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Mound Builders

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

These people are prehistoric Ohio people.

a)

Adena

b)

Hopewell

c)

Fort Ancient

d)

All of these

2.

These people lived in Ohio, usually by rivers, so they could find food easily.

a)

Adena

b)

Hopewell

c)

Fort Ancient

d)

All of these

3.

These people most likely built the Serpent Mound.

a)

Adena

b)

Hopewell

c)

Fort Ancient

d)

All of these

4.

These people are mound builders.

a)

Adena

b)

Hopewell

c)

Fort Ancient

d)

All of these

5.

These people traded for things like copper and obsidian rock.

a)

Adena

b)

Hopewell

c)

Fort Ancient

d)

All of these

6.

These people built geometric mounds- mounds that looked like squares, octagons and rectangles.

a)

Adena

b)

Hopewell

c)

Fort Ancient

d)

All of these

7.

These people lived in Ohio around the year 1000.

a)

Adena

b)

Hopewell

c)

Fort Ancient

d)

All of these

8.

What is the name of this mound?

a)

Miamisburg

b)

Great Serpent

c)

Fort Ancient

d)

All of these

9.

What is an archeologist?

a)

A scientist who studies the past

b)

a person who builds bridges

c)

a person who designs homes

d)

a leader or chief

10.
Which group of Native Americans crossed the land bridge from Asia and settled in North and South America? 
a)
A. The Adena
b)
B. The Paleo-Indians
c)
C. The Archaic Indians
d)
D. The Hopewell
11.
What purposes did the mounds serve? 
a)
A  religious, calendar,  and burial
b)
B  no one knows
c)
C  to hide valuable objects
d)
D  they liked animals
12.
Native Americans would get objects from far away places by
a)
Trading 
b)
Settling 
c)
Farming
d)
Buying items on Amazon
13.

Which word means: Items of the past, such as remains, tools, or jewelry.

a)

prehistoric

b)

artificats

c)

conflict

d)

migrate

14.

Which is an example of an artifact?

a)

5 X 5 = 25

b)

a plastic tomahawk

c)

an egyptian cat

d)

an arrowhead

15.

Which culture was the first to keep dogs as pets?

a)

Archaic

b)

Etna

c)

Paleo

d)

Fort Ancient

e)

Adena

16.

Which culture made tools from nature?

a)

Paleo

b)

Archaic

c)

Hopewell

d)

Fort Ancient

e)

All of the above

17.

What does migrate mean?

a)

To fly south for the winter

b)

To dance slowly

c)

To move from place to place

d)

to cultivate land for crops

18.

What word means, "A way of life"?

a)

Culture

b)

Agriculture

c)

Congregation

d)

religion

19.

These people may have been responsible for the extinction of the mammoth and mastodon...

a)

Woodland

b)

Archaic

c)

Paleo

d)

Fort Ancient

20.

These people were comprised of two different cultures? (Adena and Hopewell)

a)

Paleo

b)

Archaic

c)

Woodland

d)

Fort Ancient

21.

Toledo is off Lake Erie, which region is it in?

a)

Till Plains

b)

Glaciated Plains

c)

Unglaciated Plains

d)

Lake Plains

22.

Which region is Central Ohio?

a)

Lake Plains

b)

Glaciated Plains

c)

Till Plains

d)

Unglaciated Plains

23.

_______________ is the weather of a place over a long period of time.

a)

Weather       

b)

Climate

24.

A large sheet of moving ice is called a ___________.

a)

Tributary

b)

Climate

c)

Glacier

d)

Ice Age

25.
What time period did the Fort Ancient people live in
a)
Paleoindian
b)
Archaic
c)
Woodland
d)
Late Prehistoric
26.
Serpent Mound faces the Summer Solstice Sunset possibly for annual _______________
a)
Parties
b)
Celebrations or Ceremonies
c)
Hunts
d)
Fires
27.
What time period was there no trade that happened between groups of people
a)
Paleoindian
b)
Archaic
c)
Woodland
d)
Late Prehistoric
28.
What time period was trade an essential part of people's lives
a)
Paleoindian
b)
Archaic
c)
Woodland
d)
Late Prehistoric
29.
What time period did Native American groups start trading with Europeans
a)
Paleoindian
b)
Archaic
c)
Woodland
d)
Late Prehistoric
30.

Who were Ohio's first farmers?

a)

Fort Ancient

b)

Hopewell

c)

Miami

d)

Adena

31.

Which group was the first to hunt with bow and arrow?

a)

Mound Builders

b)

Adena

c)

Fort Ancient

d)

Hopewell

32.

Objects left behind that tell us about prehistoric people

a)

artifacts

b)

council

c)

culture

d)

mounds

33.

Which prehistoric group hunted in bands of 25 - 50 people?

a)

Archaic Indians

b)

Paleo Indians

c)

Mound Builders

d)

Adena

34.

Small, rounded huts made of tree bark that one or two familes lived in

a)

wigwams

b)

longhouses

c)

teepees

d)

log cabins

35.

Many families lived in one, but each had their own space

a)

teepees

b)

wigwams

c)

longhouses

d)

log cabins

36.

True or False? Historic Indians always settled near a river.

a)

True

b)

False

37.

Which group came right after the Ice Age and started to form villages?

a)

Paleo- Indians

b)

Archaic Indians

c)

Mound Builders

d)

Historic Indians

38.

Which group was around before and during the Ice age?

a)

Archaic Indians

b)

Paleo Indians

c)

Hisotic Indians

d)

Mound Builders

39.

Which group slept in caves and under cliffs?

a)

Mound Builders

b)

Historic Indians

c)

Paleo Indians

d)

Archaic Indians

40.

True or False? Farming improved the Adena's lives.

a)

True

b)

False

41.

The ___________________ cultures built mounds in Ohio.

a)

Adena and Hopewell

b)

Miami and Iroquios

c)

Seneca and Shawnee

d)

Paleo and Archaic

42.

Some historic Indians in Ohio lived in ___________.

a)

wigwams

b)

igloos

c)

treehouses

d)

apartments

43.

Crops that early Ohio cultures grew included ____________.

a)

corn, squash, and beans

b)

oranges, pineapple, and squash

c)

potatoes, oranges, and apples

d)

corn, coconuts, and lemons

44.

The ___________________ cultures built mounds in Ohio.

a)

Adena and Hopewell

b)

Miami and Iroquios

c)

Seneca and Shawnee

d)

Paleo and Archaic

45.

Mound builders built mounds to __________________.

a)

bury their dead

b)

grow crops

c)

practice farming

d)

teach geography

46.

Early Native Americans made tools and weapons from _________.

a)

wood, stone, and bone

b)

metal, plastic, and wood

c)

wood, plastic, and bone

d)

stone, glass, and metal

47.

The oldest cultures in Ohio obtained food by ____________.

a)

hunting and gathering

b)

hunting and farming

c)

farming and storing

d)

fishing and farming

48.

The ________ Indians were the oldest culture in the Ohio Country.

a)

Paleo

b)

Archaic

c)

Iroquois

d)

Miami

49.

This term means something was before written history.

a)

Prehistoric

b)

Olden

c)

Contemporary

d)

Premium

50.

______________ sources come from people who actually experienced historical events.

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

c)

Limited

d)

Optional