North American Cultures

Which group of Native Americans built thousands of mounds out of earth?

• The Adena

• The Hopewell

• The Mississippians

• The Hohokam

What was the name of the settlement that resembled the great cities of Mexico and had a large pyramid-shaped mound called Monks Mound?

• Cahokia

• Hohokam

• Ancient Puebloans

• Mesa Verde

Which Native American group lived in the hot desert of what is now Arizona and built hundreds of miles of channels to irrigate their fields?

• The Adena

• The Hopewell

• The Mississippians

• The Hohokam

Where did the Ancient Puebloans live?

• Utah

• Colorado

• Arizona

• New Mexico

What type of shelters did the Inuit build in the cold region of North America?

• Igloos

• Teepees

• Hogans

• Adobes

Which Native American group relied on the woods and the waters, and their main food was salmon?

• Tlingit

• Haida

• Chinook

• Nez Perce

What did the Pomo people pound into flour for food?

• Acorns

• Maize

• Berries

• Roots

Which Native American group hunted small game and gathered pine nuts, juniper berries, roots, and even some insects in the Great Basin of the Southwest?

• Ute

• Shoshone

• Apache

• Navajo

Which Native American group built houses from bricks made of dried mud called adobe and farmed maize, beans, squash, melons, pumpkins, and fruit?

• Hopi

• Acoma

• Zuni

• Navajo

Which Native American group lived in hide tents called tepees and hunted antelope, deer, and buffalo?

• Plains peoples

• Algonquian peoples

• Cherokee

• Iroquois