Ch 2

Archaeological evidence of Minnesota's early peoples include artifacts and written books.

• true

• false

Minnesota's climate has changed throughout the years.

• true

• false

The ancient glacial lake that was hundreds of miles wide and covered Canada, North Dakota and northern Minnesota was called Lake ______.

• Itasca

• Agassiz

• Mille Lacs

• Superior

As glaciers melted in Minnesota, they formed thousands of ___________.

• dams

• glacial till

• lakes

• petroglyphs

At one time, Minnesota had as many as 25,000 burial mounds. Today, only about ___ are left.

• 100

• 500

• 5000

• 15000

Minnesota and U.S. laws protect burial mounds built by American Indian people from long ago. What is one thing museums today must do, as a result of these laws?

• Display items at the front of the museum.

• Burn the items so they are gone forever.

• Give the items to whoever owns the land.

• Return the items to their descendants (relatives).

A process using experiments and observation to test ideas and theories.

• petroglyph

• scientific method

• hypothesis

• perspective

Way of life for a group of people.

• hypothesis

• elder

• scientific method

• culture

The way a person sees and understands the world.

• perspective

• scientific method

• culture

• oral history

Any object made or used by humans.

• hypothesis

• archaeologist

• artifact

• perspective