Prehistory

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1. John-Baptiste ________: led a band of French traders in eastern Oklahoma
3. to take goods by force
4. Indian culture that developed following the extinction of woolly mammoths and mastodons
5. having undisputed origin
7. a predetermined course of events
10. swarmed with
13. first ancient Indian culture in Oklahoma
14. a Viking artifact that was discovered near Heavener
15. no longer in existence
17. ___________ Purchase: transferred much of central North America, including Oklahoma, from France to the United States
18.  person who studies the physical, social and cultural changes of humans
22. what archaeologists often study
23. _______ Builders: Indian culture that developed in eastern Oklahoma
25. of native origin
26. covered Oklahoma about 400 million years ago
27. Spanish explorer who came to Oklahoma in search of great riches
28. covered much of North America's surface during the Ice Ages
29. the era before humans learned to write

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2. wandering from place to place
3. Indian culture that developed in western Oklahoma
4. person who studies objects left by ancient peoples
6. fresh water that's trapped below the earth's surface
8. to live in one place
9. _______ Mound: famous remain of the Caddoan Mound Builders
11. journey undertaken for a definite purpose
12. person who studies the earth's structure and history
16. to prepare land for growing plants
19. sandstone and limestone are __________ rocks
20. Indians that lived in northcentral Oklahoma
21. one of two basins formed in Oklahoma millions of years ago
24. preserved remains of animals or plants

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