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WorksheetsSocial Studies Chapter 3- Native Americans
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 10mins
Which of the following is an artifact?
skeleton
spearhead
trilobites
leaf prints
What happens at an archaeological site?
Paleontologists disagree about how people live.
Scientists re-create what they think life was long ago.
Scientists search for the remains of things from long ago.
Scientists search for the Bering Strait.
Why are artifacts important to an archaeologist?
They give clues of how people lived.
They show show animals became extinct.
They provide information about weather long ago.
They contain information about how people arrived in USA.
A trilobite is
an extinct underwater plant
a small dinosaur with wings
an extinct shelled animal
an artifact
What kind of climate did Pennsylvania have 300 million years ago?
cold and wet
cold and dry
warm and dry
warm and wet
Where were most of Pennsylvania’s fossilized remains found?
in sand
in coal beds
under water
in caves
During the Pennsylvanian Period, where did animals live?
on dry, flat land
on rocky cliffs
in dense forests
in the mountains
Which of the following is NOT a fossil?
shells
cooking pots
skeletons
footprint
Compared to today’s plants and animals, those of the Pennsylvanian Period were
younger
colder
larger
smaller
To learn more about the past, a paleontologist studies
artifacts
glaciers
fossils
land bridges
At Meadowcroft Rockshelter scientists found
evidence of only plant life.
many plant and animal remains.
many skeletons
many trilobites
How did climate after the Ice Age influence Native American settlement in North America?
It did not influence the Native Americans from settling.
It was hot and dry so they had to search for food.
North America was a place where they could live comfortably.
Native Americans needed a cooler climate for hunting.
Why was Pennsylvania a good place for Native Americans to settle 3,000 years ago?
Fishing was popular there.
There were many houses.
It had rich soil for growing crops.
It had a transportation system.
How did farming change the way Native Americans lived?
They no longer had to fish.
They had to search for food.
They could settle in villages.
It did not change the way in which they lived.
Which of these was NOT part of the Algonquian group and did not share a common language?
Shawnee
Iroquois
Delaware
Lenni Lenape
Tamanend was a leader of the
Susquehannock.
Iroquois
Shawnee
Lenni Lenape
The Susquehannock lived in villages of longhouses surrounded by
wigwams
wampum
tunnels
palisades
What was the Iroquois League of Five Nations?
an important system of Native American government
a kind of wampum
a group that included the Susquehannock
a group of Native Americans who fought among themselves
Why did the Shawnee refer to the Lenni Lenape as their “grandfather”?
because the two groups shared the same longhouses.
because the Lenni Lenape were older.
to show how much they had in common with the Lenni Lenape
to show the differences between the two groups
