Chapter 1 - The Collision of Cultures

The diversity of the native populations in the New World can be illustrated by the more than 300 languages that they spoke with a population of more than 10 million people.

• True

• False

Evidence such as burial mounds, irrigation systems, and the use of a 365 day calendar proves that the natives initially encountered by explorers were part of a complex society and not savages as the conquerors believed.

• True

• False

As native populations migrated and settled across the vast expanse of North America over time, they developed distinct and increasingly complex societies in which their every day lives were dictated by the environmental makeup of the region.

• True

• False

An American Indian village of the Southwest mainly in Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico and Utah made of stone and adobe buildings built very close together.

• pueblo

• longhouse

• kiva

• igloo

In the Pacific Northwest, Indians were a hierarchical (broken up into a caste system) and used seashells as currency.

• True

• False

All of these were a consequence of the introduction of horses into Native American society EXCEPT?

• Horses allowed Indians to travel further distances which caused infectious disease to spread more widely.

• Indians killed more bison than the herds could replace.

• Horses created a comradery between Native Americans and their Spanish counterparts.

• Horses competed with bison for food often depleting the prairie grass.

Three motivations for European explorers: God, Gold, and ______.

• Grace
• Glory
• Greed
• Glaciers

Contrary to the romantic myth, Indigenous people often engaged in warfare and exploited the environment.

• True

• False

Prior to the arrival of horses, Native Americans hunted on foot and used dogs as their beasts of burden.

• True

• False

Spain left large cultural imprint on its former possessions in what is now the United States. This can especially be seen in the names of certain areas like Los Angeles.

• True

• False