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Social Studies Chapter 3 Test

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who were the first inhabitants of North America?

a)

Paleo-Indians

b)

Mississippian Indians

c)

Archaic Indians

d)

Woodland Indians

2.

Which is NOT an example of culture?

a)

Tent

b)

Spear

c)

Nuts and berries

d)

Forest

3.

Where do many historians think the earliest Indians came from?

a)

From Europe with the Vikings

b)

From northeast Asia across the Bering Strait

c)

From South America traveling on foot

d)

From southeast Asia in boats

4.

Which is NOT a way the Paleo-Indians used the mammoths they hunted?

a)

They made tents and clothing from mammoth skins

b)

They made tools and weapons from mammoth bones

c)

They made jewelry from mammoth tusks

d)

They ate mammoth meat

5.

What are some artifacts and archaeological evidence that Archaic people left behind?

a)

Middens, jewelry, gravesites, atlatls, baskets

b)

Mounds, jewelry, gravesites, bows and arrows, atlatls, baskets

c)

Middens, mammoth bones, gravesites, atlatls, baskets

d)

Mounds, mammoth bones, gravesites, spears, pottery

6.

Name two important Archaic archaeological sites in Tennessee.

a)

Chucalissa Site and Sellar's Farm

b)

Eva Site and Old Stone Fort

c)

Pinson Mounds and Icehouse Bottom

d)

Eva Site and Icehouse Bottom

7.

What most changed the lifestyle of prehistoric Indians?

a)

They invented the atlatl

b)

They started building mounds

c)

They began to plant crops

d)

They made jewelry from shells and animal bones

8.

What invention improved how Woodland Indians stored food?

a)

Baskets

b)

Pottery

c)

Fishooks

d)

Bow and arrows

9.

Woodland and Mississippian Indians carried thousands of baskets of earth build _________.

a)

temples

b)

mounds

c)

palisades

d)

villages

10.

What are some crops that Mississipian Indians grew?

a)

Corn, squash, sunflowers, and beets

b)

Beans, carrots, squash, and lettuce

c)

Squash, carrots, cucumbers, and lettuce

d)

Corn, beans, squash, and sunflowers

11.

Which is NOT a way that Mississippian Indians used mounds?

a)

To protect their villages from enemies

b)

As platforms for important buildings

c)

To bury their dead

d)

To hold special ceremonies

12.

Name two important Mississippian archaeological sites in Tennessee.

a)

Pinson Mounds and Icehouse Bottoms

b)

Chucalissa Site and Sellar's Farm

c)

Eva Site and Old Stone Fort

d)

Eva Site and Icehouse Bottom

13.

What are the four largest historic tribes in Tennessee

a)

Cherokee, Pawnee, Creek, and Apache

b)

Navajo, Chickasaw, Mandan, Shawnee

c)

Cherokee, Chickasaw, Creek, and Shawnee

d)

Iroquois, Choctaw, Creek, and Ute

14.

Cherokee men _________.

a)

gathered wild nuts and berries

b)

planted crops such as corn and beans

c)

hunted, fished, and traded

d)

moved the camp from place to place

15.

Which is NOT true of the Cherokee government?

a)

They had village chiefs, nut no chief for the entiire nation

b)

Each village had a council house for meetings

c)

They had a "white chief" for peace and a "red chief" for war

d)

Cherokee leaders met for days to come to an agreement

16.

Which Tennessee tribe was known for fierce warriors?

a)

Iroquois

b)

Chickasaw

c)

Yuchi

d)

Creek

17.

The Cherokees and Chickasaws worked together to _________.

a)

establish trade with other tribes

b)

establish peace in Tennessee

c)

migrate to the northeast

d)

drive other tribes of Tennessee

18.

What did the Yuchi call themselves because of their religious beliefs?

a)

"Children of the Sun"

b)

"The Spirit Peopl"

c)

"Children of the Wind"

d)

"Watchers of the World"