Alabama's Early People

_________ are scientists who study artifacts.

• Archaeologists
• Historians
• Anthropologists
• Geologists

How many Prehistoric Native American Time periods have archeologist named?

• Three periods: Paleo, Archaic, and Woodland.
• At least four major periods: Paleo-Indian, Archaic, Woodland, and Mississippian.
• Two periods: Paleo-Indian and Woodland.
• Five periods: Paleo-Indian, Archaic, Woodland, Mississippian, and Colonial.

To ________ means to move from one place to another.

• move

• elevate

• migrate

• transfer

A spear that can be thrown and was invented during the Archaic Time period is known as an ______________.

• spearhead
• dart
• javelin
• atlatl

The _____ was a land bridge connecting Asia to North America.

• Panama Canal

• Siberia
• Greenland
• Bering Strait

An ____________ is a object or objects that were made and used by people long ago.

• artifact
• relic
• tool
• fossil

The word _____________ is used when discussing planting and growing crops.

• environment

• botany
• region

• agriculture

Some of the main characteristics of the ________ time period was using the bow and arrow, begin practicing agriculture and living in villages.

• Iron Age
• Woodland

• Archaic

• Paleo-Indian

The main characteristics of the _________________ time period were they were hunter - gathers, crossed the Bering Strait, and migrated long distances.

• Archaic
• Neolithic
• Woodland

• Paleo-Indian

The main characteristics of the ______________ time period is that they migrated less, developed the atlatl, and fished for the first time.

• Woodland
• Mississippian
• Archaic
• Paleo-Indian