WorksheetsWestern Virginia's First People
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 55mins
A person who wonders from place to place.
Nomad
Geologist
Clan
Geologist
Moving from one area to another.
Tribe
Migration
Paleo
Mastadon
A natural resistance to disease.
Atlatl
Famine
Immunity
Archaic
A scientist who studies the origin, history, and structure of the Earth.
Geologist
Matrilineal
Mammoths
Anthropologists
An extreme shortage of food.
Immunity
Paleo
Migration
Famine
When someones ancestry is traced through the mother's side.
Matrilineal
Migration
Mammoths
Tribe
Extended family of people with a common ancestor.
Tribe
Clan
Mastadon
Mammoths
A spear launcher.
Archaic
Spear
Atlatl
Bow & Arrow
A group of people who share a common ancestry, name, and way of living.
Tribe
Clan
Paleo
Shawnee
Which Indian culture is represented in the picture above?
Archaic
Woodland
Paleo
Shawnee
What tool helped the Indians throw a spear with more force?
Bow & Arrow
Clovis Point
Atlatl
Ax
According to the Cherokee Myth, how will the world end?
The world will end when all fall asleep.
The world will end when all the Cherokee people are gone.
The world will end in an explosion or fire.
The world will end when the cords break and drop the world back into the ocean.
What nocturnal animals are mentioned in the myth?
Owl and Panther
Deer and Cat
Bear and Dog
Opossom and Skunk
Based on the Cherokee Myth, why are the cedars, pines, spruces, Hollys, and laurels evergreen trees?
They were the resting place of the owls.
They received most of the water they needed from the ocean.
They remained awake for seven nights.
They were the tallest of the trees on Earth.
Which prehistoric Indian culture included three distinct periods: Early, Middle, and Late.
Archaic
Paleo
Woodland
Shawnee
Using the map above, which statement BEST explains the information.
There is less land in the world today than 20,000 years ago.
The British Isles were islands 20,000 years ago.
Florida was a peninsula 20,000 years ago.
The east coast of the United States has not changed in 20,000 years.
Which of the following items first belonged to the Archaic period?
Rock Shelters
Mastodon
Folsom Point
Nets to snare small animals
Which of the following items first belonged to the Paleo period?
Nets to snare small animals
bear or deer skinned clothing
Mammoths
Mastodons
