Test Bank For American History Connecting with the Past 15Th Edition By Alan Brinkley
Chapter 1
The Collision of Cultures
Multiple-Choice Questions
- The origins of the majority of human existence in North America began
- with migrations from Eurasia over the Bering Strait.
- with the explorations of Christopher Columbus.
- as a result of the development of the wheel.
- long after the last ice age ended.
- from the southern tip of South America.
Answer: A
Page: 2
Topic: America Before Columbus
- Scholars estimate that human migration into the Americas over the Bering Strait occurred approximately
- 2,000 years ago.
- 5,000 years ago.
- 9,000 years ago.
- 11,000 years ago.
- 18,000 years ago.
Answer: D
Page: 2
Topic: America Before Columbus
- The first truly complex society in the Americas was that of the
- Mayas.
- Aztecs.
- Incas.
- Pueblos.
- Olmec.
Answer: E
Page: 3
Topic: America Before Columbus
- Which of the following was NOT possessed by any of the early Central or South American civilizations such as the Incas, Mayas, and Aztecs?
- the use of wheeled vehicles
- economies primarily based on agriculture
- substantial cities
- complex political systems
- elaborate religious and cultural systems
Answer: A
Page: 3
Topic: America Before Columbus
- The pre-Columbian American peoples in the Pacific Northwest
- did not have permanent settlements.
- developed political systems as sophisticated as those of the Mayas and Aztecs.
- fished salmon as their principal occupation.
- were the most peaceful of pre-Columbian societies.
- were known as the Inuit.
Answer: C
Page: 3-4
Topic: America Before Columbus
- The pre-Columbian North American peoples in the Southwest
- were primarily hunters of small game.
- built large irrigation systems for farming.
- lived in small, nomadic tribes.
- created an economy exclusively based on trade.
- primarily pursued moose and caribou for sustenance.
Answer: B
Page: 4-5
Topic: America Before Columbus
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