Early Peoples of North America Assessment

______________ is the study of ancient people and their culture.

• Alaska

• archaeology

• archaeologists

• artifacts

Archaeologists use specialized tools to gently remove__________ from dig sites and the ocean.

• Artifacts

• Archaeology

• Fossils

• Puzzle

Archaeologists use __________________ to determine the age of artifacts.

• carbon dating

• civilization

• Clovis

• hieroglyphics

There are different _________________ about how people came to North America.

• artifacts

• theories

• puzzles

• civilizations

Some archaeologists believe that people traveled by _____________ along the coast of North America to South America.

• horses

• planes

• boats

• swimming

Other archaeologists believe that people crossed __________________ to get to North America.

• the Atlantic Ocean

• Africa

• the Bering Land Bridge

• the Colorado River

Early people were __________________________ and followed herds of animals across the land.

• archaeologists

• lonely

• farmers

• hunter-gatherers

Ancient people used the walls of caves and dwellings to communicate with people using a picture language called _________________________.

• english

• emojis

• hieroglyphics

• letters

The _______________________ was used to translate different languages.

• civilization

• Clovis

• Mesa Verde

• Rosetta stone

Early people used ____________________________ as weapons.

• boats

• knives

• projectile points

• bow and arrow