Native American Life - Quiz

How many Native American tribes lived in the Great Lakes area in the mid-1600’s?

• 100,000

• 5,000

• 30,000

• 800

Which tribe was the largest?

• Huron

• Ojibway

• Potawatomi

• Odawa

Where did the Huron tribe live?

• In the region between Lakes Erie, Ontario, and Huron

• Along the shores of Lake Michigan

• Near lake Superior

• California

Which 3 beliefs did all tribes have in common?

• 1) Spirits were more powerful than men. 2) Nature - the land, animals, and plants - belonged to everyone. 3) No one had the right to run another person's life.

• 1) Animals should never be hunted or eaten. 2) Family should never betray one another. 3) The sun is the most important resource on Earth.

• 1) Fishing should only be done at nighttime 2) Women can never be hunters. 3) Children must help farm during the day.

What does the word “tanned” mean in the second paragraph?

• softened

• cooked

• to catch

• to darken the skin by sitting in the sun

What were the women in the Indian village responsible for?

• Most of the chores - tan animal skin, weave fishnets, chop wood, grow crops and cook

• Hunting and fishing

• Educating the children and building tepees

• Making bows and arrows

What were the men in the Indian village responsible for?

• Most of the chores - tan animal skin, weave fishnets, chop wood, grow crops and cook

• Hunting and fishing, making bows and arrows

• Educating the children and building tepees

• Raising cattle

What are saplings?

• young trees

• sap from a tree

• a young Indian child

• flying insects

Michigan Native Americans didn’t live in tepees. What did they live in?

• tepees

• wigwams

• long houses

• tents

What happened when a family moved to a new place?

• They rolled up the bark covering and took it with them.

• The built new houses in their new place.

• They burned their old homes and built new ones.

• They lived with relatives.