Chapter 1-2

What are examples of print-based objects found in archives?

Journals and maps

Music and government papers

Photographs and textiles

Personal letters and newspapers (correct)

What distinguishes primary sources from secondary sources?

Primary sources come directly from people in the past, while secondary sources examine primary documents. (correct)

Primary sources are always written, while secondary sources are oral traditions.

Primary sources are government reports, while secondary sources are personal letters.

Primary sources are exclusively found in museums, while secondary sources are found in archives.

What is the Bering land bridge also known as?

Beringia (correct)

Eurasia-America Connector

North Pacific Link

Siberian-Alaskan Passage

What is the significance of oral histories in the study of non-literate societies?

They provide important verbal accounts of past events. Signup and view all the answers

Which prehistoric culture is identifiable by the kinds of projectile heads it produced?

Clovis culture Signup and view all the answers

Where is Cahokia, believed to be the largest of the Mississippian towns/cities, located?

Near present-day St. Louis Signup and view all the answers

What is a buffalo jump site associated with?

Highly coordinated bison hunts Signup and view all the answers

Which groups made up the Haudenosaunee Confederacy?

Seneca, Cayuga, Oneida, Onondaga, Mohawk Signup and view all the answers

What is a potlatch ceremony typically associated with?

Giving away of property at an event Signup and view all the answers

What was Head-Smashed-in in Alberta an example of?

A buffalo jump site Signup and view all the answers

What was the function of accumulating goods for an impressive potlatch?

Attaining social status for the host and redistributing wealth Signup and view all the answers

What was the function of the alliances formed by the Haudenosaunee Confederacy and the Wendat Confederacy?

Reducing the prospect of long-running blood feuds between bands and clans Signup and view all the answers

Named for the archaeological site in New Mexico where it was first identified, the Clovis culture is identifiable by the kinds of projectile heads it produced = The ______ point

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A walled complex made up of 120 mounds that housed as many as 30,000 people making it a very large city for its day. Became a center of power because of its location.

Cahokia Signup and view all the answers

Kill sites where herds of buffalos were driven off steep cliffs. Head-Smashed-in Is one example of a jump site in alberta.

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These alliances were an effective means of reducing the prospect of long-running blood feuds between many bands and clans, although the creation of confederacies may have simply increased the scale of warfare between a few larger groupings. Made up of: Seneca, Cayuga, Oneida, Onondaga, and Mohawk.

Haudenosaunee Confederacy Signup and view all the answers

It involves the giving away of property at an event, typically one marking a succession, a marriage, or a death. Accumulating goods for an impressive ______ was an important mechanism for attaining social status for the host and also redistributing wealth through a system of related.

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Archival collections may also include ______, music (in a variety of forms), and textiles.

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Archives are official repositories that may or may not be open to the ______.

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Oral histories are particularly important in the study of ______ societies.

non-literate Signup and view all the answers

Bering land bridge: (Beringia): The land form that connected Eurasia and North America between Siberia and Alaska 50,000 to 10,000 years ______.

BP Signup and view all the answers

Archives: Collections of original documents, including print-based objects like personal letters, official reports, journals, newspapers, maps, government papers, and so ______.

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