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WorksheetsSocial Studies Chapter 3 Test
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 6mins
Who were the first inhabitants of North America?
Paleo-Indians
Mississippian Indians
Archaic Indians
Woodland Indians
Which is NOT an example of culture?
Tent
Spear
Nuts and berries
Forest
Where do many historians think the earliest Indians came from?
From Europe with the Vikings
From northeast Asia across the Bering Strait
From South America traveling on foot
From southeast Asia in boats
Which is NOT a way the Paleo-Indians used the mammoths they hunted?
They made tents and clothing from mammoth skins
They made tools and weapons from mammoth bones
They made jewelry from mammoth tusks
They ate mammoth meat
What are some artifacts and archaeological evidence that Archaic people left behind?
Middens, jewelry, gravesites, atlatls, baskets
Mounds, jewelry, gravesites, bows and arrows, atlatls, baskets
Middens, mammoth bones, gravesites, atlatls, baskets
Mounds, mammoth bones, gravesites, spears, pottery
Name two important Archaic archaeological sites in Tennessee.
Chucalissa Site and Sellar's Farm
Eva Site and Old Stone Fort
Pinson Mounds and Icehouse Bottom
Eva Site and Icehouse Bottom
What most changed the lifestyle of prehistoric Indians?
They invented the atlatl
They started building mounds
They began to plant crops
They made jewelry from shells and animal bones
What invention improved how Woodland Indians stored food?
Baskets
Pottery
Fishooks
Bow and arrows
Woodland and Mississippian Indians carried thousands of baskets of earth build _________.
temples
mounds
palisades
villages
What are some crops that Mississipian Indians grew?
Corn, squash, sunflowers, and beets
Beans, carrots, squash, and lettuce
Squash, carrots, cucumbers, and lettuce
Corn, beans, squash, and sunflowers
Which is NOT a way that Mississippian Indians used mounds?
To protect their villages from enemies
As platforms for important buildings
To bury their dead
To hold special ceremonies
Name two important Mississippian archaeological sites in Tennessee.
Pinson Mounds and Icehouse Bottoms
Chucalissa Site and Sellar's Farm
Eva Site and Old Stone Fort
Eva Site and Icehouse Bottom
What are the four largest historic tribes in Tennessee
Cherokee, Pawnee, Creek, and Apache
Navajo, Chickasaw, Mandan, Shawnee
Cherokee, Chickasaw, Creek, and Shawnee
Iroquois, Choctaw, Creek, and Ute
Cherokee men _________.
gathered wild nuts and berries
planted crops such as corn and beans
hunted, fished, and traded
moved the camp from place to place
Which is NOT true of the Cherokee government?
They had village chiefs, nut no chief for the entiire nation
Each village had a council house for meetings
They had a "white chief" for peace and a "red chief" for war
Cherokee leaders met for days to come to an agreement
Which Tennessee tribe was known for fierce warriors?
Iroquois
Chickasaw
Yuchi
Creek
The Cherokees and Chickasaws worked together to _________.
establish trade with other tribes
establish peace in Tennessee
migrate to the northeast
drive other tribes of Tennessee
What did the Yuchi call themselves because of their religious beliefs?
"Children of the Sun"
"The Spirit Peopl"
"Children of the Wind"
"Watchers of the World"
