Totem Poles

Who has been carving totem poles for hundreds of years?

• Native people who lived on many South Pacific islands.

• Hunters who trap beaver and fox in the mountains.

• People who lived along the Pacific coast of Alaska and Canada.

• People from China who moved to California and Mexico.

Which is not true about the figures carved on totem poles?

• They welcome visitors

• They help to tell stories

• They tell the history of a clan

• They have no special meaning

What is a family´s or clan´s crest?

• A secret only the clan knows

• Their special carver

• A special symbol

• A story about an animal

What would be the best reason to have a team of carvers work on one totem pole?

• It takes less time to finish with several people working

• Museums want the ones that many people worked on

• One person gets too tired if he tries to carve it all

• Each person has a special animal they carve best

What is the main idea of the section titled: "Totem Poles Come Home"?

• Many houses have totem poles that are part of the house itself

• European explorers were impressed by the many totem poles they found

• A law was passed to return totem poles to their original home

• House poles show the wealth and status of a family

When do the helpers start work?

• After the tree is cut down

• When the totem pole is in a museum

• After the master carver draws the designs

• After te totem pole is raised

What detail tells about how totem poles are carved?

• Many totem poles from Alaska and Canada ended in museums

• Mortuary poles are gravestones

• Some totem poles welcome visitors to a village

• The carver chips away the soft out wood

Why were totem poles put into museums?

• People were interested in looking at them

• People wanted to carve others just like these

• People didn´t think they were safe where they were

• People who created them didn´t want them anymore.

A house with a totem pole attached means_________

• someone died in that house

• the family is wealthy and respected

• the house is now a museum