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Poverty Point
Test Description: Test on Louisiana History Poverty point
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1) What makes Poverty Point's location Important?
A
The availability for trade
B
all of the above
C
Its location along the Mississippi River
D
The Natural resources located in the area
2) Why do you believe Poverty Point was located adjacent to the Mississippi River?
A
trade
B
rich soil
C
all of the above
D
food
3) Based on your knowledge of how physical geography shapes an area’s cultural geography, what do you believe was the basis for Poverty Point’s economy?
A
Trade
B
rich soil
C
none of the above
D
food
4) What makes Poverty Point different from most hunter-gathers societies?
A
Econimic system
B
Farming
C
Religion
D
all the above
5) Poverty Point was considered a marvel of the ancient world because?
A
t was founded by Native Americans who were considered hunter-gatherers
B
It had great crops to farm with a variety of food.
C
It was located on the Mississippi River.
D
It had massive earthworks created in a short amount of time.
6) Poverty Point had a dock so boats could stop and trade in the plaza. This is an example of what type of characteristic?
A
Geographic/Historical
B
Economic Characteristics
C
Cultural Characteristics
D
Political
7) Archaeologists have found figurines shaped like people which could be used for what reasons
A
To honor the dead and for war
B
Religious purposes and to fight
C
To ward off evil spirits and to curse their enemies
D
to honor ancestors, or for religious purposes
8) Poverty Point was the center of a huge trading network. This is what type of characteristic?
A
Economic
B
Political
C
Cultural
D
geographical/historical
9) Archaeologists have found bones of many animals including deer, fish, squirrel, and turtles. This proves residents of Poverty Point ate a variety of animals to survive and that they were skilled hunters and fishers.
A
Were skilled craftsmen
B
residents of Poverty Point ate a variety of animals to survive and that they were skilled hunters and fishers.
C
Were good traders
D
were religious
10) Poverty Point required a lot of work to build which shows families could have lived there for generation. THis is what type of
A
geographic/historical
B
political
C
cultural
D
economic
11) What makes Poverty Point's location so important?
A
Close to the Mississippi River , because you can travel and it provides food and water.
B
It is near large towns
C
It is protected form attack because it is surrounded by mountains
D
It is between two major trading locations
12) A person who hunts animals or gathers food. They provide for their family.
A
Nomads
B
Barbarians
C
Freemen
D
Hunter Gathers
13) Why were most hunter gatherers not able to settle in cities?
A
The animals can hide better in the city
B
There were better options to hunt outside of the city.
C
They could not speak the language
D
They could not take living so close to others after living in the wild.
14) Why are hunter gatherer societies usually not classified as complex?
A
They did not try to improve
B
They had poor eyesight
C
They were not able to think in a complex way
D
They had to know how to hunt, they were only worried about providing
15) How do we know that Mound A only took 30-90 days to build?
A
That is how long they lived in those times
B
Because it says so in their written record
C
They had no layers in the dirt, no insects thriving in the dirt, and no tree stumps or plants grew in the dirt inside.
D
That was all the good weather they could expect
16) Native Americans at Poverty Point did not have a writing system. How do archeologists know so much about Poverty Point?
A
They taught their children to write
B
By the artifacts they left behind, Mound A, they may have had stories told by mouth.
C
They used symbols
D
They recorded themselves
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