Prehistoric North America Practice Test

Which detail is true for both Clovis and Folsom cultures?

• the lived on ice covered land

• their religion was associated with rain

• they hunted animals with spears

• they had shamans

Which detail is true for Clovis culture?

• they traveled to North America by sea

• they hunted large animals like mammoths

• they were primarily farmers

• they moved to the mountains during cold weather

Which civilization was known for heaping large piles of dirt?

• Clovis Culture

• Folsom Culture

• Ancestral Pueblo

• Mound Builders

Which detail is NOT true for Folsom culture?

• they hunted smaller animals due to larger ones being extinct

• they developed after the Clovis Culture

• they were primarily farmers and lived in permanent settlements

• they hunted bison for food and clothing

The civilization that built cliff dwellings and underground ceremonial chambers are the ___________

• Clovis Culture

• Folsom Culture

• Ancestral Pueblo

• Mound Builders

The Ancestral Pueblo and the Mound Builders were similar in that they both _______

• built mounds

• lived in cliff dwelling

• farmed

• had shamans

The Mound Builders built mounds for all of these reasons except __________

• homes of important leaders

• religious ceremonies

• burial places

• communicate with neighbors

Which civilization settled entirely to the west of the Mississippi River?

• Clovis Culture

• Folsom Culture

• Ancestral Pueblo

• Mound Builders

The southernmost settlement belongs to which civilization?

• Clovis Culture

• Folsom Culture

• Ancestral Pueblo

• Mound Builders

Because of the development of agriculture, civilizations were able to __________

• settle in one place

• become hunter-gatherers

• travel by boat

• develop religion