Unit 5 Topic 2 Test

What color are pumpkins?

• Blue

• Red

• Orange

• purple

Which detail belongs in the Tchefuncte culture circle?

• lived in northern Mexico
• engaged in long-distance trade
• built massive ceremonial mounds
• used antlers to make sewing needles

Which detail belongs in the Marksville culture circle?

• influenced by the Hopewell people
• planted crops like corn and squash
• used only spears and atlatls to hunt
• built small mounds on square ridges

Which detail belongs in the center of the diagram?

• made decorative pottery
• made clothing from yucca
• made tools with stone found where they lived
• made ceremonial feasts with beans and seeds

Which details belong in the Poverty Point column? Select the two correct answers.

• had easy access to water routes
• relied mostly on fishing for food
• traded with European explorers
• used underground ovens to cook
• buried handmade objects with people

Which details belong in the Caddo column? Select the two correct answers.

• made pottery with a dull finish
• used mounds to bury their dead
• farmed corn, beans, and squash
• built geometric ridges for protection
• built their houses on semicircular ridges

Which feature is located directly north of the visitor center?

• Mound A
• Mound B
• Mound C
• Mound D

According to the map, which Poverty Point mound is the largest?

• Mound A
• Mound B
• Mound C
• Mound D

According to the excerpt, why did the people of Poverty Point build ridges?

• to hold ceremonies
• to create places to live
• to study geometric shapes
• to get rid of garbage and debris

What discovery at mound sites led archaeologists to conclude that mounds were sometimes used for burial purposes?

• gravestones
• decorative items
• religious drawings
• remnants of feasts