Question 1

Question

Paleo
Archaic
Woodland
Mississippian
A) Match the prehistoric Native American culture to its description. (4 points)
 nomadic lifestyle allowed them to hunt mastodons and woolly mammoths (main sources of food)
 built settlements that included permanent structures, circular houses, and palisades (protective walls)
 began to stay in one place for longer periods of time & built settlements near rivers
most complex of all the stages in the development of Native American culture; continued to hunt and to gather food that grew in the
wild.

Answer 1

Here’s the matching of the prehistoric Native American cultures to their descriptions:

1. Paleo: Nomadic lifestyle allowed them to hunt mastodons and woolly mammoths (main sources of food).

2. Archaic: Most complex of all the stages in the development of Native American culture; continued to hunt and to gather food that grew in the wild.

3. Woodland: Began to stay in one place for longer periods of time & built settlements near rivers.

4. Mississippian: Built settlements that included permanent structures, circular houses, and palisades (protective walls).