Prehistoric Indians
Pages 46-56
Name _______________________________________
period______
Define the following:
Prehistory
nomads
Woodland Indians
wattle and daub
Projectile points Paleo Indians
effigy
Chiefdom
Carbon 14 dating atlatl
Mississippian Indians
Migration
midden
palisade
Answer the following questions:
1.
What did humans have to invent or develop to end their prehistory period?
2. Why could archaeology be called “the science of rubbish”?
3. Why do scientists think that the first prehistoric people came to North America?
4. Why is it unlikely that Paleo-Indians built permanent homes?
5. Explain how the development of the atlatl and pottery changed the way Archaic
Indians lived.
6. How did the development of farming encourage the development of permanent
settlements by the Mississippian Indians?
Cause and Effect
Write and effects of the listed events on the culture of the prehistoric Indians
Cause
Effect
a. Invention of the bow and arrow
a.
b. Invention of pottery
b.
c. Contact with Europeans
c.
d. Development of agriculture
d.
e. Trading with other tribes
e.