Week 16 Social Studies Test

1. The Navajo who used their language as a secret code during World World II were called

• The Cherokee
• Code Talkers
• Navajo Fighters
• The Navajo Tribal Chief

2. An American Indian tribe with its own governments that has been accepted by the U.S. Government is called a ____________ tribe.

• Reservation
• Tribe
• Federally Recognized
• Native

3. Mistaken beliefs about modern American Indians is an example of

• idea
• Bias
• Stereotype
• desire

4. Look at the picture. This woman was the first female chief of the cherokee nation. Who is she?

• Joanne Shenandoah
• Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve
• Frida Begay
• Wilma Pearl Mankiller

5. If a tribe wants to be federally recognized, whom should it petition?

• The chief of the tribe
• the President of the United States
• Congress
• The Bureau of Indian Affairs

6. Where do our stereotypes of American Indians often come from?

• Current news shows
• Tv shows and movies about Native Americans in the past
• Research about American Indians today
• What American Indians tell us about their lives

7. What are the reasons why American Indians might choose to leave the reservations and live elsewhere? Mark all that apply.

• They want to attend college in another location
• They want to remain close to their family and culture
• They want to take a job in a community off the reservation
• Life is often hard on the reservation

8. Even though Fred Begay wanted to study physics when he was growing up, what did his teachers think he should do?

• Become a farmer

• Become a Teacher

• Become a Builder

• Become a Navajo Chief

9. Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve started writing books to help dispel incorrect stereotypes. How might writing children's books accomplish this goal?

10. Using RACES (and your newspaper), how did white settlers affect the lives of the American Indians?