WorksheetsPoverty Point
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Poverty Point is located in _________ Louisiana.
Northwest
Northeast
Southwest
Southeast
The people at Poverty Point grew crops and raised animals for food.
True
False
The people at Poverty Point lived year-round in a large community.
True
False
Archaeologists believe the mounds were used for burials.
True
False
The Poverty Point people made stone tools from rocks near the site.
True
False
Which artifact was likely used as fishing net weights?
Pipes
Plummets
Microliths
Atlatl weights
More _________ have been found at the site than any other kind of cultural artifact.
beads and pendants
owl pendants
figurines
PPOs
Which is NOT an economic characteristic of Poverty Point?
The dock
The plaza
The nearby rivers
The time period it was built
Poverty Point was built during the _________ period.
Paleo
Middle Archaic
Late Archaic
Neo
When was Poverty Point built?
3500 BCE–2800 BCE
1700 BCE–1100 BCE
100 BCE–500 CE
700 CE–1300 CE
