. 
• The African slave trade is expanded. 
• Europeans explore the Americas.
• Native American Indians lose their Lands