Ancient Americans

Worksheet

Fill in the blank with the words below:

Mammoth

Land

Asia

Nomads

Canada

Clovis Points

Flaking

Gods

Corn

Agriculture

Anasazi

Olmecs

Beringia

Hopewells

Mound builders

Mississippians

Serpent

Pueblo

Kiva

Adobe

Irregation

Glaciers

1. Scientists believe the first humans coming to the Americas came from ____________.
2. These people crossed the Bering Strait which was a strip of __________ connecting _____________ to Alaska.
3. The name of this strip of land is ____________________.
4. The massive hunks of ice that covered land during the Ice Age were called ___________.
5. One of the large animals the hunters followed were called ________________.
6. The modern country the ancient people first pass through to get to North and South America was __________________.
7. Traveling Tribes were called ________________.
8. Making a sharp point for a spear from bone or stone was called ________________.
9. These spear points were called ____________________.
10. Central American tribes were first to farm or develop ___________________.
11. The most important crop was __________________ because it could be preserved and kept through the winter.
12. Natives believed crops were gifts from their ___________.
13. Religious people who lived in Mexico and built temples on top of flat pyramids were called __________________.
14. People who built large earthworks were called ____________________.
15. One very famous mound is located near Cincinnati, OH and is called _____________________________.
16. Mound Builders that made pots, woven mats and carved figures to trade with other tribes were ____________________.
17. _________________________ were the tribe that settled in the city called Cahokia.
18. _________________________ lived in the United States SouthWest in large cities 100 BC to 1300 AD.
19. ________________________ are apartment like dwellings made of mud bricks and sandstone.
20. Mud bricks are also called ____________________.
21. Digging ditches to carry water to crops is called _____________________.
22. The place where the Anasazi held religious ceremonies was called the _____________.

Multiple choice

Circle the correct answer. Most of these questions come from the links provided in the lesson.

• How much of the earth was covered with ice during the ice age?

1. 1/4
2. 1/2
3. 3/4
4. 1/3

• Who was the first scientist to study the Ice Age?

1. Louis Aggasiz
2. Albert Einstine
3. Louis Poorman
4. None of the above

• How long ago did the Ice Age People live?

1. 25,000 years ago
2. 35,000 years ago
3. 50,000 years ago
4. 15,000 years ago

• The tribe who originated the Three sisters gardening technique was…

1. Cherokee
2. Haudenosaunee
3. Hopi
4. Navajo

• The Native Fetishes were used to:

1. Pray
2. Solve a problem
3. Influence others
4. They were only worn as jewelry

• What was offered to the fetishes to keep them happy?

1. Cornmeal and water
2. buffalo meat
3. fruits and vegetables
4. leaves and branches

• The Olmecs lived in:

1. Mexico
2. Canada
3. Arizona
4. Ohio

• The Adena built mounds in:

1. Ohio, W Virginia, Indiana
2. Florida, Georgia, South Carolina
3. Arizona, New Mexico

• The Adena people lived in:

1. In houses made of logs
2. In tipis
3. In underground dirt houses
4. In circular houses made of wood and bark

• What does the Anasazi word "Sipapu" mean?

1. Passage from two different worlds
2. a chair made of wood
3. a house made of adobe
4. a cooking pot

• The Kivas were entered by:

1. Walking in a door
2. Crawling through a window
3. Climbing down a ladder
4. Pulling back a curtain

• The box-like features on the Kiva floors were:

1. Boxes
2. Vaults
3. Safes
4. Altars

On a separate piece of paper write the following:

1. Write your version of one of the Creation Stories.
2. Write several technologies of our age and some technologies of the ancient people.