WorksheetsAssessment - First People of N. A.
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 5hrs 31mins
Why were the remains of the Ancient One called Kennewick Man by scientists?
because the scientist that found him is named Kennewick
because the scientist that found him has a brother named Kennewick
because the Ancient One was found near Kennewick the city
because the Ancient one was found near Kennewick the mountain
According to the "Kennewick Man Article NYT 2015" we read in class, why is it hard for scientists in the US to compare the DNA of ancient remains to the DNA of modern Native Americans in the US?
many modern Native Americans distrust that their rights and wishes will be respected and do not want to participate in DNA studies
scientists in the US aren't as technically competent as scientists in Canada and Latin America and have a harder time interpreting the data
scientists in the US haven't mastered the techniques of extracting ancient DNA from old teeth and bones, like the Danish scientists
all scientists believe that skull size and shape gives the best evidence about the relationship between past and present populations
Who were considered the first people in the Americas? This was later disproved.
Olmecs culture
Mayan culture
Clovis culture
Aztec culture
Where is the Bering Land Bridge?
Between Alaska and China
Between Alaska and Russia
Between Alaska and the Artic Circle
Between Alaska and Siberia
The 13,000 year old skeleton of an adolescent Eva called Naia was discovered
in a submerged cave under the Yucatan Peninsula
under a building in Mexico City
in a fossil field in Utah
laying next to a tree
An ancient hunting tool used to hurl a spear with great force is called a __________.
atlatl
Clovis
arrow
continent
What happens to the sea level during an Ice Age?
It goes up.
It goes down.
It remains the same.
It does not change.
What is an ice sheet?
a very thick piece of ice that covered a part of land for a long time.
a thin piece of ice that covered a part of land for the winter.
a piece of ice that you use in your bed as a blanket.
Which is the correct sequence of events?
Beringia forms; migration starts to North America; people leave artifacts in Clovis,New Mexico; Ice Age ends.
migration to North America; people leave artifacts in Clovis, New Mexico; Ice Age ends; Beringia forms.
people leave artifacts in Clovis, New Mexico; Ice Age ends; Beringia forms; migration to North America.
Ice Age ends; Beringia forms; migration to North America; people leave artifacts in Clovis, New Mexico.
Beringia, the land bridge, connected which two continents?
Asia and Europe
Europe and Africa
Asia and North America
North America and South America
How could ancient humans have survived off the coasts all the way from Beringia to the southern tip of South America?
by waiting for the ice to melt inland
by developing Clovis points for their spears
by hunting mammoths
by living off of resources in kelp forests
NAGPRA stands for... (this was in the lessons about the Ancient One/ Kennewick Man)
Native American Grand Pride Rally Act
Native American Graves and Protection Act
National American Good and Proper Act
National American Grand Project Amendment
What continent is this?
Europe
Africa
North America
South America
What word means: the original people of an area?
pilgrims
indigenous people
people
men
Early humans hunted
megadeer
elephants
megasaurus
megafauna
The last continent early humans migrated to was...
North America
Europe
Australia
South America
While four tribes declined to offer their genetic material, which tribe agreed to work with Danish geneticists to prove they were right and that the Ancient One was indeed their ancestor?
the Snoqualmie Tribe
the Quinault Indian Nation
the S'klallam Nation
the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation
The genetic material of an organism is composed of? (This was mentioned in "Seventy-six Dollars and Forty-nine Cents" too!)
Lipids
Proteins
Deoxyribonucleic Acid
Complex Carbohydrates
Review: Which ancient cultures did you learn about last quarter? SELECT ALL THAT APPLY
Ancient Greece
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Mesopotamia
the Paleolithic Age of nomadic hunter-gatherers, who used stone tools
the Neolithic Age of settled farmers, who used stone tools
