WorksheetsClovis Culture
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 19mins
What was North America like before the arrival of humans?
Covered in towering cities
A vast expanse of untouched wilderness
A continent dominated by early farming communities
Primarily a desert landscape
How did the first humans arrive in North America?
By boats from Europe
By traveling across Beringia from Siberia
By migrating south from Canada
By flying over from Asia
What was the name of the land bridge early humans used to enter North America?
Pangaea
Clovis Passage
Beringia
Laurentide
Who were originally believed to be the first inhabitants of North America?
The Ancestral Puebloans
The Clovis people
The Vikings
The Hopewell culture
What distinguishes Clovis points from other stone tools?
They were made only of bone
They were flat, tapered, and fluted on both sides
They were exclusively used for fishing
They were only found in South America
Where was the first discovery of Clovis artifacts made?
Montana
Clovis, New Mexico
Sonora, Mexico
Alaska
What material did Clovis people use to make tools besides stone?
Glass
Metal
Bone and ivory
Bronze
Around when did the Clovis culture exist?
100,000 years ago
15,000 – 14,000 BCE
11,500 – 10,800 BCE
5,000 – 3,000 BCE
How far did Clovis culture spread?
Only in New Mexico
Across North and South America
Throughout Canada but not the United States
Only in Alaska and Siberia
What was the primary lifestyle of the Clovis people?
Settled farmers
Nomadic hunter-gatherers
Town builders
Seafarers
What type of shelters did Clovis people likely use?
Permanent stone houses
Log cabins
Caves, tents, and lean-tos
Underground tunnels
What large animals did Clovis people hunt?
Woolly mammoths and bison
Deer and rabbits only
Elephants and giraffes
Kangaroos and ostriches
What other smaller animals did the Clovis people hunt?
Penguins and seals
Rabbits, fish, and birds
Cows and chickens
Dinosaurs
What did the Clovis people gather in their diet?
Only tree bark
Over 120 species of plants, including nuts and fruits
Primarily seaweed
Only grass
What is the only confirmed Clovis burial site?
Clovis, New Mexico
Anzick site in Montana
Beringia
Ice caves in Alaska
What was found at the Anzick burial site?
A mammoth skeleton
Over 100 stone tools and the remains of an infant
Gold coins
A map of Clovis migration routes
What evidence suggests the Clovis people had spiritual or religious beliefs?
They built pyramids
Their artifacts were found inside temples
Burial artifacts were stained with ochre, possibly for ritual use
They left behind sacred texts
What kind of environment did the Clovis people inhabit?
Only cold tundra regions
Only tropical rainforests
A variety, including plains, forests, swamps, and mountains
Only coastal islands
Which dangerous predators lived alongside the Clovis people?
Tigers and cheetahs
Saber-tooth cats, wolves, and cave bears
Lions and hyenas
Komodo dragons
What large extinct herbivore was commonly hunted by Clovis people?
Bison
Giant ground sloths
Mastodons
All of the above
What is a possible reason for the decline of the Clovis culture?
A massive tsunami
The decline of megafauna and climate changes
Alien invasion
They were conquered by a stronger civilization
How did later human cultures differ from the Clovis people?
They became more sedentary and started farming
They became more nomadic than before
They moved back to Siberia
Why are Clovis artifacts important for archaeologists?
They prove that the Clovis people built large cities
They provide insight into early human life in the Americas
They were the first tools ever made
They show evidence of written language
What evidence suggests the Clovis people spread into South America?
Clovis points have been found in northern parts of South America
Written records from Clovis people describe their migration
Clovis ruins have been found in the Amazon rainforest
Mammoth bones with Clovis markings were found in Antarctica
How has modern genetic research connected the Clovis people to present-day populations?
DNA from Clovis remains suggests they are closely related to modern Native Americans
Clovis DNA is identical to European populations
No Clovis DNA has ever been analyzed
Clovis people were genetically unrelated to any modern humans
