North Carolina Natives Test

According to archaeologists, the first people that came to North Carolina were called the _______________.

• Cherokee Indians

• Paleo Indians

• Waxhaw Indians

Identify the type of animal the first people of North Carolina killed for its meat, skins, bones and tusks to make tools and weapons.

• Woolly Mammoth

• African Elephant

• Rhinoceros

Exposure to new ______ cost many Native Americans their lives.

• spices

• diseases

• foods

• technology

Identify the reason that some Coastal Plain villages were built on high ground.

• To protect the Indians from wild animal attacks at night.

• To keep their villages safe from floods.

• To help them better see their enemy attacks coming.

Waxhaw Indians had a tribal custom of strapping their children to a board with weights to flatten the front of the children's heads. Why did they believe in this custom?

• They thought it would make their children smarter by allowing the brain to grow larger.

• By spreading the eyes farther apart, they thought it would help them see at a greater distance during hunting.

• They thought this was a more attractive way to look.

Identify the reason why Cherokee Indians were one of the most innovative tribes in North Carolina.

• They used blowguns to hunt and kill animals for food.

• They had a complex written language that only they knew.

• They were taller, stronger, and terrific hunters.

Identify one way Cherokee children were like children of today.

• They helped out around the village by hunting and fishing for their families.

• They went to school and played sporting games.

• They were carried around in cradle boards on their mother's back.

Which modern day tools did the Coastal Plain Indians use to catch fish?

• fishing poles and flat bottom boats

• poles that resembled those used for fly fishing and spears

• canoes and nets

Which of the following correctly identifies a nomadic hunter?

• People who hunt and fish for fun.

• People who hunt for a living around their home.

• People who travel to follow their food source.

Which of the following is a correct statement about the roles of Cherokee men and women?

• The men were in charge of hunting and war. The women were in charge of farming and gathering.

• The men made all the social decisions. The women made all the political decisions.

• The men governed the village. The women were chiefs of the village.