American Yawp Unit 1 Quiz

The first Americans arrived on the North American continent approximately…

12-20 thousand years ago

Agriculture arose in North America (and western hemisphere more generally)

Nearly simultaneously as in Asia/Eastern hemisphere

Which crop is not considered to be one of the “Three Sisters”?

Wheat

What is the best way to describe Native American ancestry/descent?

Matrilineal

What is the name of the largest city in the Mississippian Empire?

Cahokia

What is the name of the Native American group who lived in Chaco Canyon?

Pueblo

Most Native Americans understood property rights as primarily relating to which of the following concepts?

Active use

How would you compare the sexual and marital freedom of Native Americans and Europeans before contact?

Native Americans enjoyed greater sexual and marital freedom

Under the leadership of Prince Henry the Navigator, the Portuguese emerged as an early sea power. Which of these inventions contributed to Portuguese sea-faring?

Astrolabe

Christopher Columbus sailed under thee flag of which nation?

Spain

What was the name of the first native group that Columbus encountered?

Arawaks

Hernán Cortés relied on a native woman to conquer the Aztecs. What did he call her?

Doña Marina

Which of the following proved essential to the Spanish conquest of the Aztecs?

Native dissension, Smallpox, and Persuasion (some might say luck)

In the 130 years after contact, approximately what proportion of Native Americans had died?

95%

What crop was not introduced to Europe through The Columbian Exchange?

Grapes