WorksheetsThe First Texans
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Scientists believe that the American Indians who first lived in North America arrived during an _______________.
archeologist
Ice Age
Asia
artifact migration
These ancient Americans were _____________________, or people who collected plants and hunted animals for food.
predators
archeologists
hunter-gatherers
descendants
The first American Indians of present-day Texas were descendants of the earliest people who came to North America. In this sentence, DESCENDANTS means...
relatives who lived long before, or earlier in history
a person who climbed down a ladder, or descended
early people who hunted for their food
relatives who live after, or later in history
This is a flint spear point. It is an _________________ because it was an object made and used by people long ago.
artifact
fossil
archeologist
Ice Age
Scientists called ___________________ study the culture and artifacts of early people.
fossils
atlatls
archeologists
hunter-gatherers
This is a paleontologist. He studies the history of life on Earth as based on fossils. Fossils he might find that would be evidence of an Ice Age would be bones from
bison, or buffalo.
wooly mammoths or mastodons.
rabbits or squirrels.
hummingbirds and turkeys.
This is the Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument in Texas. Tools made from this area have been found in different parts of the country, showing that...
someone stole a lot of flint from Texas.
early people traded Texas flint far and wide.
wooly mammoths existed.
early people did not know how to make tools.
A quarry is...
an open pit where people mine, or dig up rocks.
another word for bison, or buffalo.
a type of arrow that was used by Native Americans.
a basket used to hold seeds and corn.
As the Ice Age ended, the culture of early Texans changed. They turned more to ________________ for food.
wooly mammoths
bison
quarries
plants
About 2,000 years ago, people began to grow more...
hair.
fossils, quarries, and flint.
corn, beans, and squash.
baskets, pots, and other dry goods.
