The Early Unwritten History of North America
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The Early Unwritten History of North America Chapter One Test Review History 30S 1. Provide the old and new definition of history. ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ 2. Discuss the three theories of the peopling of North America. ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ 3. What does BC, AD, BCE, and CE stand for? ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ 4. The year 1843 occurred in what century? ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ 5. List all the years that occurred in the 14th century. ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ 6. The ice from the last Great Ice Age began receding approximately how many years ago? ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ 7. There have been people living in North America for approximately how many years? ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ 8. Approximately when did the arrival of Europeans to North America occur? ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ 9. What technique do Archaeologists and Historians use as evidence in their efforts to learn about life of the early peopling of North America? ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ 10. Define migrant, immigrant, and indigenious. ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ 11.Around what period of time did the continent of North America look as it does today? (after the last Ice Age) ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ 12. Define theory. ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ 13. Who were the first inhabitants of North America? ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ 14. What items are archaeologists most likely to use when making educated assumptions on the early inhabitants of our country? Is there a reason for this? ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ 15. What is the importance of the fluted projectile points? ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ 16. Who are the Plano-People? ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ 17. When was the bow and arrow introduced in North America? Who introduced this new technology? ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ 18. Why are pottery discoveries so important in the field of archaeology? ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ 19. Where is the word Paleo derived from? ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ 20. Where is Beringia located on the globe? Could we travel there and visit this historically significant place? ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ 21. What is megafauna mean? ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ 22. Describe how perception plays such an important role in history. ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ 23. Who are the Boethuks? ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ 24. Name 6 North American aboriginal tribes. ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ 25. Describe 5 Aboriginal Creation stories. ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ 26. List and describe 5 early Aboriginal Hunting techniques. ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ Definitions Carbon dating Archaeology Immigrants Migrants Theory Indegenious Inhabitants Evidence Sedentary Glacier Incontestable Evidence Plano People Societies History Nomadic
