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Chapter 2:  Early Cultures in Our Land



True/False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
 

 1. 

Prehistoric refers to a period of time before written records were kept.
 

 2. 

Wooly mammoths and mastodons lived during the Paleo Period.
 

 3. 

Clovis and Folsom people lived during the Archaic Period.
 

 4. 

The Spiro Mounds State Archaeological Park is Oklahoma’s only archaeological park.
 

 5. 

The expedition of Francisco Coronado provided the first recorded contact between the Indians and the Spanish.
 

Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

 1. 

What is the name of the scientists who study the origin and development of man?
A)
anthropologists
B)
archaeologists
C)
economists
D)
sociologists
 

 2. 

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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 3. 

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.
 

 4. 

Which method is NOT used by archaeologists to determine the age of artifacts? 
A)
carbon dating
B)
DNA
C)
diaries
D)
fluorine dating
 

 5. 

Which game animal did NOT exist in prehistoric Oklahoma? 
A)
bison
B)
camels
C)
mastodons
D)
rabbits
 

 6. 

In what Oklahoma county have Folsom sites been found?
A)
Carter County
B)
Cimarron County
C)
Harper County
D)
LeFlore County
 

 7. 

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
 

 8. 

Which place in Oklahoma does NOT have an Archaic site? 
A)
Arbuckle Mountains
B)
Burnham
C)
Kenton
D)
Pumpkin Creek
 

 9. 

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.
 

 10. 

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.
 

 11. 

What did Native Americans use black-eyed susan root for?
A)
cure nausea
B)
cure colds
C)
heal sores
D)
relieve pain
 

Matching
 
 
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
 

 1. 

traces or remains of living things
 

 2. 

studies artifacts and fossils to discover how people lived
 

 3. 

an animal or bird whose spirit guided the Indians
 

 4. 

studies ancient cultures by examining what they left behind
 



 
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