Natives of the Piedmont Reading Passage

1.) Souian is the name of a…

• tribe
• town
• language
• person

2.) Which tribe did not live in the Piedmont region of North Carolina?

• Sissipahaw
• Navajo
• Shakori
• Eno

3.) Natives of the Piedmont lived in the same place all year long.

• True
• False

4.) How did hunters sneak up on deer?

• by painting their skin black
• by hiding in trees
• by covering themselves in deerskin
• by creating traps

5.) Which object is most similar to a palisade?

• fence
• house
• spear
• bridge

6.) How was the meeting house different from the regular houses?

• it was bigger
• it was long instead of round
• it was built of brick
• both A and B

7.) Which crops were known as the Three Sisters?

• corn, melons, squash
• beans, peas, squash
• corn, beans, squash
• melons, corn, peas

8.) Beans helped to hold up the corn stalks in the Three Sisters.

• True
• False

9.) What did natives use animal teeth for?

• to make tools
• as jewelry
• as money
• to write with

10.) What is most likely the meaning of the word sherd?

• a type of vegetable
• a tool used for hunting
• the name of a tribe
• a broken piece of pottery