American Indian Brainpop

Which of the following individuals is responsible for mis-naming the original inhabitants of the Americas?

• Erik the Red

• Mahatma Gandhi

• Christopher Columbus

• Ferdinand Magellan

According to many experts, how did the first wave of people arrive in the Americas?

• Taking a boat across the Pacific Ocean from what is now Japan

• Walking over a land bridge in what is now the Bering Strait

• Swimming across a channel separating modern Russia and Alaska

• Canoeing across the Atlantic Ocean from northern Africa

What can you infer from the fact that the first groups of people living in the Americas spoke so many different languages?

• The early cultures of the Americas had no interest in one another

• There were significant differences in the physical ways in which early inhabitants of the Americas spoke

• American Indian languages were very difficult to learn

• The societies that developed in the Americas were often quite different from one another

Which of the following societies developed in Central America?

• The Maya

• The Iroquois

• The Aleut

• The Sioux

If you saw this object at a museum, what could you conclude about the American Indians who made it?

• They probably lived in the southeastern U.S.

• They probably lived somewhere in the Great Plains

• They probably lived in the American Southwest

• They probably lived in the Pacific Northwest

Which of the following is part of a nomadic lifestyle?

• Setting up plots of land in order to grow crops

• Moving south for the winter to follow a bison herd

• Building houses out of mud bricks

• Constructing large cities

Put the following into the correct order: A) Indians were forced onto reservations; B) People walked across a land bridge into North America; C) Europeans spread disease among Native Americans

• B, A, C

• B, C, A

• C, B, A

• C, A, B

During westward expansion, the U.S. government retracted many of the treaties it signed with various Indian tribes. In this sentence, what does the word "retracted" mean?

• Went back on

• Supported

• Promised

• Subscribed to

Which of the following terms best sums up how most American Indians felt toward white settlers during the 1800s?

• Kinship

• Honor

• Distrust

• Loyalty

How would you compare the American Indian civilizations that existed before Columbus to those that live today?

• Pre-Columbian societies relied mostly on hunting, while their descendants today mostly farm

• American Indians no longer speak any of the languages of their ancestors

• Most American Indians today live in the Northeastern U.S., but before Columbus they lived mostly on the West Coast

• American civilizations of the past were much more numerous and widespread than they are today