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Benchmark 2 Review (Unit 2 & 3) 3rd grade

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What did the Poverty Point Native Americans use Plummets for?

a)

Cooking

b)

Fishing

c)

Hunting

d)

Decoration

2.

How did the location of Poverty Point encourage trade?

a)

Poverty Point was close to other Native Americans

b)

Poverty Point had lots of resources available to them.

c)

Poverty Point was close to a river which allowed them to travel long distance

d)

Poverty Point Native Americans had lots of money which help them to trade

3.

What resource was missing from the Poverty Point location?

a)

Food

b)

Water

c)

Wood

d)

Stones/Rocks

4.

What did the Poverty Point Native Americans use the Atlatl For?

a)

Fishing

b)

Hunting

c)

Ceremonial or Spiritual reasons

d)

Cooking/baking

5.

A throwing stick used to hunt deer and other small animals is an _____________________________.

a)

communal

b)

spear

c)

atlatl

d)

artifact

6.

____________________________ means to travel from one place to another; sometimes across long distances.

a)

climate

b)

nutritious

c)

communal

d)

migrate

7.

Who were the first indigenous people of Louisiana?

a)

The first indigenous of Louisiana were the Irish.

b)

The first indigenous of Louisiana were the Germans.

c)

The first indigenous of Louisiana were the Native Americans.

d)

The first indigenous of Louisiana were the French.

8.

Why did these inhabitants settle in Louisiana?

a)

The first inhabitants settled in Louisiana because of the natural resources.

b)

The first inhabitants settled in Louisiana because of the weather.

c)

The first inhabitants settled in Louisiana because of the Cajun food.

d)

The first inhabitants settled in Louisiana because of their friends.

9.

What can you tell about the people who made these?

a)

The people liked to play with materials.

b)

The people had the skills to make tools.

c)

The people traded with others.

d)

The people dug into the earth to make mounds.

10.

What did the Poverty Point Indians do to get food for the tribe?

a)

Poverty Point Indians were bakers and gatherers.

b)

Poverty Point Indians were hunters and chiefs.

c)

Poverty Point Indians were builders and hunters.

d)

Poverty Point Indians were hunters and gatherers.

11.

Why are artifacts important?

a)

They help us make a lot of money.

b)

They give us fun things to talk about.

c)

They help us understand how people lived long ago.

d)

They let the Indians barter and trade.

12.

What is one way that Native Americans in Louisiana used the environment to meet their needs?

a)

They built large cities where they lived, worked, and played.

b)

They lived in caves they found in the mountains.

c)

They traded with Europeans for all of their needs.

d)

They hunted, caught fish, and gathered plants for food.

13.

Using the source, what do all three settlements have in common?

a)

They were built in marshland for fishing.

b)

They were built on or near a water source.

c)

They were built in the north to avoid flooding.

d)

Poverty Point was a large trading settlement.

14.

How did the Poverty Point Indians change the land to meet their needs?

a)

They cleared areas for farming.

b)

They made a dock for their canoes.

c)

They created waterways for trade.

d)

They built mounds for ceremonies.

15.

This Spanish explorer discovered the Mississippi River

a)

Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville

b)

Robert De La Salle

c)

Jean Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville

d)

Hernando de Soto

16.

resources which are made naturally available in the environment and are not man made

a)

natural resources

b)

conflict

c)

cooperation

d)

colonization

17.

This French Explored settled by the Gulf of Mexico because he was afraid that large ships would get stuck in the currents of the Mississippi River

a)

Hernando de Soto

b)

Robert de la Salle

c)

Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville

d)

Jean Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville

18.

This French explorer founded the settlement of New Orleans on the Mississippi River

a)

Hernando de Soto

b)

Robert de la Salle

c)

Pierre Le Moyne D'Iberville

d)

Jean Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville

19.

This French explorer claimed the Mississippi River and all the lands drained by it for France and named it "Louis'land".

a)

Hernando de Soto

b)

Robert de la Salle

c)

Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville

d)

Jean Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville

20.

If you left from Shreveport, which direction would you travel to get to Poverty Point?

a)

North

b)

South

c)

East

d)

West

21.
Based on the map, Poverty Point is located in the ____________________ part of Louisiana. 
a)
southwest
b)
northeast
c)
west
d)
southeast