Introduction - Native Americans

Of the following terms, which are used to refer to the people who first lived in America before the Europeans arrived?

• American Indians
• Indigenous Peoples
• Native Americans
• All of the above

Why were they called American Indians?

• Because they were descendants of people from India.
• Because the East Indian Trading Company had exclusive trading rights in America.
• Because Christopher Columbus thought he had landed in India and assumed the people were Indians.
• Because they looked like Indians.

What name is used for a group of Native Americans based on their culture and language?

• A posse
• A clan
• A tribe
• An empire

Where do most of the descendants of Native Americans live today?

• They are no living descendants.
• On reservations
• In the wilderness
• All over the USA and the rest of the world

Which of the following are names of Native American tribes?

• Cherokee
• Apache
• Navajo
• All of the above

The Native Americans were always at war with each other before the European settlers came.

• True
• False

About how many tribes were there?

• 1 million
• 99
• 3
• 100s