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