Geography of Early Cultures in the Americas

Which statement best explains how the ancient Arctic tribes fed themselves?

• by farming during the summer and storing crops
• by using horses and spears to hunt caribou
• by traveling to food sources by horse
• by hunting and fishing

Which American Indian culture is considered a single group, even though it was made up of people who spoke different languages? 

• the Pueblo
• the Iroquois
• the Anasazi
• the Mogollon

What artifacts are the Hohokam people best known for? 

• mounds made for burial and ceremonial purposes
• longhouses made from the forests around them
• distinctive, patterned pottery used for religious ceremonies
• canals for carrying water to their desert farms

Which of the following was a pre-Columbian Mound Builder culture?

• the Cherokee
• the Anasazi
• the Adena
• the Iroquois

One difference between the Cherokee culture of the Southeast and Pueblo groups is that

• the Pueblo groups lived in the deserts of the Southwest.
• the Pueblo groups lived in the woodlands of the Northeast.
• the Pueblo groups lived on the coast of the Northwest.
• the Pueblo groups lived on the Great Plains.

Which option lists only pre-Columbian Indian groups that lived in the Southwest?

• the Anasazi, the Hohokam, and the Mogollon
• the Adena, the Hopewell, and the Mississippian
• the Iroquois, the Anasazi, and the Hopewell
• the Hopewell, the Mississippian, and the Iroquois

Which of these American Indian groups still celebrates its heritage at powwows?

• the Anasazi
• the Mississippians
• the Lakota
• the Hopewell

Similarities between the homes of the Cherokee and the homes of the Iroquois are best explained by

• the groups’ historical connections to Mound Builders.
• the arrival of European explorers and settlers.
• their shared language and culture.
• their shared geography and climate.

Pre-Columbian American Indian groups lived in the Americas

• before the settlement of South America.
• before the arrival of European settlers.
• after the arrival of Spanish settlers.
• after European settlement of the Americas.

Which of these cultures would be most likely to develop in a wet, wooded microclimate?

• a simple culture with a diet of mostly plants
• a complex culture with a diet of mostly animals
• a simple culture with a varied diet
• a complex culture with a varied diet