Magazine #4: Southwest People

Question 1: How would a tribe that depended on seasonal rainfall for water, get their food?

• Trading

• Farming

• Hunting & Gathering

Question 2: The Anasazi built their apartment homes in cliff walls. What was the main benefit of building their home in this location?

• It protected them from the hot sun.

• It gave them easier access to water.

• It protected them from neighboring peoples.

• It was an easy home to build.

Question 3: Which of the following Native Americans groups settled around the Four Corners?

• Anasazi

• Hohokam

• Mogollon

Question 4: How did the Hohokam, Mogollon, and Anasazi peoples work together?

• By mining clay.

• By trading goods.

• By building irrigation systems.

• By holding religious ceremonies.

Question 5: In the section," Clash of Cultures," it describes many interactions between the Native Americans of the Southwest and other cultures. Which word below can be used to describe how the Native Americans felt because of these interactions?

• Appreciated

• Respected

• Recognized

• Mistreated

Question 6: Traditional Pueblo homes had a hole in the roof. What were the two purposes for this hole?

• A door and a smoke hole.

• Water collection and window.

• Trap for intruders and smoke hole.

• A door and water collection.

Question 7: Also important to the Eastern Woodland Indians, which crops are most important to the Southwest Peoples.

• rice, beans, and squash.

• corn, beans, and squash.

• cactus fruit, corn, and beans.

• rice, cactus fruit, and squash.

Question 8: Which of the following Southwest Peoples practices were NOT based on their religious beliefs.

• Using Kivas to hold ceremonies.

• Performing rain dances.

• Having the role of medicine men and women.

• Building homes on the sides of cliffs.

Question 9: True or False - Kachinas are powerful spirits that are represented using dolls, dances, and ceremonies.

• True

• False

Question 10: Identify the object made by the Southwest People that best describes the following clue:

Some of them had human and animal designs.

• Rugs

• Pottery

• Baskets