Native American Study Guide 4th Grade NCSCOS

​Native American Study Session

By Erin Caudle

The First People of NC:

• Name: Paleo Indians

• Used Woolly Mammoths for the majority of their needs: meat,skin, bones, and tusks. They would use these to make tools and weapons.

• They were nomadic (they move to follow their food source)

• Atlatl: a tool for killing large animals

• Once they started trading goods and building permanent villages, they did not have to keep following their food source.

• The harvested the 3 sisters: Corn, Beans, and Squash

Multiple Choice

Who were the first people to come to North Carolina

• Cherokee Indians

• Waxhaw Indians

• Paleo Indians

Multiple Choice

Identify the type of animal the first people of North Carolina killed for its meat, skins, bones, and tusks to make tools and weapons.

• Wooly Mammoth

• African Elephant

• Rhinoceros

• Sabertooth Tiger

Multiple Choice

Which of the following correctly identifies a nomadic hunter?

• People who hunt and fish for fun.

• People who hunt for a living around their home.

• People who travel to follow their food source.

Multiple Choice

The first people of North Carolina used an ________, a tool for throwing spears, to kill large animals.

• atlatl

• bow and arrow

• musket

• spear

Multiple Choice

Ancient North Carolinians slowly became less dependent on following large herds of migrating animals and more dependent on trading. Which of following resulted from this?

• They slowly died due to lack of large animals to hunt for food.

• They were able to build permanent villages, trade supplies, and farm.

• They were forced to join other Indian tribes in order to survive.

Multiple Choice

The Three Sisters consisted of ____________.

• rice, potatoes, and corn

• beans, pumpkins, and squash

• corn, beans, and squash

Coastal Plain Indians:

• Live in wigwams & longhouses

• Homes were built on high ground to prevent flooding.

• Used canoes and nets to catch fish for eating

• Trade items: pottery, baskets, clothing, and moccasins

• They settled on the Albemarle Sound & Neuse River

Multiple Choice

The Indians of the Coastal Plain lived in two types of homes. One was made out of poles from young trees which were bent into domes and covered with birch bark, reeds or cornhusks. The other home was made out of thin young trees bent into a semi-circle and covered with woven mats of birch bark or reeds. These homes were called ____________ and ____________.

• wigwams and hogans

• wigwams and longhouses

• hogans and tepees

Multiple Choice

Identify the reason that some Coastal Plain villages were built on high ground.

• To protect the Indians from wild animal attacks at night.

• To keep their villages safe from floods.

• To help them better see their enemy attacks coming.

Multiple Choice

Which modern day tools did the Coastal Plain Indians use to catch fish?

• fishing poles and flat bottom boats

• poles that resembled those used for fly fishing and spears

• canoes and nets

Multiple Choice

Which of the following were popular trade items of the coastal native tribes?

• pottery, baskets, clothing, and moccasins

• deer skins, maize, bows and arrows

• woven rugs, handmade toys, pottery, and coins

Multiple Choice

The Coastal Plain Indians first settled many familiar places found in North Carolina today. Which of the following places did they not settle in?

• Albemarle Sound

• Neuse River

• Yadkin River

Piedmont Indians:

Tuscarora, Waxhaw, and Catawba were some of the early tribes

• Catawba Indians were friendly with settlers and helped fight

• Tuscarora are known for being the most powerful tribe.

• Tuscarora means “shirt wearing people”

• Waxhaw Indians would strap their children to boards with weights to try and spread their eyes farther apart, believing this could help them see further to hunt. 

Multiple Choice

Waxhaw Indians had a tribal custom of strapping their children to a board with weights to flatten the front of the children’s heads. Why did they believe in this custom?

• They thought it would make their children smarter by allowing the brain to grow larger.

• By spreading the eyes farther apart, they thought it would help them see at a greater distance during hunting.

• They thought this was a more attractive way to look.

Multiple Choice

Early Piedmont natives included the __________.

• Tuscarora, Waxhaw, and Catawba Indians

• Algonquian, Catawba, Cherokee, and Tuscarora Indians

• Tuscarora, Cherokee, Catawba, and Paleo Indians

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an example of the Catawba Indian’s neighborly acts of kindness?

• They weaved beautiful baskets for the white settlers to signify peace.

• They would often help settlers fight off other Indian tribes.

• They made pottery and jewelry for the settlers and other Indian tribes.

Multiple Choice

The Tuscarora Indians are most known for __________.

• being the most powerful and highly developed tribe of North Carolina at the time

• stealing and selling Waxhaw Indians as slaves

• making bad decisions and breaking a treaty with Catawba tribe

Multiple Choice

What is the meaning of the word “Tuscarora.”

• flat head

• shirt wearing people

• brave warrior

Mountain Indians:

• Main Tribe: Cherokee

• They had a complex written language.

• Hogans: small houses made of logs covered in bark

• Men: hunted & fought in war

• Women: farming & gathering

• They were forced out off their land by the government 

Multiple Choice

The most prominent Native Americans to settle in the mountain region of North Carolina were called the __________.

• Algonquian Indians

• Cherokee Indians

• Catawba Indians

Multiple Choice

Identify the reason why Cherokee Indians were one of the most innovative tribes in North Carolina.

• They used blowguns to hunt and kill animals for food.

• They had a complex written language that only they knew.

• They were taller, stronger, and terrific hunters.

Multiple Choice

The Cherokee people lived in small cabins made of logs covered in bark and mud called __________.

• hogans

• teepees

• villages

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a correct statement about the roles of Cherokee men and women?

• The men were in charge of hunting and war. The women were in charge of farming and gathering.

• The men made all the social decisions. The women made all the political decisions.

• The men governed the village. The women were chiefs of the village.

Multiple Choice

Identify one way Cherokee children were like children of today.

• They helped out around the village by hunting and fishing for their families.

• They went to school and played sporting games.

• They were carried around in cradle boards on their mother’s back.

Multiple Choice

What was the reason for the Cherokee Indians being forced out of their homes and sent on the terrible journey called The Trail of Tears?

• The colonists wanted their land to hunt on.

• The Cherokee Indians lost a war with the Tuscarora Indians and were forced to give up their land.

• The U.S. government wanted to occupy the Cherokee lands after the discovery of gold.