WorksheetsThe First New Mexicans (Ch 2)
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What were the mano and metate used for?
a)
They were used as soap.
b)
To grind corn into flour.
c)
Hunting weapons
d)
Fishing
2.
What does the word "prehistoric" mean?
a)
Really old
b)
Ancient
c)
Before written history
d)
Antique
3.
What is a Nomad?
a)
Someone who never gets angry
b)
A farmer
c)
A person who travels from place to place for food.
d)
A Medicine Man
4.
The first Nomadic group in ancient New Mexico were big game hunters called the _________ people.
a)
Paleo
b)
Apache
c)
Mogollon
d)
Puebloans
5.
A stone circular structure in the center of an Ancestral Puebloan town was used for ceremonies, gatherings, and religious purposes. These structures were called __________.
a)
Pits
b)
Atlatl
c)
Metate
d)
Kivas
6.
Which type of housing was used by the Navajo?
a)
Hogan
b)
Teepee
7.
Which type of housing was a portable house that the Apache could move easily?
a)
Wickiup
b)
Teepee
8.
Which people lived in pithouses near mountains and were the earliest full time farmers?
a)
Pueblo
b)
Mogollon
c)
Paleo
d)
Apache
9.
Which type of housing used by the Apache was made by bending small trees into a round roof?
a)
Wickiup
b)
Hogan
10.
Once the villages became too crowded with people, Mogollon and Ancestral Puebloan people changed their housing to these tall, apartment style buildings called ________.
a)
Pithouses
b)
Pueblos
c)
Hogans
d)
Teepees
11.
Navajo and Apache word for themselves, meaning "The People".
a)
Archaic
b)
Mogollon
c)
Diné
d)
Us
12.
Which group(s) of people spoke in an Athabascan Language?
a)
Navajo
b)
Apache
c)
Both Navajo and Apache
d)
None of these answers are correct
13.
Which group was known for being fierce warriors and for travelling in small, separate bands?
a)
Navajo
b)
Apache
14.
Which group is the largest group of Native Americans in New Mexico (and the US) today?
a)
Navajo
b)
Apache
15.
The study of past people and cultures through careful examination of artifacts is __________.
a)
Archaeology
b)
Theology
c)
History
d)
Psychology
16.
What tool did Archaic People use to improve their hunting skills?
a)
Atlas
b)
Atlatl
c)
Atari
d)
Atlanta
17.
This ancient world civilization was known for their pyramids, mummies and a numbering system that we still use today.
a)
Mesopotamians
b)
Egyptians
c)
Toltecs
d)
Aztecs
18.
This ancient world civilization was known for the Code of Hammurabi, writing on clay tablets, and having only one God.
a)
Mesopotamians
b)
Egyptians
c)
Aztecs
d)
Toltecs
19.
This ancient world civilization built huge mounds in the Mississippi River Valley.
a)
Mound Builders
b)
Aztecs
c)
Toltecs
d)
Mayans
20.
This ancient world civilization was located in modern day Mexico and had a great city called Tenochtitlán.
a)
Aztecs
b)
Mound Builders
c)
Egyptians
d)
Mesopotamians
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