Native Americans Quiz 3

Which Native American group relied on salmon as a main food source?

• Chinook - Pacific Northwest

• Cherokee - Eastern Woodlands

• Great Plains peoples

• Navajo - Southwest

Early Americans living in which of the following areas dug irrigation canals to carry river water to their fields?

• Southwest

• Pacific Northwest

• Great Plains

• Eatern Woodlands

The Inuit people of the Northwest region built what type of structures?

• longhouses

• pueblos

• tepees

• igloos

The totem pole used by the people of the Pacific Northwest was...

• a type of shelter

• a symbolic pillar with many purposes such as to show ancestry

• a device used in Native American farming techniques

• a type of boat used for fishing

TRUE or FALSE?

The iroquois Confederacy created the first constitution, or planned government, in what is now the United States.

TRUE or FALSE?

The Mound Builders built large earthworks in the shapes such as snakes, birds, and bears and were believed to be used for tombs or ceremonies.

TRUE or FALSE?

The Anasazi people of the SOuthwest built both cliff dwellings and pueblos for their shelters.

TRUE or FALSE?

The Eastern Woodland longhouse shelters were built from wood and bark.

TRUE or FALSE?

The three main staple crops of the Native AMericans were pumpkins, acorns, and sunflowers.

People in which Native American region made use of teppes for shelter?

• Eatern Woodlands

• Great Plains

• Southwest

• Pacific Northwest