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| In their study of the past, Archaeologists focus on __. |
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| Historians based their interpretation of the past largely on __. |
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| Ancient Americans and their descendants created societies that __. |
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| What prevented human beings from living in the Western Hemisphere until long after they had evolved? |
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| Humans couldn't travel to North and South America after the Americas detached from the supercontinent called Pangaea. |
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| Homo sapiens evolved in and migrated out of which continent? |
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| What allowed humans to reside permanently in cold regions? |
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| Learning how to sew animal skins into warm clothing |
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| The land bridge connecting Siberia to Alaska was exposed from around 80,000 years ago to about 10,000 years ago as a result of __. |
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| The term Archaic is used by archaeologists to describe __. |
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| The cultures that descended from Paleo-Indians |
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| Archaic peoples differed from their Paleo-Indian ancestors in that they __. |
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| Used stone tools to prepare food from plants |
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| What describes the Folsom hunters of the Great Plains? |
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| The hunters lived as nomads. |
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| Where did permanent agricultural settlements first emerge in North America? |
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| Why did Southwestern peoples develop systems of agriculture? |
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| The availability of wild plants was unreliable |
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| The Mogollon culture was marked by its __. |
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| Unlike the inland and northern tribes - such as the Abenaki, Penobscot, and Chippewa - the Algonquian tribes who lived along the Atlantic coast __. |
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| The Iroquoian tribes of Pennsylvania and upstate New York lived in __. |
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| Iroquoian societies were unusual in that they were __. |
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| The Muskogean peoples descended from which culture? |
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| By 1492, the indigenous population of the New World was about the same as the population of __. |
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| Where was the empire of the Mexica located? |
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| The empire of the Mexica had its origins in c. AD 1325, when Mexicans settled near Lake Texcoco and __. |
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| Worked as mercenaries for other tribes |
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| Approximately when did the development of writing occur? |
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| The Americans who inhabited North America in 1492 possessed __. |
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| Many forms of symbolic representation |
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| Which factor limits historians' work on ancient America? |
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| A lack of written records |
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| The migrations of Siberian hunters across Beringia and into the Western Hemisphere __. |
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| Did not dramatically change the Siberians' lifestyle |
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| Most archaeologists believe that Paleo-Indians migrated into North America by traveling along __. |
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| The eastern side of the Canadian Rockies |
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| What major crisis did Paleo-Indians confront approximately 11,000 years ago? |
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| Big-game animals became extinct |
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| What was the most densely settled area in all of ancient North America? |
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| What allowed the Chumash people of California to establish relatively permanent villages? |
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| About 5,000 years ago, people in the Pacific Northwest began to develop __. |
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| Sophisticated woodworking skills |
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| Around 4,000 BP, Woodland cultures were changed by the introduction of pottery and __. |
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| The introduction of corn encouraged Southwestern hunter-gatherers to __. |
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| Restrict their migratory habits |
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| Beginning around AD 1000, the Anasazi moved from pit houses on mesa tops to __. |
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| Multistory cliff dwellings |
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| What caused the disappearance of the Anasazi culture? |
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| What do the burial mounds constructed by Woodland cultures suggest? |
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| The existence of a social and political hierarchy |
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| What was the Native American population of North America around the time of Columbus's arrival? |
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| What caused the movement of many of the tribes on the Great Plains between AD 1300 and AD 1500? |
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| Iroquoian and Algonquian tribes forced them westward |
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| The Athapascan tribes of the Southwest were known for __. |
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| Preying on Pueblo Indians |
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| The central values of the Mexica revolved around __. |
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| What did the Mexica do to prove their bravery as warriors? |
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| What was the weakness of the Mexica empire? |
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| Discontent among subject peoples |
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