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Alabama's Early People

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

_________ are scientists who study artifacts.

a)
Archaeologists
b)
Historians
c)
Anthropologists
d)
Geologists
2.

How many Prehistoric Native American Time periods have archeologist named?

a)
Three periods: Paleo, Archaic, and Woodland.
b)
At least four major periods: Paleo-Indian, Archaic, Woodland, and Mississippian.
c)
Two periods: Paleo-Indian and Woodland.
d)
Five periods: Paleo-Indian, Archaic, Woodland, Mississippian, and Colonial.
3.

To ________ means to move from one place to another.

a)

move

b)

elevate

c)

migrate

d)
transfer
4.

A spear that can be thrown and was invented during the Archaic Time period is known as an ______________.

a)
spearhead
b)
dart
c)
javelin
d)

atlatl

5.

The _____ was a land bridge connecting Asia to North America.

a)

Panama Canal

b)
Siberia
c)
Greenland
d)

Bering Strait

6.

An ____________ is a object or objects that were made and used by people long ago.

a)
artifact
b)
relic
c)
tool
d)
fossil
7.

The word _____________ is used when discussing planting and growing crops.

a)

environment

b)
botany
c)

region

d)
agriculture
8.

Some of the main characteristics of the ________ time period was using the bow and arrow, begin practicing agriculture and living in villages.

a)
Iron Age
b)

Woodland

c)

Archaic

d)

Paleo-Indian

9.

The main characteristics of the _________________ time period were they were hunter - gathers, crossed the Bering Strait, and migrated long distances.

a)
Archaic
b)
Neolithic
c)

Woodland

d)

Paleo-Indian

10.

The main characteristics of the ______________ time period is that they migrated less, developed the atlatl, and fished for the first time.

a)
Woodland
b)
Mississippian
c)
Archaic
d)

Paleo-Indian