Northwest Indians Practice Questions

What kind of homes did they have?

• Hogan

• Plank houses

• Apartments

• Kiva

What were the plank houses made out of?

• Red Clay

• Sun Bricks

• Limestone

• Cedar wood

What is a totem pole

• A power poll

• A craved post with animal or other images representing a person’s family or wealth or story

• member of tried or clan

• A type of animal made from wood

The Northwest Indians lived between the ___________ and the ___________.

• Indian Ocean and the School

• Atlantic ocean and the largo

• Pacific Ocean and Mountains

• Arctic Ocean and the pine trees.

What was the weather/climate like in the Northwest?

• Heavy rainfall most of the year

• Snowy thought the year

• Really hot

• Dessert like

What was the geography of the northwest

• Lots of rivers, mountains and forests

• Dessert

• Snowy and icy

• Plains like

Why did the Europeans first come to the Northwest Coast area?

• They come to explore and make friends. 

• They come to build houses.

• They came to trade for furs from the native peoples.

• They come to expand their roads into the area.

What did the European bring that hurt the Northwest peoples the most?

• War

• disease

• Weapons

• American pie

1.     Why were the northwest peoples hurt so much by the new diseases?

• They were not hurt.

• They had immunity to the new disease and did not get sick.

• The native peoples had no immunity against the new diseases and got very sick.

• They had pie.

1.     What are the goals of the National Congress of American Indians?

• To support the reservations.

• To protect the rights and culture of native groups.

• To join the Congress of the United States.

• To make their own congress.