Native Americans: Yesterday & Today

How did the Hopi tribe farm with very little rain?

• used tiny dams & canals to water fields

• carried water from lakes and rivers to their crops

• made corn with long roots

• they didn't

Which Native American tribe built canoes from the bark of birch trees?

• The Seminole

• The Hopi

• The Ojibwe

• The Cherokee

Which Native American tribe created a written alphabet for their language?

• The Hopi

• The Seminole

• The Ojibwe

• The Cherokee

Answer explanation

The syllabary allowed literacy and printing to flourish in the Cherokee Nation in the early 19th century and remains in use today.

Which Native American tribe built their shelters from bark?

Bonus: what is the name of these shelters?

Answer explanation

Wigwams

Which Native American tribe built shelters from wood, vines, and mud with roofs of grass or bark.

• The Cherokee

• The Hopi

• The Ojibwe

• The Seminole

Answer explanation

These shelters were called Asi

Which Native American tribe built shelters out of bricks, mud, & straw?

• The Cherokee

• The Hopi

• The Ojibwe

• The Seminole

Answer explanation

Adobe style shelter

The Trail of Tears is known to the Cherokee Tribe as the

Answer explanation

In 1838, the Cherokee nation was forced to walk more than 1000 miles from their homes in (present day) North Carolina & Georgia to Oklahoma. The Trail of Tears march caused the death of more than 4,000 Cherokee people.

Which Native American tribe fled to the Everglades where they learned to hunt, trap, fish, and trade?

• The Ojibwe

• The Seminole

• The Cherokee

• The Hopi

Name 2 ways Native Americans keep traditions alive today

The wild rice that we buy today largely comes from which Native American tribes reservation?

• The Hopi

• The Cherokee

• The Seminole

• The Ojibwe