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American Ywap Chapter 1 Quiz

Terms in this set (15)

The first Americans arrived on the North American continent
approximately when?
Between 12 and 20 thousand years ago
Agriculture arose in North America (and western hemisphere more generally)
Nearly simultaneously as in Asia/eastern hemisphere
The 3 sister crops are..?
Corn, Beans and Squash
The best term used to describe Native American decent is... ?
Matrilineal
The largest city in the Mississippian Empire
Cahokia
Name the group that lived in the Chaco Canyon
Pueblo
Native Americans understood property rights as primarily relating to what concept?
Active use
How would you compare the sexual and marital freedoms of the Native American and the Europeans?
The Native Americans enjoyed greater freedoms.
Prince Henry made sea fighting easier with the..?
Astrolabe
Christopher Columbus Sailed under what Flag?
Spain
What was the name of the first native group Columbus encountered?
Arawaks
Hernan Cortes relied on a native woman to conquer the Aztecs, what was her name?
Dona Marina
Which of the following proved essential to the Spanish conquest of the Aztecs?
a. Native dissension
b. Smallpox
c. Persuasion (some might say luck)
d. All of the above ✅
In the 130 years After contact, approximately what proportion of Native Americans died?
95%
All of the following crops were first introduced to Europe through the Colombian Exchange
except
a. Tomatoes
b. Potatoes
c. Grapes
d. Cocoa
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