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Studies Weekly - Week 04 - American Indians of the Great Plains

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This is a photo of a(n)_________________ that archaeologists have discovered on the Great Plains.

a)

Arrowhead

b)

Vase

c)

Bead

d)

Grinding Stone

2.

The American Indian group who took farming further than any earlier group was called

a)

Village Farmers

b)

Great Plains Indians

c)

Paleo Indians

d)

Archaic Indians

3.

What is the name for scientists that study cultures?

a)
b)

culture scientists

c)

archaeologists

d)

anesthesiologist

4.

Which group likely organized themselves into family groups called clans.

a)

Archaic Indians

b)

Paleo Indians

c)

Village Farmers

d)

Plains-Woodland Indians

5.

What is the capital of South Dakota?

a)

Pierre

b)

Bismarck

c)

South Dakota City

d)

Helms Deep

6.

Records show that from 1872-1874 an average of ______________ bison were killed each day.

a)

5,000

b)

500

c)

55,000

d)

50

7.

Which of these formations, shown in the picture, have been around since before the first American Indians lived in North America?

a)

concretions

b)

boulder

c)

rocks

d)

mounds

8.

What is the capital of Texas?

a)

Austin

b)

Dallas

c)

Paris

d)

Houston

9.

How did European horses change the bison population.

a)

It was easier to hunt bison.

b)

The Bison were scared of the horses

c)

The horses destroyed the bison habitat

d)

It caused the Great Horse and Bison War of 1215

10.

Type of economy in which people find enough to survive.

a)

Subsistence

b)

Market

c)

Command

d)

Mixed

11.

The Northern Lights are also known as

a)

the Aurora Borealis

b)

the Avada Kadavra

c)

the Almond Granola

d)

the Austere Academy

12.

Real name of the Plain buffalo

a)

Bison

b)

Vega

c)

Guile

d)

Balrog

13.

One of the boundaries of the Great Plains

a)

Mississippi River

b)

Missouri River

c)

Rio Grande

d)

The Pacific Ocean

14.

Type of structure built by many Village Farmer groups

a)

Lodge

b)

Apartment

c)

Cabin

d)

Condo

15.

Where some Plains-Woodland Indians held ceremonies and buried the dead

a)

Mounds

b)

Concretions

c)

Almond Joy

d)

Concentrations