WorksheetsArizona's Early People
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 9mins
The word prehistoric means:
A person who studies the artifacts of early people buried in the earth.
A time period when Native American lived.
A group of people with forms of religion and ways of governing themselves
The time long before people started writing about events.
Before agriculture people had to....
hunt and gather plants to eat and survive.
only hunt to survive.
only gather nuts and berries they could not hunt.
could neither hunt or gather berries they became extinct.
A long period of time with no rain is called a....
no precipitation period
drought
rainless time period
pueblo summer
Hunters and Gatherers were nomadic people because they moved around all the time and were ....
very good at building homes.
always singing and dancing.
never able to build permanent homes, they followed the herds for food.
creating settlements and villages everywhere they went.
Pueblos are.....
cities in New Mexico
Another name for artifacts
A hut buried deep in the ground
The Spanish word for cities and a place where Native Americans lived.
The Casa Grande Ruins is .....
a house built many years ago by Native Americans
A village in Casa Grande
A monument to the Native Americans
The Spanish word for big house.
If you find and study artifacts that early people or animals left behind you are a:
veterinarian
paleontologist
archeologist
anthropologist
What was the cause of the Native American People to move away?
Too much rain and drowned the crops.
A drought and no rain to water crops.
Food did not grow on Arizona soil
They like to move around.
What is a drought?
A long period of time with no rain.
A type of canal used by the Hohokam.
A type of house or dwelling used by the Sinagua.
A long period of time with constant rain.
Who were one of the earliest settlers in Arizona?
Ancestral Puebloans
Mogollon
Hohokam
Salado
When agriculture began and Native Americans stayed in one place what did they now have more time to do?
Dried and stored food such as corn and beans
Dancing and singing
created handmade woven blankets, pottery and strong shelters
dishes & jewelry to wear in their village
The Hohokam people built one of the largest pueblos and can still be seen today. What is it called?
Casa Grande Ruins
Canyon de Chelly
Hohokam house
The Sinagua site
Choose the tribe or tribes that lived in pit houses.
Patayan
Sinagua
Mogollon
Hohokam
When agriculture began tribes began to grow crops, this meant they could now do what?
Stay in one place
Have extra food
build strong shelters
move around alot more
Kivas were religious ceremonies held by what tribe?
Mogollon
Patayan
Ancestral Puebloans
Hohokam
The first people of Arizona were nomadic, moving around constantly, how did they get food?
they were farmers that grew crops to eat
they were archaeologists and dug up their food
they were hunters and gatherers who looked for food from their environment
they were Spanish and brought their own food
Which sentence best describes a civilization.
A group of people with forms of religion and ways of governing themselves
A group of animals that lived with early tribes to form a village
A group of tribes that only allowed members to stay for short periods of time.
A city in Arizona
Which tribe created the canal system to help with getting water to their crops?
Hohokam
Ancestral Puebloans
Mogollon
Sinagua
