Native American Influences in U.S. History and Culture

Before the European Conquest (takeover), approximately how many Native American tribes inhabited (lived) in what is now the United States?

• 50, with a population of about 500,000

• 500, with a population of about 22 million

• 70, with a population of about 2 million

• 225, with a population of about 900,000

The present (current) population of Native Americans in the United States is ___________________.

• about 6 million

• about 800,000

• about 2 million

• about 300,000

In most Native American societies, women have traditionally played a central role in _____________.

• the care of home and children

• community decision-making

• governmental and ceremonial functions of the group

• all of the above

Approximately how many words were contributed to the English language by Native American cultures?

• about 50

• about 600

• about 2,200

• about 4,000

The concept of a unified, representative government for the people was recommended to the founders of the United States by _______________.

• Canassatego, leader of the Iroquois tribe of the Northeast

• Sitting Bull, chief of the Sioux Nation

• Powhatan, leader of the Leni Lenape (Delaware) Nation and the father of Pocahontas

• Tisquantum (Squanto), the English speaking member of the Wampanoag tribe who assisted the Pilgrims in their settlement in Plymouth, Mass.

The founders of the United States assumed the national symbol of the bald eagle from ______________.

• The Apache Nation

• The Cherokee Nation

• The Iroquois Nation

• The Ojibwa (Chippewa) Nation

The victory of the Allies over the Axis Powers in World War II was due, in part, to the use of a Native American language as a secret code. Which language served as that code?

• Cherokee

• Potawatomi

• Sioux

• Navajo

The U.S. Marine Corps Memorial Statue in Washington, D.C. honors a once-famous World War II hero of Native American descent. What is his name?

• Sequoia

• Chief Seattle

• Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell

• Ira Hayes

Pocahontas is the only Native American whose portrait is painted in the rotunda of the U.S. Capitol building.

• True

• False

Many European colonists objected to the Natives' use of water for bathing and drinking.

• True

• False