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Studies Weekly Ancient America to Westward Expansion

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Records show that from 1872-1874 an average of ______________ bison were killed each day.      

a)

5,000

b)

6,000

c)

3,000

d)

9,000

2.

What is the name for scientists that study cultures?

a)

archaeologists

b)

nomads

c)

anthropologists

d)

concretions

3.

Which of these formations, shown in the picture, have been around since before the first American Indians lived in North America?

a)

bolders

b)

rocks

c)

mounds

d)

concretions

4.

Which group likely organized themselves into family groups called clans.

a)

Archaic Indians

b)

Pueblo Indians

c)

Village Farmers

d)

Plains -Woodland Indians

5.

What is the capital of North Dakota?

a)

Lincoln

b)

Topeka

c)

Pierre

d)

Bismark

6.

What is the capital of Texas

a)

Cheyenne

b)

Oklahoma City

c)

Austin

d)

Helena

7.

This is a photo of a(n)_________________ that archaeologists have discovered on the Great Plains.

a)

piece of pottery

b)

bead

c)

arrowhead

d)

grinding stone

8.

What is the capital of Nebraska?

a)

Lincoln

b)

Omaha

c)

Jefferson

d)

Adams

9.

Is Omaha a captial of any of the 50 states?

a)

Yes

b)

No

10.

The American Indians group who took farming further than any earlier group was called______

a)

Paleo

b)

Village Farmers

c)

Archaic

d)

Plains-Woodland

11.

Phoenix is the capital of what state?

a)

Arizona

b)

Nebraska

c)

Oklahoma

d)

New Mexico

12.

Pierre is the capital of what state?

a)

France

b)

South Dakota

c)

North Dakota

d)

South Virginia

13.

Helena is the capital of what state?

a)

New Mexico

b)

Montana

c)

Mexica

d)

Maine

14.

Carson City is the capital of what state?

a)

Colorade

b)

Nevada

c)

New Mexico

d)

New York

15.

Denver is the capital of what state?

a)

Colorado

b)

All of the states

c)

Texas

d)

Nebraska

16.

Lincoln is the capital of what state?

a)

Colorado

b)

Texas

c)

California

d)

Nebraska

17.

Describe the types of homes of the Plains-Woodland Indians and Village Farmers.

(a)  

18.

Explain how life changed for the American Indian groups of the Great Plains when European settlers introduced horses to the area.

(a)