Quizes

Question 0

Native american societies were often considered barbaric and savage by European settlers because their culture was seen as strange and different and therefore not easily understood or accepted

Answer 0

True

Question 1

Native american medicine men were often also known as:

Answer 1

Shaman

Question 2

Who determines who is a native american?

Answer 2

State government, tribal government, federal government

Question 3

Can a native american be a citizen of both the united states and an indian tribe?

Answer 3

Yes

Question 4

What is the name of the land bridge stretching from siberia to alaska?

Answer 4

The Bering Strait

Question 5

The paleo-indian hunters who crossed the bridge utilized multiple sources to help them in their pursuit of game. They were…

Answer 5

Band hunting-groups, dogs, fire and spears

Question 6

Some plant and animal domesticates included;

Answer 6

Pumpkins, squash, turkey and corn

Question 7

What is the didfernce between a band and a tribe?

Answer 7

Tribes are composed of bands, bands are composed of extended family units

Question 8

Which is NOT one of the four fields of anthropology?

Answer 8

Entomology

Question 9

What does NAGPRA stand for?

Answer 9

Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act

Question 10

When using relative dating method of statigraphy, artifacts found closer to the surface are always considered older

Answer 10

False

Question 11

Which of the following is not true regarding infanticide among Arctic Groups?

Answer 11

Mothers were both lifegivers and death dealers

Question 12

The paleoindian period came from the archaic period

Answer 12

True

Question 13

Paleoindian cultures relied primarily on agriculture for sustenance

Answer 13

False

Question 14

Throughout the arctic and subarctic cultural areas, the majority kinship relations were bilateral, reflecting an equal dependence on both the maternal and paternal sides of family. This allowed for a greater network to draw on in times of need.

Answer 14

True

Question 15

Tribes of the pacific northwest were constantly on the move, with no permanent villages

Answer 15

False

Question 16

Tribes of canada are often referred to the First Nations peoples

Answer 16

True and false

Question 17

To the tribes of the pacific Northwest, taking slaves was a common occurrence

Answer 17

True

Question 18

The tribes of the Great Basin utilized primarily agriculture for sustenance

Answer 18

False

Question 19

The great plains tribes always hunted buffalo on horseback

Answer 19

False

Question 20

The sioux were always present on the plains, long before contact with europeans

Answer 20

False

Question 21

All tribes in the plateau cultural area were pacifists

Answer 21

False

Question 22

Among the tribes of the plateau cultural area women were just as important as men in most regards, including leadership roles, both as chiefs and co-chiefs

Answer 22

True

Question 23

All of the plateau tribes had nose piercing

Answer 23

False

Question 24

Which modern day state is not part of the four corners region?

Answer 24

Washington

Question 25

What is another name of the seven council fires?

Answer 25

Oceti sakowin

Question 26

Tribes of the southwest practiced at least some corm of agriculture and some form of hunting and gathering

Answer 26

True

Question 27

Among the shoshone of the great basin, help from supernatural powers could be asked for both for personal power and for assistance to the community

Answer 27

True

Question 28

Acorns were a vital part of the californias diet

Answer 28

True

Question 29

What was one of the structures discussed for the southwest culture area?

Answer 29

Longhouse

Question 30

Which of the following acnient cuktures of the southwest were te first to practice agriculture?

Answer 30

Mogollon

Question 31

All agriculture in the southwest Was irrigated via flood agriculture

Answer 31

False

Question 32

The Hipi were not know for their religious/spiritual society

Answer 32

False

Question 33

There are four main regions in california

Answer 33

True

Question 34

Californians prior to first contact relied primarily in agriculture

Answer 34

False

Question 35

The iroquois were also known as the Haudenosaunee

Answer 35

True

Question 36

What was the role of hiawatha?

Answer 36

Great communicator, helped to bring about the iroquois confederacy

Question 37

Mesoamerica had a large cultural influence on the Southwest via..

Answer 37

Trade, ideas on agriculture and irrigation, religious beliefs

Question 38

In many tribes, including those of the southern culture area, women undergoing their first menses were isolated from the tribe for a variable period of time

Answer 38

True