Chapter 14. Reflections on Agricultural Settlements and Chiefdoms, Chapter 1

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Correct. The answer is c. The author’s main point in this section is that the agricultural settlements pioneered by peoples in the southwest around 4000 BP spread east north to the Mississippi Valley by 2500 BP, forming the basis for hierarchical chiefdoms.

Incorrect. The answer is c. The author’s main point in this section is that the agricultural settlements pioneered by peoples in the southwest around 4000 BP spread east north to the Mississippi Valley by 2500 BP, forming the basis for hierarchical chiefdoms.

Correct. The answer is b. In order to illustrate how scholars know that southwestern groups like the Mogollon, Hohokam, and Anasazi lived and worked in permanent settlements, the author discusses the types of durable structures they built. In particular, he emphasizes their construction of complex irrigation grids, pit houses, and cliff dwellings.

Incorrect. The answer is b. In order to illustrate how scholars know that southwestern groups like the Mogollon, Hohokam, and Anasazi lived and worked in permanent settlements, the author discusses the types of durable structures they built. In particular, he emphasizes their construction of complex irrigation grids, pit houses, and cliff dwellings.

Correct. The answer is b. The author supports his hypothesis that southwestern settlements were established by migrants from Mexico by citing their use of Mexican cultural practices, including the building of large platform mounds and ball courts.

Incorrect. The answer is b. The author supports his hypothesis that southwestern settlements were established by migrants from Mexico by citing their use of Mexican cultural practices, including the building of large platform mounds and ball courts.

Correct. The answer is d. The author argues that experts believe the Woodland cultures in the Mississippi River watershed must have been chiefdoms because their burial mounds were so complex. He and other scholars assume that one powerful and high-status person must have commanded the labor and obedience of very large numbers of people in order to build the mound.

Incorrect. The answer is d. The author argues that experts believe the Woodland cultures in the Mississippi River watershed must have been chiefdoms because their burial mounds were so complex. He and other scholars assume that one powerful and high-status person must have commanded the labor and obedience of very large numbers of people in order to build the mound.

Correct. The answer is b. The author suggests that the wide variety of high quality grave goods found in the burial mounds built by the Hopewell people shows that they participated in a thriving network of trade that ranged from present-day Wyoming to Florida.

Incorrect. The answer is b. The author suggests that the wide variety of high quality grave goods found in the burial mounds built by the Hopewell people shows that they participated in a thriving network of trade that ranged from present-day Wyoming to Florida.

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