Name: ______________________________________________ Quiz Date: _________________________________
Prehistoric People of Ohio
Study Guide
A: Culture:
Prehistoric People of Ohio
Getting Food:
1. _________Paleo-Indian_________
1._Hunting_ large and small game animals
2. _________Archaic________________
2. gathering wild nuts and berries from nature
3. _________Adena_________________
3. __fishing_______ in streams and rivers
4. _________Hopewell_______________
4. Later, people learned to __farm___
5_________Fort Ancient____________
One of the main animals that people of Ohio hunted was ____deer____.
Deer could be used for many things, such as:
1. ____clothing_____, shoes, and shelters
2. ___food____ to eat
3. Making ___tools___, such as hoes, scrapers, and needles and thread to sew hides
together
Prehistoric tools included ___atlatls____, spears, bows and ____arrows____
Archaic Indian culture used flint as a resource for ___cutting___ and ___digging___ tools
and weapons.
The prehistoric Ohio culture known as the ____Hopewells____ traveled long distances to
trade flint for things that they could not find nearby, like:
1. _____copper_________
2. _____obsidian_______
3. _____mica___________
Archaeologists found __artifacts____ in Ohio that taught them about Ohio’s prehistoric
Indian cultures. Some artifacts found in Ohio were __Flint knives___ and ___clay
pots____.
Ohio’s first farmers were the ___Adena___ People.
Name: ______________________________________________ Quiz Date: _________________________________
Prehistoric People of Ohio
Study Guide
B. Vocabulary: Write a definition for each words.
artifact - things that are made, changed, or created by human beings
bands - a group of people who live and travel together
prehistoric - a time period before events were first recorded in writing
hunter-gatherer - a life style in which people get their food by hunting wild animals and
collecting wild plants
obsidian - a dark glass formed by nature when molten lava cools in just the correct way
barter
- to trade goods or services for goods or services
agriculture - the practice of farming plants or animals
How did farming change life the for the Adena people?
Farming changed life for the Adena because it gave them more time. When you farm,
you do not have to spend as much time hunting and gathering food. When you have
more time, you can create things like jewelry, pottery, statues, and other artifacts.