Earliest Ohioans

According to archaeologists, how did the first Americans arrive in North America?

• The first Americans drove over a bridge connecting Asia and Alaska.

• The first Americans walked across a land bridge connecting Asia and Alaska.

• The first Americans crossed the Atlantic Ocean in boats.

• The first Americans rode horses across a land bridge.

What do archaeologists study to learn about people from the past?

• artifacts

• books

• letters

• maps

What is a synonym for migrate?

• artifact

• trade

• survive

• move

What do archeologists call the first people in the Ohio Country?

• Paleo Indians

• Archaic Indians

• Hopewell Indians

• Iroquois

Why did Paleo-Indians follow herds of animals?

• to make a shelter

• to make clothing

• to hunt for a source of food

• all of the above

What word would you use to describe the earliest people to live in North America?

• farmers

• hunter-gatherers

• artifacts

• hunter-gatherers

How do archaeologists know that the Archaic people traded? Mark two.

• They found mastodon bones in Ohio.

• They found flint spearpoints in Ohio.

• They found copper beads in Ohio.

• They found atlatls in Ohio.

Which group of people lived during the Ice Age?

• Archaic Indians

• Paleo Indians

• Both

• Neither

Why did early people in Ohio trade with other people?

• Early people traded because it was fun.

• Early people traded to make money.

• Early people did not trade with other people.

• Early people traded to get things that they did not have.

What allowed the Archaic people to build small villages?

• The Archaic people moved out of the Ohio country.

• The Archaic people had hammers.

• The Archaic people learned to grow and store food.

• The mammoths and mastodons became extinct.