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Indiana's Early History

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is an archeologist?

a)

a person who studies artifacts and sites to learn about the past

b)

an object made by humans

c)

when you change to fit new situations

d)

a pile of earth

2.

What is an artifact?

a)

a person who studies artifacts and sites to learn about the past

b)

an object made by humans

c)

when you change to fit new situations

d)

a pile of earth

3.

What does it mean to adapt?

a)

a person who studies artifacts and sites to learn about the past

b)

an object made by humans

c)

when you change to fit new situations

d)

a pile of earth

4.

What is a mound?

a)

a person who studies artifacts and sites to learn about the past

b)

an object made by humans

c)

when you change to fit new situations

d)

a pile of earth

5.

What is a cultural group?

a)

a round house built from young, flexible trees

b)

related groups

c)

farming

d)

a group of people connected by a common language, religion, and culture

6.

What is agriculture?

a)

a round house built from young, flexible trees

b)

related groups

c)

farming

d)

a group of people connected by a common language, religion, and culture

7.

What is a clan?

a)

a round house built from young, flexible trees

b)

related groups

c)

farming

d)

a group of people connected by a common language, religion, and culture

8.

What is a wigwam?

a)

a round house built from young, flexible trees

b)

related groups

c)

farming

d)

a group of people connected by a common language, religion, and culture

9.

What is a longhouse?

a)

a large house where many people lived

b)

a settlement in a new land where the people remain loyal to their home country

c)

an area of land that is controlled by an outside government

d)

a partner or supporter who pledges friendship or help

10.

What is a colony?

a)

a large house where many people lived

b)

a settlement in a new land where the people remain loyal to their home country

c)

an area of land that is controlled by an outside government

d)

a partner or supporter who pledges friendship or help

11.

What is a territory?

a)

a large house where many people lived

b)

a settlement in a new land where the people remain loyal to their home country

c)

an area of land that is controlled by an outside government

d)

a partner or supporter who pledges friendship or help

12.

What is an ally?

a)

a large house where many people lived

b)

a settlement in a new land where the people remain loyal to their home country

c)

an area of land that is controlled by an outside government

d)

a partner or supporter who pledges friendship or help

13.

What is a confederacy?

a)

a group of people or several smaller groups joined together for a common purpose

b)

a partner or supporter who pledges friendship or help

c)

an area of land that is controlled by an outside government

d)

a settlement in a new land where the people remain loyal to their home country

14.

True or False:


Archaeologists use objects from the past to learn about early cultures.

a)

true

b)

false

15.

True or False:


All three early cultural groups in Indiana built earthen mounds.

a)

true

b)

false

16.

True or False:


The Mississippians were the first group known to live in Indiana.

a)

true

b)

false

17.

True or False:


Hopewell villages were very large.

a)

true

b)

false

18.

Which of these are a definition for the term artifact.

a)

someone who studies artifacts and learns about ancient people

b)

an object made by humans

c)

to change to fit to new situations

d)

a pile of earth

19.

This group had towns with an area for ceremonies.

a)

Adena

b)

Hopewell

c)

Mississippian

20.

This group was the first to develop agriculture.

a)

Adena

b)

Hopewell

c)

Mississippian

21.

This group was the first to have bow and arrows.

a)

Adena

b)

Hopewell

c)

Mississippian

22.

Choose two things each culture gained through trade with people far away.

a)

copper

b)

vegetables

c)

seashells

d)

fruit

23.

Which Native American home is made from trees in which up to seven families could live?

a)

dwelling

b)

hut

c)

wigwam

d)

longhouse

24.

How do both sides benefit from trade?

a)

they don't trade

b)

to get items they need or want

c)

they sell by the river

25.

Which object has been used for money in the past?

a)

wigwams

b)

fur

c)

corn

d)

clamshells

26.

Why did the Miami begin to trade with the British?

a)

they didn't trade with the British

b)

they had more goods and were better quality

c)

they didn't need to trade because they had everything they needed

27.

Why did the French not like the British trading with the Native Americans?

a)

they were losing the control of trading

b)

they didn't like the British

c)

they didn't like the Native Americans

28.

Why did the French lose the French and Indian War?

a)

the French won

b)

the Indians won

c)

they didn't want to trade anymore

d)

the French ran out of money and supplies and they were outnumbered

29.

Choose two features from the landscape of Indiana that might have been challenging for early settlers and explorers/

a)

dense forests

b)

rich farmland

c)

waterways

30.

Why did people usually travel by water through the Louisiana Territory?

a)

they only had a boat

b)

they didn't have a car

c)

it was the fastest way to travel

d)

the water was too rough to swim through