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Poverty Point

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Poverty Point is located in _________ Louisiana.

a)

Northwest

b)

Northeast

c)

Southwest

d)

Southeast

2.

The people at Poverty Point grew crops and raised animals for food.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

The people at Poverty Point lived year-round in a large community.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

Archaeologists believe the mounds were used for burials.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

The Poverty Point people made stone tools from rocks near the site.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

Which artifact was likely used as fishing net weights?

a)

Pipes

b)

Plummets

c)

Microliths

d)

Atlatl weights

7.

More _________ have been found at the site than any other kind of cultural artifact.

a)

beads and pendants

b)

owl pendants

c)

figurines

d)

PPOs

8.

Which is NOT an economic characteristic of Poverty Point?

a)

The dock

b)

The plaza

c)

The nearby rivers

d)

The time period it was built

9.

Poverty Point was built during the _________ period.

a)

Paleo

b)

Middle Archaic

c)

Late Archaic

d)

Neo

10.

When was Poverty Point built?

a)

3500 BCE–2800 BCE

b)

1700 BCE–1100 BCE

c)

100 BCE–500 CE

d)

700 CE–1300 CE