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