US A Narrative History 8th Edition By James West Davidson -Test Bank
“US: A Narrative History” is a popular textbook series that covers the history of the United States from pre-colonial times to the present day. The series is written by James West Davidson and published by McGraw Hill Education.
The 8th edition of “US: A Narrative History” is divided into two volumes. Volume 1 covers pre-colonial America to 1877, and Volume 2 covers 1865 to the present day. The textbooks are designed to provide students with a clear and comprehensive understanding of American history, including the social, economic, cultural, and political forces that have shaped the nation over time.
The accompanying test banks for the 8th edition provide instructors with a variety of tools to assess their students’ knowledge of the material covered in the textbooks. These test banks include a variety of multiple choice, true/false, and essay questions that cover the main topics and themes of each chapter.
Instructors can use the test banks to create exams, quizzes, and homework assignments that are aligned with the content of the textbooks. The questions are designed to challenge students and help them apply their knowledge of American history to a variety of contexts and scenarios.
Overall, the test banks for “US: A Narrative History” provide a useful resource for instructors who are teaching American history and want to evaluate their students’ understanding of the material.
Chapter 19 The New Industrial Orde
Chapter 20 The Rise of an Urban Order
Chapter 21 The Political System under Strain at Home and Abroad
Chapter 22 The Progressive Era
Chapter 23 The United States and the Collapse of the Old World Order
Chapter 24 The New Era
Chapter 25 The Great Depression and the New Deal
Chapter 26 America’s Rise to Globalism
Chapter 27 Cold War America
Chapter 28 The Suburban Era
Chapter 29 Civil Rights & Uncivil Liberties
Chapter 30 The Vietnam Era
Chapter 31 The Conservative Challenge
Chapter 32 The United States in a Global Community
Chapter 01 The First Civilizations of North America
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Most modern archeologists would agree that the earliest inhabitants of the Western Hemisphere came from which of the following areas of the world?
A. Europe
B. South America
C. Asia
D. the Arctic
Answer: C
Bloom’s: Understand
Learning Objective: Explain the development of human settlement in the Americas and compare the key features of early Mesoamerican, South American, and North American societies.
Topic: Early Americans
2. About 15,000 years ago BP, which land bridge was used by migrants to cross between Siberia and Alaska?
A. Bering Strait
B. Alaskan Strait
C. Siberian Strait
D. Straits of Asia
Answer: A
Bloom’s: Remember
Learning Objective: Explain the development of human settlement in the Americas and compare the key features of early Mesoamerican, South American, and North American societies.
Topic: Early Americans
3. Which group was the first to build cities in the New World?
A. Aztecs
B. Olmecs
C. Toltecs
D. Mayas
Answer: B
Bloom’s: Remember
Learning Objective: Explain the development of human settlement in the Americas and compare the key features of early Mesoamerican,
South American, and North American societies.
Topic: Early Americans
4. Both the Mogollon and the Hohokam peoples of the American Southwest tended to build their dwellings near which of the following?
A. other villages
B. mountains
C. streams
D. sacred sites
Answer: C
Bloom’s: Understand
Learning Objective: Explain the development of human settlement in the Americas and compare the key features of early Mesoamerican, South American, and North American societies.
Topic: Early Americans
5. Which of the following groups lived in what is now known as the Four Corners region of the United States?
A. Woodlands
B. Hohokam
C. Ancestral Pueblo
D. Aztecs
Answer: C
Bloom’s: Remember
Learning Objective: Explain the development of human settlement in the Americas and compare the key features of early Mesoamerican, South American, and North American societies.
Topic: Early Americans
6. The Mogollon, the Hohokam, and the Ancestral Pueblo were North American cultures from which region of the United States?
A. Eastern Woodlands
B. Southwest
C. Great Plains
D. Great Basin
Answer: B
Bloom’s: Remember
Learning Objective: Explain the development of human settlement in the Americas and compare the key features of early Mesoamerican, South American, and North American societies.
Topic: Early Americans
7. The Mississippian people were a culture from the
A. Eastern Woodlands.
B. Pacific Northwest.
C. Great Plains.
D. Great Basin.
Answer: A
Bloom’s: Remember
Learning Objective: Explain the development of human settlement in the Americas and compare the key features of early Mesoamerican, South American, and North American societies.
Topic: Early Americans
8. The Numic-speaking peoples were from which geographic region?
A. Eastern Woodlands
B. Pacific Northwest
C. Great Plains
D. Great Basin
Answer: D
Bloom’s: Remember
Learning Objective: Explain the development of human settlement in the Americas and compare the key features of early Mesoamerican, South American, and North American societies.
Topic: Early Americans
9. In which of the following areas did people live in a society with deep divisions among nobles, commoners, and slaves?
A. Subarctic
B. Pacific Northwest
C. Great Basin
D. Eastern Woodlands
Answer: B
Bloom’s: Remember
Learning Objective: Explain the development of human settlement in the Americas and compare the key features of early Mesoamerican, South American, and North American societies.
Topic: Early Americans
10. The inhabitants of which region moved from their summer fishing camps to berry patches in the fall, and into moose- and caribou-hunting groups in the winter?
A. Eastern Woodlands
B. Subarctic
C. Great Plains
D. Pacific Northwest
Answer: B
Bloom’s: Remember
Learning Objective: Explain the development of human settlement in the Americas and compare the key features of early Mesoamerican, South American, and North American societies.
Topic: Early Americans
11. What has proved to be the most important contribution of Native Americans to the course of human history?
A. the domestication of large animals
B. the deforestation of the Great Plains
C. the manipulation of plants for agriculture
D. the development of pottery and other stone works
Answer: C
Bloom’s: Understand
Learning Objective: Discuss the innovations and limitations that local resources provided early American civilizations.
Topic: Innovations and Limitations in the Americas
12. What food, developed by Native Americans, forms the center of the contemporary American diet?
A. corn
B. teosinte
C. beans
D. squash
Answer: A
Bloom’s: Remember
Learning Objective: Discuss the innovations and limitations that local resources provided early American civilizations.
Topic: Innovations and Limitations in the Americas
13. Which of the following was the most significant barrier to communication and technology transfer between groups in the Americas?
A. lack of interest among inhabitants
B. groups that did not know of each other’s existence
C. the perpetual state of war between groups
D. the north-south geography of the Americas
Answer: D
Bloom’s: Understand
Learning Objective: Discuss the innovations and limitations that local resources provided early American civilizations.
Topic: Innovations and Limitations in the Americas
14. Why were Native Americans spared the effects of most of the world’s communicable diseases until contact with the Europeans in 1492?
A. Until that time, they had eaten a nutrient-rich diet.
B. Until that time, they had not domesticated any animals.
C. Until that time, they had not lived in large groups with close contact.
D. Until that time, they had rarely traveled out of their own communities.
Answer: B
Bloom’s: Understand
Learning Objective: Discuss the innovations and limitations that local resources provided early American civilizations.
Topic: Innovations and Limitations in the Americas
15. Recently, scholars have begun to find evidence of incredible manipulations of landscapes and environments in the least likely of places:
A. the canyons of the Southwest.
B. the area now known as Mexico City.
C. the Amazon rainforest.
D. the Subarctic.
Answer: C
Bloom’s: Remember
Learning Objective: Discuss the innovations and limitations that local resources provided early American civilizations.
Topic: Innovations and Limitations in the Americas
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