Woodland Period

Vocabulary Quiz!

Read the words on the vocabulary list. You will know some terms, but others may be unfamiliar to you. Try to come up with a definition for each word based on the context of the sentences you are reading. Choose an appropriate word to fill in the blank.

   Adena      Amaranth      atlatl      Ceramics      Chenopodium      Clemson Island     
Cultivation      grave goods      Hopewell      Keyhole Structure      longhouses     
Monongahela      Shenks Ferry      Susquehannock  

1. The term for the Early Woodland culture characterized by complex burial ceremonialism is .

2. is a native North American seed-bearing weed that was cultivated by Woodland peoples. Its popular name is Pig Weed.

3. A short carved stick used to throw a spear is an .

4. are pottery vessles made of fired clay.

5. The Woodland peoples cultivated a native North American seed-bearing weed known as . Its popular name is Lambs Quarter.

6. The name of the earliest Late Woodland culture to develop along the Susquehanna river and its tributaries is .

7. is the term for planting, caring for and harvesting crops.

8. Items placed with the dead as part of a burial ceremony are .

9. The name of the Middle Woodland culture that was characterized by complex burial ceremonialism and the use of rare and exotic materials for grave goods is .

10. is a small, igloo-like structure of bent saplings with a bark or hide covering, used for smoking food or ritual sweat bathing.

11. The Susquehannocks used , large oval buildings of bent saplings with a bark or hide cover, to house several closely related families.

12. A Late Woodland culture that developed in western Pennsylvania along the Monongahela and Ohio Rivers is known as .

13. is a Late Woodland culture that developed along the Susquehanna River and its tributaries after the Clemson Island culture.

14. The Native American tribe that occupied the Susquehanna River drainage at the time of the first European explorations in the area was the .