Navajo Quizizz

How did the Navajo find food before learning to farm?

• They hunted and gathered.

• They traded with the Spanish.

• The bought food in stores.

• They took food from other tribes.

After the Spanish introduced sheep, the Navajo began to-

• build hogans.

• hunt more animals.

• herd.

• paint.

What were Navajo hogans made of?

• wool

• clay

• bark, sticks and mud

• plastic, glass and stones.

Where in the present-day US is the original Navajo homeland?

• the Southeast

• the Southwest

• the Northeast

• the Northwest

What happens to Navajo sand paintings after ceremonies end?

• They are swept away.

• They are kept forever.

• They are used by many more people.

• They are made into rugs.

What happened on the Long Walk in 1863?

• The Pueblo taught the Navajo how to farm.

• The Navajo built many hogans with doorways facing east.

• The Navajo helped the Pueblo defeat the Spanish, but the Spanish returned and enslaved many people.

• The Navajo were forced to march 300 miles from their home to a reservation in New Mexico, and many died.

Which of the following best describes how land is passed down in the Navajo culture?

• from fathers to sons

• from mothers to daughters

• from husbands to wives

• from children to their cousins

How many ceremonies do the Navajo have?

• one

• more than 50

• less than 10

• 25

Which group of Europeans came to conquer the Southwest and clashed with the Pueblo and the Navajo.

• the French

• the Greek

• the Spanish

• the Italians

The Navajo had to move from their home reservation because-

• the U.S. government wanted their land.

• there were no sheep left in the Southwest.

• the Pueblo people took over their land.

• the desert climate became too dry.