The First People of Missouri

Question or Hint Answer or Word

What is archaeology? (Page 130) the study of the way humans lived long ago (wrong answers: the study of the way animals lived long ago, the study of rocks, the study of fish)
What does prehistory mean? (Page 131) the time before people kept written records (wrong answers: the time before dinosaurs, the time before fish, the time before people kept animals as pets)
Look at the map on page 131. What do the green areas mean? Land not covered by glaciers (wrong answers: land covered by glaciers, routes of First Americans, Present-day shoreline)
Mounds are _______________ of earth. (Page 132) piles
Look at the map on page 133. What do the orange dots represent? Adena sites (wrong answers: Hopewell sites, Missippian sites, Present-day Missouri boundary)
Like the Adena, the Hopwell were ______________ and _____________. (Page 133) hunters, farmers (wrong answers: fisherman, hunters, farmers, architects, builders, hunters)
What does surplus mean? (Page 134) a greater amount than what is used or needed (wrong answers: a lesser amount than what is used or needed, the same amount than what is needed)