Mesa Verde National Park - Quiz
A) Pueblo I Period B) Pueblo II Era C) Chacoan system era D) Pueblo III Era
A) Kiva B) Check dam C) Protokiva D) Sipapu
A) Pueblo Bonito B) Peñasco Blanco C) Chetro Ketl D) Far View House
A) Discovery of new farming techniques B) Expansion of Chacoan influence C) Introduction of masonry construction D) Collapse of the Chacoan system and drought in San Juan Basin
A) Decreased reliance on domesticated crops B) Increased mobility of dwellings and fields C) Decline in agricultural labor D) Expanded tree felling that reduced habitat for wild species
A) 15,000 people B) 8,000 people C) 50,000 people D) 22,000 people
A) 69 years B) 100 years C) 30 years D) 50 years
A) Pueblo I Period B) Chacoan system era C) Pueblo II Era D) Pueblo III Era
A) 1260 B) 1281 C) 1300 D) 1275
A) Check dams B) Protokivas C) Post and mud jacal-style buildings D) Towers and multi-walled structures
A) Two hundred years B) Twenty years C) Approximately fifty years D) One hundred years
A) Collapse of Chacoan influence B) Introduction of masonry reservoirs C) Drought stress D) Population decline
A) Gradual decline B) Dramatic increases C) Moderate decreases D) Stable population
A) 1276 to 1299 B) 900 to 1150 C) 1300 to 1350 D) 1130 to 1180
A) Staying in fixed locations near water sources B) Building large multi-story buildings C) Relying solely on imported goods D) Relocating dwellings and fields as part of their agriculture strategy
A) Increase in imported goods B) Expansion of Chacoan influence C) Stable trade relations with surrounding regions D) Decline in imported goods and isolation from surrounding regions
A) Check dams B) Terraces near drainages C) Masonry reservoirs D) Sipapu, a hole dug in the north of the chamber
A) Severe drought from 1130 to 1180 B) Introduction of masonry construction C) Collapse of the Chacoan system D) Expansion of Chacoan influence
A) Rapid depopulation in many parts of the San Juan Basin B) Stable agricultural conditions C) Increased population growth D) Expansion of Chacoan influence
A) Stable population levels B) Reduced habitat for wild plant and animal species C) Increased mobility of dwellings D) Decreased dependency on domesticated crops
A) Decreased dependency on domesticated crops B) Expansion of Chacoan influence C) Introduction of masonry construction D) Proximity to water sources and fields
A) Expansion of Chacoan influence B) Collapse of the Chacoan system C) Increased local production D) Introduction of masonry construction
A) Protokivas B) Post and mud jacal-style buildings C) Construction of massive, multi-story buildings D) Check dams
A) Expansion of Chacoan influence B) Introduction of masonry construction C) Decreased dependency on domesticated crops D) Migration due to collapse of Chacoan system and drought
A) Introduction of masonry construction B) Expansion of Chacoan influence C) Increased agricultural prosperity D) 69 years of below-average rainfall and cold temperatures
A) Montezuma County B) San Juan County C) Dolores County D) La Plata County
A) President Franklin D. Roosevelt B) President Woodrow Wilson C) President Theodore Roosevelt D) President Harry S. Truman
A) 100,000 acres B) 75,000 acres C) 52,485 acres (212 km2) D) 30,000 acres
A) Red cliff B) Blue mesa C) Green table mountain D) White canyon
A) Archaic people B) Ancestral Puebloans C) Basketmaker culture D) Foothills Mountain Complex
A) Paleo-Indians B) Basketmaker culture C) Ancestral Puebloans D) Archaic people
A) Clovis culture B) Ancestral Puebloans C) Basketmaker culture D) Folsom tradition
A) Pajarito Plateau B) Rio Chama C) Albuquerque Basin D) The Rio Grande Valley
A) Puebloan points B) Clovis points C) Folsom points D) Basketmaker points
A) 7000 BCE B) 5000 BCE C) 6000 BCE D) 4000 BCE
A) Urban B) Primarily nomadic C) Agricultural D) Fully sedentary
A) River systems B) Artificial reservoirs C) Desert oases D) Increased snowpack coupled with spring rains
A) Usually resembled sheep or deer B) Fish C) Birds D) Human figures
A) Atlantic coast via New Mexico B) Gulf of California via Utah C) The Pacific coast via Arizona D) Caribbean Sea via Colorado
A) It remained unchanged B) Yes, it flourished C) It disappeared completely D) No, it declined
A) Ceramic vessels B) Pitch-lined baskets C) Animal hide containers D) Gourds
A) 600 CE B) 500 CE C) 700 CE D) 775 CE
A) 600 B) 800 C) 900 D) 750
A) Sometime after 650 B) 750 C) 850 D) 900
A) 800 B) 850 C) 880 D) 860
A) 800 square feet B) 1200 square feet C) 1000 square feet D) 500 square feet
A) Mesa Verde B) Chaco Canyon C) Great Plains D) San Juan River
A) Cannibalism B) Hunting large game C) Trading with neighboring tribes D) Fishing in nearby rivers
A) Tropical storms B) Monsoon season C) Bimodal precipitation pattern D) El Niño events
A) Construction of large communal buildings B) Use of stone tools C) Overdependence on maize crops D) Reliance on hunting and gathering
A) North B) South C) East D) West
A) Brick B) Wood C) Clay D) Hard sandstone
A) A residential structure for the elite. B) An astronomical observatory. C) A defensive fortification. D) A marketplace for trading goods.
