Chapter 10 Quiz C with References - World in the Making Volume 1 Student Resources

. What factors forged connections between Mesoamerican peoples?

Trade and warfare.

Intermarriage and trade.

Conquest.

Common climate and geography.

. Scholars think that the city-state of Teotihuacan was ruled by _____.

A hereditary dynasty of kings.

A Priesthood.

A military elite.

A small merchant oligarchy.

. Based on their inheritance of Olmec civilization, the Maya created a vast empire.

True.

False.

. After the fall of Teotihuacan _____.

Its culture disappeared.

Other city-state developed new governing institutions.

It was still reverenced as a cultural capital.

All of the above.

. There was sustained contact between Mesoamerica and the Andes during the classical age.

True.

False.

. The coastal lowlands of Peru were affected by climatic upheavals caused by _____.

Global warming.

El Nino.

La Nina.

The Gulf Stream.

. The domestication of llama and alpaca benefited _____.

Mesoamericans.

Andean lowlanders.

All of the above.

. Agriculture in the Andean highlands relied on _____.

Complex systems of irrigation.

Complex social systems.

Crops imported from the Amazon.

Specialization.

. Agriculture did not emerge as a way of life in North America until the introduction of _____ from Mesoamerica.

Wheat.

Maize.

Domesticated llama.

Avocados.

. One key technological development that allowed the development of agriculture in the Southwest was _____.

The bow and arrow.

Fire.

Domesticated herd animals.

Firearms.

. What made mound construction possible in the eastern woodlands?

European conquest.

Trade with Mexico.

The introduction of flint hoes for farming.

The development of the bow and arrow.

. Mound construction reflected growing social and political complexity among Mississippian societies.

True.

False.

. The second wave of Pacific migration began around _____.

1000 CE.

300 CE.

100 CE.

300 BCE.

. The second wave of migrations fostered cultural diversity in Polynesia.

True.

False.

. The only Polynesian island to maintain contact with Melanesian societies was _____.

Tonga.

Hawaii.

Fiji.

Papua New Guinea.

. One of the greatest threats to the survival of Polynesian society was _____.

Climate change.

Deforestation.

Conquest.

All of the above.

. The formation of separate ethnic groups from common ancestors is called _____.

Diversity.

Racial theory.

Evolution.

Ethnogenesis.

. The diversity of Bougainville's languages resulted from a long period of isolation.

True.

False.

. A big man society is characterized by _____.

An egalitarian social structure.

A rigid hierarchy based on wealth.

Respect for military prowess.

All of the above.

. Polynesian societies tend to be _____.

Chiefdoms.

Big man societies.

Elected monarchies.

Anarchistic.