Native American Quiz

Where did the first Americans come from?

• Iceland

• Europe

• America

• Asia

When do scientists believe the first inhabitants of North America arrived on this continent?

• 12 million years ago

• 12,000 years ago

• 1,200 years ago

• 1.2 million years ago

What was the largest Native American group in NC?

• Tuscarora

• Catawba

• Algonquin

• Cherokee

Which two rivers flow into the Mississippi River?

• Colorado and Ohio

• Ohio and Missouri

• Columbia and Missouri

• Rio Grande and Missouri

Native Americans of this culture built mounds and participated in the Green Corn Ceremony

• Paleolithic

• Archaic

• Woodlands

• Mississippian

Which North Carolina Native American tribe's name means "hemp gatherers"?

• Catawba

• Tuscarora

• Cherokee

• Algonquin

Native Americans living in the Southwestern US lived in this kind of structure.

• Adobe

• Teepee

• Wigwam

• Kayak

Native Americans of this historical group first grew the "Three Sisters"?

• Woodland

• Paleolithic

• Archaic

• Mississippian

Tribes living in the Eastern Woodlands and the Southeast would have lived in or near the __________ mountains.

• Cascades

• Appalachian

• Rocky

• Sierra Nevada

Which US geographical region is between the Rocky Mountains and the Mississippi River?

• Pacific Northwest

• Southeast

• Great Plains

• Southwest