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TEST WHAT YOU ALREADY KNOW rites} aclaers tae Beal Questions 1 and 2 refer to the drawing below of an Algonquin village, circa 1585, STharameof Prngll cand tag rw ee sued snd ancl sone Croat redone Ae ate cbt eal pole og iia el “The drawing most directly reflects the (A) militaristic nature of the Algonquin peoples (B)_ nomadic lifestyle of the Algonquin peoples (C) organized social structure of the Algonquin peoples (D) highly developed trade system of the Algonquin peoples an ‘The Algonquin and other eastern North American Indian tribes most typically (A) depended on trade with other American Indian nations for survival (B) believed in human sacrifice to appease their gods (©) ‘relied on farming, hunting, and fishing as, sources of food (D) depended on military conquest to obtain goods and food resources 2 | KK LO91-T64T 1491-1607 Questions 3-5 refer to the excerpt below. “At the time the first Europeans arrived, the Indians ofthe Great Plains between the Rocky Mountains and the forested areas bordering on the Mississippi lived partly by corn culture but mostly by the buffalo on foot with bow and arrow. Although Europeans regarded all Indians as nomads (a conven ent excuse for denying them the land they occupied, only the Plains Indian really were nomadic Even they ca not become so until about A.D. 1550, when they began to break wild mustangs, offspring of European horses turned loose by the Spaniards? Samuel Eliot Morison, The Oxford History of the American People, 1965 3. During the Columbian Exchange, the societies Which of the following claims most directly sup- of Great Plains Indians were most significantly ports Morison’ assertions? impacted by (A) ‘The Great Plains Indians had a developed (A) the introduction of corm asa staple crop social structure. (B)_ the European concept of and ownership (B)_ The Great Plains Indians lived in small, (C) the development ofa vast network of trade democratic communities with Europeans (©) Although nomadic, the Great Plains (D) ete ree Indians typically remained in two seasonal locations. 4. The excerpt suggests that Europeans used the (D) ‘The Great Plains Indians depended upon lifestyle ofthe Great Plains Indians to justify river systems for trade. (A) warfare and eradication of the native population (B) the creation of an extensive trade network (©) expansion into native lands (D) the creation of the extcomienda system Kk | 30 Girrictee) Period 1: 1491-1607 Questions 6-8 refer to the excerpt below. “Developed between A.D, 900 and 1100, Cahokia and its immediate suburbs covered about six square ‘miles and had a population of at least ten thousand (some estimates run as high as forty thousand). Even at the smallest calculation, Cahokia ranked as the greatest Indian community north of Mexico. At its peak, Cahokia contained about one hundred earthen temple and burial mounds as wel as hundreds of thatched houses for commoners, The city was surrounded by a stockade, a wall of large posts two miles in circumference with a watchtower every seventy feet” Alan Taylor, American Colonies: The Settling of North America, 2001 & & 6. ‘The excerpt most directly illustrates that 8. Refore the Columbian Exchange impacted < Cahokia cute North American indlan, these societies : {A) developed in response to its residents (A) coexisted peacefully oo: acting as hunter-getherers (B) were predominantly nomadic (B) was notas advanced as the cultures of other (©) were highly influenced by their natural North American Indian nations ee (C) reinforced a social structure that did not (D) only engaged in local trading prioritize familial relationships (D) developed in response to its residents complex society “The lifestyle of Cahokia’ residents was most similar to that of which American Indian nations? (A) Great Plains Indians (B) North American Indian nations on the eastern seaboard (©) Isolated tribes who depended on lacal ‘tops and self-sufficiency (D) Inuits cae Goce 1491-1607 Questions 9 and 10 refer to the excerpt below. _Duriog the 16th century the European colonizers had expected to live as economic parasites on the lsbor of many Indians, but the epidemics upset their bes-laid plans. Left with lage tracts of fee bet

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