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The First Texans

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Scientists believe that the American Indians who first lived in North America arrived during an _______________.

a)

archeologist

b)

Ice Age

c)

Asia

d)

artifact migration

2.

These ancient Americans were _____________________, or people who collected plants and hunted animals for food.

a)

predators

b)

archeologists

c)

hunter-gatherers

d)

descendants

3.

The first American Indians of present-day Texas were descendants of the earliest people who came to North America. In this sentence, DESCENDANTS means...

a)

relatives who lived long before, or earlier in history

b)

a person who climbed down a ladder, or descended

c)

early people who hunted for their food

d)

relatives who live after, or later in history

4.

This is a flint spear point. It is an _________________ because it was an object made and used by people long ago.

a)

artifact

b)

fossil

c)

archeologist

d)

Ice Age

5.

Scientists called ___________________ study the culture and artifacts of early people.

a)

fossils

b)

atlatls

c)

archeologists

d)

hunter-gatherers

6.

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

a)

bison, or buffalo.

b)

wooly mammoths or mastodons.

c)

rabbits or squirrels.

d)

hummingbirds and turkeys.

7.

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...

a)

someone stole a lot of flint from Texas.

b)

early people traded Texas flint far and wide.

c)

wooly mammoths existed.

d)

early people did not know how to make tools.

8.

A quarry is...

a)

an open pit where people mine, or dig up rocks.

b)

another word for bison, or buffalo.

c)

a type of arrow that was used by Native Americans.

d)

a basket used to hold seeds and corn.

9.

As the Ice Age ended, the culture of early Texans changed. They turned more to ________________ for food.

a)

wooly mammoths

b)

bison

c)

quarries

d)

plants

10.

About 2,000 years ago, people began to grow more...

a)

hair.

b)

fossils, quarries, and flint.

c)

corn, beans, and squash.

d)

baskets, pots, and other dry goods.