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1. What type of pottery was globular shaped and had cord markings on
the rim?
a. Raymond Pottery
b. Dillinger Pottery
c. Chert Pottery
d. Shawnee Pottery
2. Temper is
a. Having a bad day
b. A disease dog gets
c. Grit or sand added to pottery
d. The temperature of the time
3. What time period did the prehistoric Indians begin farming?
a. Paleo
b. Middle Woodland
c. Late Woodland
d. Mississippian
4. How many Stone Forts appear in Southern Illinois?
a. ten
b. eleven
c. nine
d. five
5. What time period did the bow and arrow come into use?
a. Late Woodland
b. Archaic
c. Mississippian
d. Paleo
6. These are clues to what prehistoric time period? They did no farming
and they gathered wild plants and small game. They had squash to
eat. They used an atlatl to help throw the spear longer.
a. Paleo
b. Archaic
c. Middle Woodland
d. Late Woodland
7. These are clues to what prehistoric time period? Rivers were high
from melting glaciers. These Indians were very mobile so
archeologist have not found any homes yet.
a. Early Woodland
b. Late Woodland
c. Paleo
d. Middle Woodland
8. Chert is a raw material used for chipped stone tools. What is
another name for chert?
a. stone
b. temper
c. flint
d. matate
9. What is the name for the weight used on an atlatl?
a. bannerstone
b. celt
c. feature
d. flake
10. What do you call the hand held stone used to grind nuts, seeds,
or grain against a metate?
a. metate
b. knife
c. mano
d. scrapper
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