Native Americans

During which period did people move into the Americas over many millennia, adapting to ice, coast, desert, and forest?

• c. 10,000–2,000 BCE

• c. 30,000–12,000+ BCE

• c. 2000 BCE–1000 CE

• 1492–1600s

Fill in the blank: Builders and planners construct ________ and civilization during c. 30,000–12,000+ BCE.

• infrastructure

• paintings

• weapons

• music

Which of the following was NOT a regional tool used by natives during c. 10,000–2,000 BCE?

• Controlled burns

• Plant domestication

• Landscape management

• Astronomical observatories

Fill in the blank: Maize spreads throughout the tribes and complex societies bloom during ________.

• c. 2000 BCE–1000 CE

• a. 5000 BCE–3000 BCE

• b. 1500 CE–1800 CE

• d. 100 CE–500 CE

Which city is associated with mound-pyramids, ceremony, writing, astronomical observatories, diplomatic relations, and long-distance trade during c. 1000–1400 CE?

• Cahokia

• Chaco

• Adena

• Olmec

Fill in the blank: Pacific Northwest potlatch economics and Plains horse culture emerge after ________.

• 1500

• 1200

• 1800

• 1000

The 'Columbian Exchange' brought diseases such as smallpox and measles to the Americas, causing catastrophic mortality.

• True

• False

Which European nations carved colonies in the Americas during the 'Columbian Exchange' period?

• Spanish, French, English, Dutch

• Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, German

• English, Russian, Swedish, Danish

• French, Dutch, Portuguese, Russian

Fill in the blank: The Indian Slave Trade in the Carolina colonies started with ________ explorers and continued with British colonists.

• Spanish

• French

• Dutch

• Portuguese

Which tribes were involved in the Beaver War (1609-1701)?

• Iroquois vs Haudenosaunee

• Pequot vs Colonists

• Algonquians vs French

• British vs French