Colorado Studies Weekly 5

"history" means "before writing"

• True

• False

Ancient Puebloan Basket makers were generally nomadic because they followed large herds of animals and relied on meat as theri main source of food

• True

• False

Some of the characteristics of the Ancient Puebloan Pottery-makers are _____

(select all that are correct)

• They lived in tepees that could easily be moved

• In addition to basket making, the natives began making pottery to hold their goods

• They began to raise vegetables

• The lived in permanent villages

Ancient Puebloan Basket Makers ____

(select all that are correct)

• Lived about 300-500 B.C.

• Raised turkeys for food

• Made beautifully decorated, woven baskets

• Grew potatoes and tomatoes in their gardens

__________ were etched into soft sandstone

• petroglyphs

• teosinte

• pictographs

• painted speech

_________ were painted on cave walls or animal hides

• pictographs

• petroglyphs

• teosnite

• painted speech

Wild grass called ________ was eventually cultivated by American Indians to produce a very important vegetable

• teosinte

• mazie

• beans

• petroglyphs

What was the very important vegetable American Indians produed?

• maize

• beans

• teosinte

• wheat

Which of these tribes inhabited Colorado?

(select all that are correct)

• Ute

• Cheyenne

• Comanche

• Arapaho

• Kiowa

The coyote is a _____ in the _____ family

• herbivore, dog

• carnivore, dog

• omnivore, dog

• dog, carnivore