True/False
Indicate whether the
statement is true or false.
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Prehistoric refers to a period of time before written records were
kept.
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Wooly mammoths and mastodons lived during the Paleo Period.
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Clovis and Folsom people lived during the Archaic Period.
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The Spiro Mounds State Archaeological Park is Oklahoma’s only
archaeological park.
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The expedition of Francisco Coronado provided the first recorded contact between
the Indians and the Spanish.
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Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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What is the name of the scientists who study the origin and development of
man?
A) | anthropologists | B) | archaeologists | C) | economists | D) | sociologists |
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From where do most scientists believe the ancestors of American Indians
originated?
A) | Africa | B) | Asia | C) | Europe | D) | South America |
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According to the map, how far south did the people who came to North America via
the Bering Strait move?
A) | They moved as far south as Mexico. | B) | They moved as far south as
Canada. | C) | They moved as far south as Central America. | D) | They moved as far
south as the United States. |
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Which method is NOT used by archaeologists to determine the age of
artifacts?
A) | carbon dating | B) | DNA | C) | diaries | D) | fluorine dating |
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Which game animal did NOT exist in prehistoric Oklahoma?
A) | bison | B) | camels | C) | mastodons | D) | rabbits |
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In what Oklahoma county have Folsom sites been found?
A) | Carter County | B) | Cimarron County | C) | Harper
County | D) | LeFlore County |
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Which is the least likely reason large animals, like the mastodon, may
have become extinct?
A) | a change in climate | B) | an extreme drought | C) | overhunting by early
people | D) | disease brought by European explorers |
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Which place in Oklahoma does NOT have an Archaic site?
A) | Arbuckle Mountains | B) | Burnham | C) | Kenton | D) | Pumpkin Creek |
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Why did the Early Plains people become nomadic?
A) | They wanted to find a different source of food. | B) | They began trading
with several tribes of Indians. | C) | They could not farm because the climate became
too dry. | D) | They became trappers and followed animals for their
furs. |
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Which group of Native Americans did Hernando de Soto NOT encounter on his way
from Florida to Fort Smith, Arkansas, near the eastern Oklahoma border?
A) | Caddo. | B) | Quapaw. | C) | Waco. | D) | Wichita. |
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What did Native Americans use black-eyed susan root for?
A) | cure nausea | B) | cure colds | C) | heal
sores | D) | relieve pain |
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Matching
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Match the term with its definition. A) | anthropologist | G) | nomadic | B) | archaeologist | H) | petroglyph | C) | artifact | I) | protohistoric | D) | atlatl | J) | shaman | E) | barter | K) | totem | F) | fossil | L) | travois |
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traces or remains of living things
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studies artifacts and fossils to discover how people lived
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an animal or bird whose spirit guided the Indians
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studies ancient cultures by examining what they left behind
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