5th Grade: Studies Weekly: Week 3: American Indians of the Pacific Southwest

Makah families showed their wealth and power by ___________.

• weaving baskets

• building totem poles

• hunting whales

• hosting potlatches

The ____________ could be used for their natural oils and lit on one end as a source of light.

• candlefish

• totem pole

• potlatch

• Chinok

Olympia is the capital of which state?

• California

• Salt Lake City

• Hawaii

• Washington

Salem is the capital of which state?

• Washington

• Alaska

• Oregon

• Denver

• California

How do you describe, according to the text, a climate that is not too hot or not too cold?

• humid

• dry

• comfortable

• temperate

• totally awesome

The Makah tribe made homes out of trees called __________________.

• potlatches

• plank houses

• longhouses

• pithouses

• cribhouse

This is a photo of a(n) _________________, where the Makah people lived for thousands of years.

• Cascade Mountains

• Ozette village

• longhouses

• Alaskan coast

Historians think the Haida, Tlingit and Tsimshian tribes were the first to make these, shown in the picture. What are they called?

• Clatsop

• clan

• potlatch

• totem pole

• Kreuger

Why didn't the Makah tribe farm?

• They just wanted to play Xbox ALL day, just like Denzel.

• They had too much food in the forest.

• They traded with other tribes.

• They had too much food they can fish from the lakes and ocean.

• The weather was too hot to farm.

The Makah ________.

• lived in plank houses

• lived in longhouses

• lived in large clans

• had large celebrations known as potlatches