8.4 Review Questions

Question	Answer
Why has evidence of earlier coastal migrations down the west coast of North America not been discovered?	The likely sites are now covered by water. There is resistance to these theories. The migrants probably did not follow the coast. The legal fight over Kennewick Man prevented it.
What activity best characterizes the Clovis people?	They were mobile big-game hunters. They were settled agriculturalists. They lived on the salmon abundant in the areas where they lived. They were prolific mound builders.
Where did maize agriculture initially begin?	Mesoamerica Eastern Woodlands Pacific Northwest Andean region
What edible plant was domesticated in the Eastern Woodlands?	sunflower maize potato quinoa
For what ancient method of hunting bison have archaeologists uncovered evidence in places like Texas and Montana?	driving bison over cliffs using large reed traps shooting bison with bows and arrows chasing bison with horses
What species was an important source of protein for the people of the Pacific Northwest?	salmon llamas guanacos guinea pigs
What does it mean to call Olmec civilization a “mother culture?”	Its expansion led to the creation of other similar cultures. It expanded from San Lorenzo to La Venta. It encouraged the production of stone heads in northern Mexico. It founded important Maya city-states.
What was the political organization of the larger Maya world?	It was a collection of independent city-states. It was a large empire. It was a confederation with one elite city. It was made up of two large multicity kingdoms.
What South American culture gave birth to the Early Horizon period?	Chavín Tiwanaku Moche Nazca
How did the Hopewell tradition people transform the environment to suit their needs?	They created earthen mounds. They built large stone temples. They farmed maize in river deltas. They created animal depictions in the desert.
What two Mesoamerican civilizations were contemporaries?	Teotihuacano and Zapotec Olmec and Zapotec Olmec and Teotihuacano Maya and Olmec
What Mesoamerican civilization created a complex writing system for recording its history and genealogies?	Maya Olmec Teotihuacáno Zapotec
What conclusions have scholars drawn from the art left behind by the Moche?	They were a highly militaristic people. They were a nonagricultural people. They engaged in peaceful religious expansion. They maintained a strong relationship with the Maya.
Where did the Aztec establish their city?	Lake Texcoco Oaxaca Gulf lowlands Aztlan
In what role did Aztec women serve?	healers soldiers farmers diplomats
According to Inca legend, what event brought Yupanki to power in Cuzco?	He defeated the Chanka offensive. He placed his golden staff in the ground. He turned his brothers to stone. He constructed a temple to Inti.
What was a major reason for the cultural shift in the Mississippian tradition?	the adoption of maize agriculture the start of earthen mound building the construction of cliffside dwellings the use of human sacrifice
What serves as strong evidence that the builders of Casas Grandes were culturally influenced by Mesoamerican civilizations farther south?	the presence of an I-shaped ball court the presence of kivas the presence of macaw feathers the presence of adobe structures

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