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