Anthropology 132 Native People of North America Quiz 5

Anthropology

Native People of North America

Textbook:

Mark Q. Sutton

An Introduction to Native North America, 4 ed.

Pearson, 201

ISBN:

9780205121564

Answer test questions. Quiz 5

1.

Great Basin people ate

A. waterfowl, rabbits, and hares.

B. insects such as ants, crickets, and grasshoppers.

C. trout and salmon.

D. all of the above

E. none of the above

2.

The Great Basin environment includes

A. two deserts.

B. little water and no rivers.

C. much variation.

D. All of the above

E. a and c

3.

Pinyon nuts, a major Great Basin food source,

A. require traveling and monitoring of cones to collect.

B. can be gathered by brown coning or green coning.

C. could be stored unshelled for years.

D. all of the above

4.

Sister exchange, where the sister of the groom married the brother of the bride in a double ceremony, was the

True

False

5.

The basic social unit in Great Basin society was the

A. lineage.

B. band.

C. nuclear family.

D. clan.

6.

Housing in the Great Basin

A. never varied from brush and adobe.

B. included wickiups, caves, and large, semisubterranean houses.

C. consisted of permanent villages.

D. did not include sweathouses.

7.

The nuclear family in the Great Basin

A. was part of a large band that always hunted together.

B. was mainly matrilineal.

C. was an important economic unit.

D. did not like to produce children, as the environment was so harsh.

8.

The Owens Valley Paiute

A. were organized into 7 bands that controlled specific areas.

B. were peaceful and traded with California Indians.

C. divided labor by age and sex.

D. used flood irrigation, a form of “incipient agriculture.”

E. all of the above

9.

All the modern Chumash communities are recognized by the federal government.

True

False

10.

A major distinguishing feature of the California culture area is

A. hunting pronghorn sheep.

B. simplistic material culture.

C. the general lack of interest in fishing.

D. acorn exploitation.

11.

Traditionally, the Yokut ate fish, but most other California Indians in the area relied more upon

A. acorns.

B. bison.

C. deer.

D. corn

12.

The basic social unit of the Yokuts was a patrilineal nuclear family.

True

False

13.

The Chumash

A. were politically organized into a chiefdom.

B. had craft specialists.

C. were frequently engaged in warfare.

D. all of the above

E. a and b

14.

The major social unit in California was

A. the clan.

B. the lineage.

C. the moiety.

D. the nuclear family.

15.

California peoples had a highly developed art of

A. making pottery.

B. basketry.

C. copper tool-making.

D. weaving corn husks for clothing.

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