Early Inhabitants of West Virginia

Which dating method is the most reliable?

Which theory that explains the Indians presence in North America is related to an Ice Age?

Which relative dating method is based on the layers of earth?

Which early civilization's name means "very old"?

Which two methods were used by the Native Americans to make fire?

Which method of dating an object involves the rings of tree trunks?

All are characteristics that late woodland Indian tribes had in common EXCEPT:

Which group of Indians that established communities in West Virginia was not a tribe, but a cultural group?

Which of the following is NOT an artifact?

Which civilization used the Folsom Point?

A wall of stakes or pales used for the defense of Indian villages was called a:

The LARGEST burial mound EAST of the Mississippi River is...

Which theory that explains the presence of people in N. or S. America is related to the theory of an "Uber" continent?

Which group of people used the Clovis Point?

Which Indian group settled in villages along the Ohio River and visited WV to hunt and fish?

Not only did the early and middle Woodland civilizations build mounds, we have also found the existence of:

Scientists who study what is left behind by ancient people are called...

What is pictured?

Which group of Indians called themselves "LENAPE" which means "original people"?

Due to the burial mounds (& contents w/in) that were found, we can infer all the EXCEPT:

Which dating method involves testing how much C-14 remains in an artifact?

Which group of eastern Indian tribes formed a confederacy that dominated other tribal groups?

Which dating method uses objects with known dates to help determine the age of other nearby objects?

The purposeful domestication of plants and animals is called...

Which term refers to ancient "garbage dumps" which archaeologists "mine" for artifacts?

What is the term given to an extended family of people with a common ancestor?

Which disease, in particular, drastically reduced the Indian population?

All of the following are consequences of the agricultural revolution EXCEPT:

The term that refers to "stuff" that was once living such as plants and animals is:

What is another name for the Agricultural Revolution?

Which tribe's name comes from the Algonquin word for "southerner"?

Natural resistance to disease is called:

As a consequence of the agricultural revolution, people groups stopped being nomadic & settled in permanent villages.

Which vegetable is NOT one of the "3 sisters" planted by the woodland Indians?

All of the following are consequences of the agricultural revolution EXCEPT...

Which of the following is the most likely theory to explain why very few Indians existed in WV?

Which civilization(s) is (are) associated with mound building?

A consequence of agriculture was that everyone no longer had to focus on food production is referred to as:

Which Indian tribe controlled a whopping 40,000 square miles in the eastern U.S. at one time?

What is the name of the spear throwing stick used by Archaic peoples that allowed for further distances?

TRUE or FALSE: Late woodland Indians had great respect for the elderly.

Which of the following terms is NOT directly associated with archaelogy?

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Archaic Indians?

The time before written or recorded history is called:

The late woodland Indians used the area that is West Virginia for all of the three purposes EXCEPT: