Trade and Bartering Quiz

Edna exchanges her apple for Tyler's orange. This is an example of

• bartering

• buying

• producing

• selling

What evidence supports an extensive trade network across North America?

• desert pigments used in artwork from Ohio

• farming tribes eating squash for daily meals

• shelters on the Plains made from bison hides

• beautiful shell jewelry made by coastal tribes

What trading material was used to make weapons?

• copper

• flint

• shells

• squash

True or false: All trade in ancient America occurred in large trading centers.

• True

• False

Why might a coastal tribe trade rare shells for eating utensils?

• They do not like eating seafood.

• Seashells are used to make jewelry.

• Traders prefer to walk long distances.

• No one in the tribe can make utensils.

True or false: Tribes traded information as well as goods.

• True

• False

What happens to the price of a good when scarcity or demand increases?

• Nothing

• It increases.

• It decreases.

Archaeologists learn about ancient people without written records by studying:

• Artifacts and fossils

• Modern technology

• Ancient texts

• Space exploration