Unit 5 Chapter 1 Early Civilizartion

Use the Venn diagram to answer questions 1–3.

Which detail belongs in the Clovis culture circle? 

• • traveled by boat to North America

• • planted crops like corn and squash

• • hunted mammoths and mastodons

• • lived in the mountains during the winter

Which detail belongs in the Folsom culture circle?

• • used mastodon hides for clothing and shelter

• • developed a sophisticated social structure

• • lived in permanent settlements all year

• • made spearpoints that look machine-made

Which detail belongs in the center of the diagram? 

• • performed ceremonial rain rituals

• • hunted game with spears and atlatls

• • built homes on frozen ice sheets

• • chose shamans as leaders

Use the T-chart to answer questions 4 and 5.

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

• • created underground ceremonial chambers

• • traded with people in the Great Lakes region

• • made a coarse flour from seeds and grains

• • learned how to grow corn in parts of Mexico

• • built cliff dwellings using stone and adobe

Which detail belongs in the Mound Builders column?

• • used baskets to heap large piles of dirt

• • did not practice any identifiable religious beliefs

• • carved canoes out of trees for transportation

• • made shoes out of yucca and other plants

Use the map to answer the question.

Which culture formed mostly to the east of the Mississippi River?

• • Folsom culture

• • Ancestral Pueblo

• • Mound Builders

• • Clovis culture

Use the image to answer the question.

These petroglyphs may tell the story of an important hunt. Which detail from the photograph supports this idea? 

• • the figure with a large head

• • the figure throwing a spear

• • the footprints

• • the wiggly lines

How did agriculture change civilizations in North America? 

• • It made them abandon religion.

• • It made them hunter-gatherers.

• • It made them travel by boat overseas

• • It made them create permanent settlements.

Where did the first settlers who arrived in North America by boat land? 

• • Caribbean Sea

• • Atlantic coast

• • Gulf of Mexico

• • Pacific coast

What is one reason the Mound Builders built mounds?

• • to hide their location

• • to communicate with neighbors

• • to bury their dead

• • to trade with other cultures