Arkansas 1st People: Ch 2

Archaeology is the study of

• the weather.

• ancient languages

• ancient geology

• ancient people and socities

The Paleo period lasted from

• 10000 BCE-

  8000 BCE

• 9500 BCE -

  8000 BCE

• 8000 BCE -

  500 BCE

• none of these

The Archaic Period lasted from

• 10000 BCE-

  8000 BCE

• 9500 BCE- 8000 BCE

• 8000 BCE- 500 BCE

• none of these

The Woodland Period lasted from

• 10000 BCE-8000 BCE

• 9500 BCE- 8000 BCE

• 500 BCE-

  900 CE

• none of these

The Mississippian Period lasted from

• 900

  1541

• 8000 BCE- 500 BCE

• 999999 BCE- 8000 BCE

• none of these

Artifacts are

• Natural evidence of ancient people.

• Man made evidence of ancient people.

• Limited to fossils and bones.

• None of these.

Paleo Native Americans were

• Nomads who wandered hundreds of mile

• Farmers with large cities

• hunter-gathers who built city-states

• None of these

Dalton culture developed

• before the paleo period.

• at the end of the Paleo Period.

• around 2000 BCE.

• none of these.

What caused the Archaic Native Americans to hunt smaller animals?

• Global cooling

• the ice age

• climate change.

• none of these

Making and firing clay vessels was an important part of the

• Dalton Period.

• Archaic Period.

• Clovis Culture.

• Woodland Period.