Paleo and Archaic Indians

Who were the first people to live in Pennsylvania?

• archaeologists

• Paleo Indians

• Archaic Indians

• Woodland Indians

What are the reasons that Indians might migrate?

• To live near family and friends.

• To find food and warmer weather.

• To get a better job and better pay.

• To find new homes and better food.

What is the name of one of the earliest Indian sites?

• Paleo Palace

• Archaic Indian Tribal Grounds

• Albert Miller Groundhog Hole

• Meadowcroft Rock Shelter

What tool helped Archaic Indians throw their spears farther and faster?

• sinew

• soapstone

• atlatl

• ax

How long have people been living in the land we call Pennsylvania?

• About 14,000 years

• About 5,000 years

• About 10 years

• About 5 years

How did the atlatl help the Archaic Indians with hunting?

• It helped hunters throw a spear farther and faster.

• It helped hunters skin deer.

• it helped hunters make spears.

• It helped hunters find deer in the forest.

A person who hunts animals and gathers wild foods to survive is called a(n)...

• archaeologist

• hunter-gatherer

• a customer

• a consumer

A scientist who learns about ancient people by studying the things they left behind is a(n)...

• hunter-gatherer

• a customer

• a Paleo Indian

• an archaeologist

A tool that helped early people throw a spear...

• an ax

• sinew

• a hammer

• an atlatl

The movement of people or animals from one place to another is....

• sight seeing

• hunting

• migration

• soapstone