1. What is the study of the way humans lived long ago?

a. prehistory
b. archaeology
c. surplus
d. written records

2. From which continent do many scientists believe the first humans came to North America?

a. Europe
b. Asia
c. South America
d. Africa

3. What group is famous for the large mounds they built?

a. Europeans
b. Mexicans
c. Canadians
d. Hopewell

4. Which statement best describes how the Missourians used buffalos?

a. The Missourians only used the horns of the Buffalo and wasted the rest.
b. The Missourians only ate the meat of the buffalo and wasted the rest.
c. The Missourians never used any part of the buffalo.
d. The Missourians had many uses for buffalo, leaving no part to waste.

5. How did the Osage increase their wealth and power during the 1670s?

a. The Osage bought land from the French.
b. The French traded guns and horses with the Osage in exchange for animal furs.
c. The Osage became citizens of France.
d. The Osage began printing their own form of paper money.

6. What are people called who travel to unfamiliar places?

a. traders
b. explorers
c. natives
d. sailors

7. What did Robert de la Salle call the land that he claimed for France, which included the entire Mississippi river and its tributaries?

a. Indiana
b. Texas
c. Louisiana
d. Florida

8. Where did Pierre Laclède and his son, René Auguste Chouteau, build a trading post in 1764?

a. Ste. Genevieve
b. St. Joseph
c. Jefferson City
d. St. Louis

9. Who was the President of the United States at the time of the Louisiana Purchase?

a. George Washington
b. Thomas Jefferson
c. Daniel Boone
d. Abraham Lincoln

10. What Native American traveled with Lewis and Clark, helping them along the way, by showing them which plants were safe to eat?

a. Shoshone
b. Sacajawea
c. York
d. Daniel Boone