A) A solar eclipse. B) The equinox. C) The summer solstice. D) The major lunar standstill.
A) The entrance to Cliff Palace. B) A large stone marker. C) The Sun Temple fire pit. D) A ceremonial altar within the Sun Temple.
A) World Heritage Sites. B) National Civil Engineering Historic Landmarks. C) Archaeological Wonders of the World. D) Protected Natural Reserves.
A) 13th century B) 14th century C) 12th century D) 11th century
A) Archaeological evidence suggests they were rarely eaten B) They were poisonous C) They were considered sacred animals D) They were difficult to catch
A) Goosefoot B) Pigweed C) Prickly pear fruits D) Juniper berries
A) Mexico B) Canyon de Chelly C) The Four Corners region D) Mogollon Rim area
A) Black-on-white wares B) Gray wares C) Corrugated jars D) Brown-paste bowls
A) Black B) Red C) White D) Grey
A) The Hopi B) The Apache C) The Zuni D) The Navajo
A) Dry-summer humid continental climate (Dsa) B) Humid subtropical climate C) Tropical rainforest climate D) Mediterranean climate
A) 8a B) 6b C) 7b D) 5a
A) 20 °F (-6 °C) B) 32 °F (0 °C) C) -10 °F (-23 °C) D) -0.1 °F (-17.8 °C)
A) Fifteen degrees Fahrenheit (8 °C) warmer B) Five degrees Fahrenheit (2.5 °C) cooler C) Typically ten degrees Fahrenheit (5 °C) cooler D) No significant difference
A) Grassland B) Juniper/Pinyon (23) C) Deciduous forest D) Tropical rainforest
A) Park Point B) Canyon Base C) Valley Floor D) Mesa Top
A) Plateau B) Butte C) Hill D) Cuesta
A) High clay content B) High gravel content C) High sand content D) High silt content
A) Thin coal seams B) Fossiliferous invertebrates C) Massive sandstone layers D) Yellow canyon faces
A) Permian period B) Cretaceous period into the early Tertiary C) Quaternary period D) Jurassic period
A) Vast canyons B) Mountain ranges C) Flat plains D) Large lakes
A) 1873 B) 1776 C) 1885 D) 1868
A) The Hayden Survey agreement B) The New Mexico Accord C) The 1868 treaty D) The 1873 treaty
A) Francisco Atanasio Domínguez B) Silvestre Vélez de Escalante C) Virginia McClurg D) John Moss
A) John Moss B) Virginia McClurg C) William Henry Jackson D) Francisco Atanasio Domínguez
A) Francisco Atanasio Domínguez B) Virginia McClurg C) Geologist William H. Holmes D) John Moss
A) The New York Daily Graphic Expedition B) The 1876 Hayden Survey C) The 1868 Ute Treaty Report D) The Mesa Verde Exploration
A) 1893 B) 1889 C) 1891 D) December 18, 1888
A) Scientific methods B) Photographic techniques C) Historical narratives D) Commercial sales strategies
A) Virginia McClurg B) Robert Heyder C) Theodore Roosevelt D) Lucy Peabody
A) Virginia McClurg B) Theodore Roosevelt C) Lucy Peabody D) Jesse Walter Fewkes
A) 1915 B) 1906 C) 1889 D) 1976
A) Wetherill Mesa Archaeological Project team B) National Park Service C) Civilian Conservation Corps workers D) Jesse Walter Fewkes
A) 1987 B) 2015 C) 1966 D) 1978
A) 1978 B) 1987 C) 1966 D) 2015
A) Spruce Tree House B) Mesa Verde Administrative District C) Sun Temple D) Cliff Palace
A) Even before the park's official establishment B) During the 1920s with the introduction of Indian ceremonies C) In 1911 when the US government wanted to secure more land D) After the park was officially established in 1906
A) Jesse L. Nusbaum B) James McLaughlin C) The Ute Indians D) Non-Indigenous environmentalists
A) 81230 B) 81530 C) 81430 D) 81330
A) 20 miles (32 km) B) 30 miles C) 25 miles D) 10 miles
A) Federal exclusive jurisdiction B) Shared federal and state jurisdiction C) State jurisdiction D) Local jurisdiction
A) Five B) Three C) Four D) Two
A) 1987 B) 1975 C) 2000 D) 1995
A) Art Deco design B) Culturally appropriate design C) Colonial Revival design D) Modernist design
A) 1000 B) 300 C) 800 D) 593
A) 45 B) 60 C) 30 D) 20
A) 1920 B) 1899 C) 1910 D) 1905 |
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