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MN History Northern Lights - CH 2

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

An a picture or symbol etched into rock is known as a ....

a)

Hieroglyph

b)

Petroglyph

c)

Rockglyph

d)

Cave Painting

2.

A scientist who researches past people and civilizations using the artifacts they left behind.

a)

Paleontologist

b)

Sociologist

c)

Biologist

d)

Archaeologist

3.

Purposeful story telling that helps pass on the history and traditions of a culture to future generations.

a)

oral tradition

b)

elders

c)

archaeology

d)

artifact

4.

An object made by or purposely used by humans

a)

archaeology

b)

elder

c)

oral history

d)

artifact

5.

This is the process of scientific discovery which includes a question, hypothesis, experiment and conclusion.

a)

Hypothesis

b)

Archaeology

c)

Experiment

d)

Scientific Method

6.

An individual's way of seeing the World around themselves

a)

Perspective

b)

Spectacles

c)

Oral History

d)

Elder

7.

This is a simple but very effective primitive spear throwing tool.

a)

Atlantis

b)

Atlatl

c)

Alabama

d)

Atlas

8.

Which of these images were NOT found at Jeffer's Petroglyphs

a)

Turtle

b)

Hand

c)

Atlatl

d)

Tipi

9.

Put these events in the correct order:

a)

Mammoths went extinct, Ice Age occurred, mound builders were here

b)

Ice Age, Mammoths hunted into extinction, mound builders were here

c)

Ice Age, dinosaurs went extinct, paleo-Indians hunted mammoths

d)

Copper was used for tools, stone tools were invented, mammoths were hunted to extinction

10.

Which of the following would not be considered an artifact?

a)

stone tools & arrow heads

b)

fire ring made from rocks

c)

copper tools

d)

trees or grass growing on Indian burial mounds

11.

Which of the these years are in the correct order?

a)

1 CE, 200 BCE, 1500 CE, 2000 BCE

b)

2000 BCE, 1500 CE, 200 BCE, 1 CE

c)

2000 BCE, 200 BCE, 1 CE, 1500 CE

d)

1 CE, 2000 BCE, 200 BCE, 1500 CE

12.

According to present day Native American elders, a petroglyph of a human hand might represent which of these?

a)

Your five senses

b)

Friendship

c)

A high five

d)

Stop now!