Early Native American Cultures

Which word means to move from one place to another?

• nomad
• migrate 
• culture
• resources

These are remains that have been found that humans have made or created ?

• Legends
• Fossils
• Artifacts
• History

What does the land bridge theory explain?

• How Native Americans learned to farm
  
• Why glaciers may have caused water levels to drop.
  
• How early people may have migrated from Asia to the Americas.
  
• Why animals such as mammoths may have become extinct.
  

What caused the earliest people to move frequently?

• to explore the world
• to follow their food source
• to escape the cold
• to find the land bridge

According to the Land Bridge Theory, from which continent did Native Americans migrate from?

• Asia
• North America
• Africa
• Europe

The first inhabitants of Georgia who lived between 10,000 and 13,000 years ago were known as what?

• Archaic
• Mississippian
• Paleo
• Woodland

Why are there so few Paleo sites in Georgia?

• The nomadic Paleo Indians did not leave many artifacts in any one place.
• Paleo Indians lived primarily in western states, not in Georgia.
• Paleo sites were often looted by cultural groups that came after them.
• Remains from the Paleo period have been destroyed by natural forces.

Which people were the FIRST to make and use pottery?

• Archaic
• Mississippian
• Paleo
• Woodland

Which people were the FIRST to use burial mounds and live in tribes?

• Archaic
• Mississippian
• Paleo
• Woodland

Archaeologists think that prehistoric Indians believed in some form of life after death because

• burial mounds contained items such as tools, tobacco pipes, and weapons
• legends of afterlife were passed down from generation to generation.
• pictographs and cave drawings depicted a spiritual afterlife.
• tribal centers had churches and other symbols of worship.