Indigenous America

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1. 1Which ancient city near modern St. Louis is known for its earthen mounds?

   1. A Jamestown
   2. B Cahokia
   3. C St. Augustine
   4. D Plymouth
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   B. Cahokia

   Cahokia was a major Indigenous population center long before the United States existed.

2. 2What tall earthen structure dominates Cahokia's central area?

   1. A Monks Mound
   2. B Chimney Rock
   3. C Devils Tower
   4. D Independence Hall
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   A. Monks Mound

   Monks Mound is a constructed earthwork, not a natural hill.

3. 3Which people built the cliff dwellings preserved at Mesa Verde?

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   Ancestral Pueblo people

   Their descendants include members of present-day Pueblo communities.

4. 4Mesa Verde's famous dwellings are built into what natural features?

   1. A Sand dunes
   2. B Ice caves
   3. C Coral reefs
   4. D Cliff alcoves
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   D. Cliff alcoves

   Sheltered alcoves helped shape the architecture of the dwellings.

5. 5Which crop joins beans and squash in the planting tradition called the Three Sisters?

   1. A Oats
   2. B Rice
   3. C Corn
   4. D Wheat
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   C. Corn

   Corn, beans, and squash can support one another when grown together.

6. 6Which northeastern confederacy is also called the Haudenosaunee?

   1. A Wabanaki Confederacy
   2. B Creek Confederacy
   3. C Powhatan Confederacy
   4. D Iroquois Confederacy
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   D. Iroquois Confederacy

   Haudenosaunee is commonly translated as People of the Longhouse.

7. 7What type of shared dwelling gives the Haudenosaunee their name?

   1. A Castle
   2. B Adobe mission
   3. C Igloo
   4. D Longhouse
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   D. Longhouse

   Longhouses housed extended families and symbolize the confederacy.

8. 8Which Indigenous leader is associated with the 1680 Pueblo Revolt?

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   Po'pay

   The revolt drove Spanish colonists from New Mexico for a time.

9. 9What Cherokee scholar developed a syllabary for his language?

   1. A Red Cloud
   2. B Sequoyah
   3. C Sitting Bull
   4. D John Ross
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   B. Sequoyah

   The writing system represents syllables rather than individual alphabetic sounds.

10. 10Which Cherokee newspaper began publication in 1828?

    1. A The Liberator
    2. B Cherokee Phoenix
    3. C Common Sense
    4. D The North Star
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    B. Cherokee Phoenix

    It printed material in both Cherokee and English.