MN History Chapter 2 Question Preview (ID: 57359)


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At several places on Red Rock Ridge it looks like a giant has scratched rocks with its fingernails. What actually cause the scratches?
a) Tools that were used to make carvings
b) Animals
c) Glaciers
d) Farming tools

When did the last glacier in southwest Minnesota melt away?
a) 6000 BCE
b) 8000 BCE
c) 10000 BCE
d) 10500 BCE

Jeffers Historic Site is known for its rock carvings also called what?
a) Petroglyphs
b) Hieroglyphs
c) Etching
d) Markings

Many American Indian Elders believe Jeffers is a sacred place
a) True
b) False
c)
d)

To elders, symbols on the rocks only speak of the
a) past
b) present
c) future
d) past, present, and future

Archaeologists study artifacts
a) True
b) False
c)
d)

For many centuries, the native people of North America have kept their history alive through..
a) Petroglyphs
b) Oral History
c) Drawings
d) Carvings

The government protects burial grounds
a) False
b) True
c)
d)

Many of the burial mounds are believed to be
a) 2000-3000 years old
b) 1500-2000 years old
c) 2000-2500 years old
d) 1000-1500 Years old

What is step one of the scientific method?
a) Create a hypothesis
b) Reach a conclusion
c) Perform an experiment
d) Ask a question

Burial mounds made by early Minnesotans were sometimes animal shaped
a) True
b) False
c)
d)

Carvings made into wood are called petroglyphs
a) True
b) False
c)
d)

What do the carvings represent?
a) Animals
b) People
c) Things we can easily recognize today
d)

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