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WorksheetsNative Americans
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 4mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What foods were called the "Three Sisters"?
a)
corn, hay, tomatoes
b)
corn, potatoes, rice
c)
beans, corn, squash
d)
beans, lettuce, carrots
2.
What animal was valuable to the Commanche Indians?
a)
salmon
b)
buffalo
c)
bear
d)
squirrel
3.
What type of houses did the Lenapes build?
a)
tipis
b)
dome shaped houses
c)
longhouses
d)
adobe houses
4.
Why did some Indian tribes travel?
a)
They needed more land
b)
They wanted to sightsee
c)
They followed the buffalo
d)
They wanted to create cities
5.
Why were the Chumash Indians good at fishing for tuna, whales, and seals?
a)
They lived near the Pacific Ocean
b)
They had many canoes
c)
They lived on the water
d)
They studied sea animals
6.
What did the Kwakiutl women do to help their families?
a)
carve canoes
b)
weave and pick berries
c)
make totem poles
d)
give speeches
7.
What did the Lenapes use to make their clothing?
a)
The Three Sisters
b)
Grass from the fields
c)
animal skins
d)
bark from the trees
8.
Why did the Cheyenne Indians have a Medicine Dance?
a)
They wanted to get help from the spirits
b)
They wanted to make medicine
c)
They believed it would bring rain
d)
They wanted to change the season
9.
What kind of ceremonies did the Kwakiutl Indians have when they raised a totem pole?
a)
Birthdays
b)
Weddings and funerals
c)
New Years
d)
Thanksgiving
10.
What type of houses did the Kwakiutl build ?
a)
dome shaped houses
b)
plank houses
c)
wigwams
d)
tipis
11.
What did the Indians use to make blankets, clothing, and tipis?
a)
buffalo skins
b)
grass
c)
fish skins
d)
feathers
12.
What American Indian group lived in the Pacific Northwest?
a)
Lakota
b)
Kwakiutl
c)
Inuit
d)
Pueblo
13.
What type of housing did the Pueblo Indians use?
a)
teepee
b)
pueblo
c)
plank house
d)
igloo
14.
What common trait did all Native Americans have about living on the earth?
a)
They all dressed alike.
b)
They spoke the same language.
c)
They had the same type of houses.
d)
They respected and cared for the environment.
15.
What types of transportation did the Native Americans have long ago?
a)
buses, cars, trains
b)
large boats
c)
canoes and horses
d)
donkeys and cows
16.
What does the word "Cedar" refer to?
a)
an oak tree with branches that spread widely and fragrant, weak brown wood; also used of the wood of this tree
b)
an extremely long living tree tree with leaves that spread widely and, greenish wood
c)
an evergreen tree with branches that spread widely and fragrant, durable reddish wood; also used of the wood of this tree
d)
a short lived, deciduous tree with reddish greed leaves and very long branches that are commonly used for making long houses and canoes.
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