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First People (Indiana 4th grade)

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 33mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is an archaeologist?

a)

Someone who studies artifacts and sights to learn more about ancient people

b)

Someone who flies a plane

c)

Someone who studies plants

2.

True or False: an artifact is man-made

a)

True

b)

False

3.

Where did the First People come from?

a)

Africa

b)

Asia

c)

Australia

d)

Europe

4.

How did the First People live when they first got to the area that is now Indiana?

a)

Farming

b)

Stealing

c)

Hunting and Gathering

5.

How did Early People adapt to fit their new enviornment?

a)

They started farming.

b)

They developed a written language.

c)

They built skyscrapers.

6.

The Adena lived in Ohio and ___________ Indiana

a)

Western

b)

Northern

c)

Central

d)

Southeastern

7.

When people, like the early Adena, have to follow their food, they are called _____________?

a)

Farmers

b)

Gatherers

c)

Nomads

8.

True or False: Because of the shells and copper that are found in Adena pottery, we can tell that the Adena traded with people from far away.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

Who focused more on agriculture, or farming?

a)

Hopewell

b)

Adena

10.

What shape were the Adena's homes?

a)

Square

b)

Octogon

c)

Round

11.

What shape were the Hopewell's homes?

a)

Pyramid

b)

Round

c)

Dome

12.

What is the nickname for the Hopewell culture?

a)

Copper Makers

b)

Pottery Heads

c)

Lizard Friends

d)

Mound Builders

13.

While we aren't sure, how might the Hopewell culture have ended?

a)

Famine

b)

War

c)

Natural Disaster

14.

Did they Mississippians have large towns?

a)

Yes

b)

No

15.

Along what river in Indiana, did the Mississippian live?

a)

Ohio

b)

Maumee

c)

St. Mary's

d)

St. Joe

16.

The Mississippians were very crafty. How do we know this?

a)

They had beautiful paintings

b)

They made giant, beautiful limestone buildings

c)

They made beautiful headdresses and pottery.

17.

Which of the Early People were here when Europeans arrived?

a)

Adena

b)

Hopewell

c)

Mississippian

d)

None of the Above