This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of US History (General) has 26 clues. Answers range from 4 to 19 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.
The time before writing was invented and the time when the Paleo, Archaic, Woodland, and Mississippian lived
The beliefs, customs, and traditions of a specific group of people
(10000 to 8000 B.C.) a prehistoric group of people who lived in North America and were nomadic, lived in small bands, and hunted large game (hunters and gatherers)
(8000 to 1000 B.C.) a prehistoric group of people that developed the atlatl, believed in an afterlife, and had semi permanent shelters
(1000 B.C. to A.D. 1000) a prehistoric group of people that invented agriculture, the bow and arrow, almost permanent shelter, and they made burial mounds
(A.D. 1000 to 1600) a prehistoric group of people that came from Mexico, made huge mounds and burial mounds had protective moats and walls around settlements, and were permanent. Prehistory ended at the end of the Mississippian Period.
A famous burial ground made by the Woodland Indians and is in Georgia
Burial mounds made by the Mississippians it includes grave, ceremony, and shelter mounds
Burial mounds made by the Mississippians. it is the most intact burial site
It was a Mississippian tribe located along the coast of what is now Georgia. Spanish people from Florida spread Catholic religion.
stains in the soil left from decayed wooden posts
the land between present-day Alaska and Siberia
wanderer
Paleo artifacts that were spear points used on jabbing spears and they are found all over North America.
spear throwing device made by the archaic
a large pile of shellfish and oyster shells made by the Archaic
a model or idol of someone or something
pots and other articles made of sand and baked clay
a social hierarchy where a chief priest ruled and his job was passed down through the family
a wall made of tall posts
circular structures made of wood and clay used by the Mississippians
the Paleo lived in these groups of about 20 adults and children
a wide ditch
a large mammal that looked like an elephant that the Archaic hunted to extinction
farming and growing crops that the Woodland developed
a weapon that uses a string to launch a projectile with a arrowhead on it far away