Vocabulary
They are called prehistoric because they came before _______ history.
What is written?
The Paleo People were the _______ people in North America
What is the earliest?
Archaic hunters used ______ to throw spears farther.
What are atlatls?
Woodland Peoples formed ______ and settled in one place to farm.
What are tribes?
The Mississippian people were the ______ prehistoric people in Tennessee.
What is the last?
A _______ is the way of life of a particular group of people.
What is culture?
Paleo people used _______ to make hunting large animals easier.
What are spearheads?
Archaic peoples created simple ______ and pottery.
What are hand tools?
Woodland Peoples used dirt to build these structures for burials.
What are mounds?
Their villages were led by men with this leadership title.
What are chiefs?
Many historians believe the earliest people crossed a _______ between Russia and Alaska.
What is a land bridge?
This prehistoric animal was found at the Coats-Hines site along with tools.
What is a mastodon?
The Archaic people were the first group to learn how to do this with food.
What is grow food?
The Woodland People were known to begin this kind of farming life: settled or nomadic?
What is settled life/ farming life?
Their most important crop was ______.
What is corn?
The name of the method of farming used by Mississippian people involving corn, beans, and squash.
What is the "Three Sisters" method?
Paleo people lived during this time period connected with frozen climates.
What is the Ice Age?
Did Archaic people travel like Paleo (nomadic) or begin staying longer in places?
What is they began to stay in places longer/settle more?
Name one famous Woodland archaeological site.
What is Old Stone Fort or Pinson Mounds?
The farming method of corn, beans, squash together is called the ______.
What is Three Sisters method?
Term describing settling in one place to farm and organize a society is called forming a ______.
What is a civilization? or What is a settlement?
Paleo people were mostly nomadic. What does nomadic mean?
What is moving from place to place following animals?
Name one main difference between Paleo and Archaic people.
Example answers: gardening, using atlatls, started pottery, less nomadic
Woodland Peoples invented this container-building skill used for storage and cooking.
What is pottery?
As farming improved, what happened to the jobs people could do?
What is they specialized in other jobs like pottery, trading, etc.