Plains Native Americans

Where are the Great Plains located?

• Eastern portion of the US

• West-central portion of the US

• Northern portion of the US

• Southern portion of the US

What was the lifestyle of the Plains Native Americans in the West?

• Sedentary farming

• Nomadic hunting and gathering

• Urban trading

• Maritime fishing

What is the main geographical feature of the Great Plains?

• Mountains

• Forests

• Grasslands

• Deserts

By the mid-1700s, what lifestyle did most Plains tribes adopt due to the use of horses and guns?

• A) Agricultural

• B) Nomadic

• C) Sedentary

• D) Urban

What does the text imply about the use of buffalo by the Plains tribes?

• A) They wasted many parts of the buffalo.

• B) They used only the meat of the buffalo.

• C) They used every part of the buffalo, ensuring nothing went to waste.

• D) They primarily used the buffalo for trading with other tribes.

What was the role of men in the family groups mentioned in the learning material?

• Butchering meat and preparing hides

• Gathering fruits and vegetables

• Hunting and being warriors

• Creating oral traditions for history

Who in the family groups could become shamans according to the learning material?

• Only men

• Only women

• Both men and women

• Only the leaders

What was the intrinsic belief of Native Americans regarding land ownership?

• Land should be owned by the most powerful

• Land can be owned and sold

• Land cannot be owned

• Land ownership is determined by the settlers

What did the settlers believe about the land that natives did not improve?

• It should be shared with the natives

• It was forfeited by the natives

• It should be protected as a natural reserve

• It was sacred and should not be touched

What led migrants to go west to claim land?

• The land in the west was considered unsettled

• The natives invited settlers to the west

• The government offered free land in the east

• There was a gold rush in the west