The Abenaki Quiz

The Abenaki are a group of:

• Native Americans

• drums

• Eskimos

They live in:

• in the South

• in Western New England and Canada

• in Eastern California

Abenaki speak their language called:

• Swahili

• Spanish

• Algonquin

Abenaki means:

• place

• dawn

• Dawn Land Place

Long ago, Abenaki lived in homes made of:

• grass

• deerskin

• wood poles and bark from Birch Trees

Their doors always faced:

• North

• East

• South

Abenaki have celebrations called:

• festivals

• parties

• powwows

Abenaki have important customs. Those customs are plants, traditional songs, and?

• games

• storytelling

• painting

One story that has been passed down through the years is about:

• a snake that turns into a cane

• an owl that turns into a bird

• a woman with golden hair that turns into corn

Abenaki people use different things from nature to cure illness. One example is:

• tea from pine needles

• crushed berries

• Tylenol