Indigenous Peoples of North America M Unit Test

1. Which Ancient Peoples were one of the first human groups in North America and hunted mastodons?

• a. Hohokam
• b. Clovis

2. Which of the following does not describe the effects of European contact on Indigenous Peoples?

• a. The population of Indigenous Peoples were drastically reduced.
• b. Indigenous Peoples became major trading partners with many European countries.

4. What belief did all Indigenous Peoples share?

• a. Animism
• b. Totemism

6. Which US law encouraged Americans to move from the east to the Great Plains to claim “free land”?

• a. Homestead Act
• b. Holston Treaty

7. Which animal or plant was important to the Northwest Indigenous Peoples?

• a. Three Sisters- corn, beans, & squash
• b. salmon

11. Which culture built extensive irrigation canals to farm in the Southwest desert?

• a. Mound Builders
• b. Hohokam

13. Why did many Indigenous Peoples migrate from the Great Basin to the Great Plains?

• a. They were pushed out by Spanish conquistadors and Russian fur traders.
• b. The desert geography made it difficult to farm and hunt.

14. Which group of people negatively affected the Great Basin Indigenous Peoples?

• a. Puritans
• b. Mormons

15. Which country won control of California in 1821?

• a. Mexico
• b. Spain

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