Chapter 2

Question 0

As glaciers melted, what did they form.

Answer 0

Lakes

Question 1

What do archeologists study?

Answer 1

Artifacts.

Question 2

What are petroglyphs?

Answer 2

Carvings that are in rock

Question 3

List four types of evidence that show people have been living here for thousands of years.

Answer 3

Archaeologists found stone tools.
They found human remains.
They found evidence of a varied diet.
They found copper pieces, clam shells, and animal bones
They found burial mounds
They found red ocher.

Question 4

What are the five steps to the scientific method (in order)

Answer 4

Step on ask a question. Step two state a hypothesis. Step three is preform an experiment. Step four record the findings. Step five reach a conclusion

Question 5

Name three ways the landscape and climate have changed in Minnesota since 10,000 BCE

Answer 5

There used to be spruce forest surrounding the glaciers
It got warmer as the glaciers started to melt
Fruits and nuts stared growing as it got warmer
After the glaciers stared to melt the made lots of lakes

Question 6

How does oral history help people understand the petroglyphs at Jeffers?

Answer 6

It connects people to the past through stories and teachings

Question 7

How does archeology help people understand the petroglyphs at Jeffers?

Answer 7

They use artifacts to answer questions.

Question 8

Give five facts about the petroglyphs at Jeffers

Answer 8

They are carvings in rock. They have several different meanings. Jeffers has about five thousand carvings. Archaeologists and elders agree that people have lived in Minnesota for a very long time. Some of the carvings are animals.

Question 9

Name three possible meanings of the handprint petroglyph at Jeffers.

Answer 9

Friendship, grief, death, sorrow

Question 10

What do museums today do because of the U.S. laws protecting burial mounds.

Answer 10

They have to return certain items to the Native American tribe descendants.