US History Unit 1

Indian groups who supported themselves through a mixture of hunting, fishing, and agriculture. Sizes of settlements ranged from giant cities such as Cahokia with 30,000 people to small villages. These Indians sometimes formed powerful political alliances such as the Iroquois Confederation.

• Southwestern Indians

• Mississippi River Valley and Northeastern

• Northwestern Indians

• Great Plains and Great Basin Indians

Answer explanation

The Indians of the Mississippi River Valley are often called "mound builders" due to these massive structures that still stand today.

Indian groups who developed a nomadic lifestyle based mainly on hunting the buffalo. The arrival of horses from the Columbian Exchange would allow some of these tribes such as the Lakota and Comanche to develop powerful nomadic empires.

• Southwestern Indians

• Mississippi River Valley and Northeastern

• Northwestern Indians

• Great Plains and Great Basin Indians

Answer explanation

The image of nomadic Indians living in teepees looms large in the American imagination, but in fact, most Indians were sedentary farmers.

Indian groups who lived in large cities and settlements based around the farming of maize (corn). In Mexico, the Aztecs built a massive complex civilization around the capital of Tenochtitlan. Others known as "Pueblo Indians" built large cities in parts of the present-day United States.

• Southwestern Indians

• Mississippi River Valley and Northeastern

• Northwestern Indians

• Great Plains and Great Basin Indians

Answer explanation

One of the most massive pueblos was located at the site of Chaco Canyon in New Mexico.

Indian groups who lived by hunting and gathering without being nomadic. Their lifestyle was made possible by access to the abundant fishing resources of the ocean.

• Southwestern Indians

• Mississippi River Valley and Northeastern

• Northwestern Indians

• Great Plains and Great Basin Indians

Answer explanation

The erection of totem poles is a major part of Pacific Northwestern Indian spirituality.

Conquistadores were in the Americas searching for all of the following EXCEPT

• gold

• horses

• conversion of natives to Christianity

• a shorter route to Asia

• glory for their nation-state

1C: The ________ Exchange was the transmission of plants, animals, disease, and ideas between the Old World & New World after 1492

Which European nation was first to lay claim to the New World?

• Portugal

• Spain
• France
• England

Which of the following regions was home to bands of nomadic Native Americans who relied on their game for the vast majority of their needs?

• the Southwest
• the Northwest
• the Great Plains
• the Eastern Seaboard

The primary positive benefit of the Columbian Exchange was...

• the exchange of food products between Europe and the Western Hemisphere
• the introduction of horses into Europe
• the introduction of cattle into Europe
• the exchange of architectural design techniques between the two continents

The primary negative consequence of the Columbian exchange was the exchange of...

• food products that led to debilitating illnesses for both American Indians and Europeans
• concepts of autocratic governments that delayed the development of democracy
• epidemic diseases introduced from Europe into the Americas
• modern methods of warfare introduced to Europeans by American Indians