PA History: Chapter 2 Pretest

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Which of the following is a widely accepted theory of how human being arrived in North America? They crossed a land bridge between Asia and North America during the Ice Age., They came from Europe and travel over a land bridge during the Ice Age., They came from Islands in the Caribbean., All of the above.

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They crossed a land bridge between Asia and North America during the Ice Age.

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What are legends?

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They are oral traditions passed from parents to children over many generations.

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What are objects such as tools, weapons, pots, baskets, or jewelry made by humans?

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artifacts

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What is an example of a primary source?

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burial site

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What refers to different groups of people who lived before any written records were made of them?

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prehistoric

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Who were the Paleo-Indians?

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refers to earliest Native Americans in North America

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Where is one of the earliest archaeological sites in North America?

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Meadowcroft Rock Shelter

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What animal became extinct when the Ice Age ended and temperatures warmed?

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mammoths

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According to scientists, Archaic-Indians did not

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farm.

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What was another name for the Woodland Indians?

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Algonquians