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Native Am Review

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Earliest Americans used to have to move often because...

a)

They followed weather patterns.

b)

They were curious and wanted to explore the world around them.

c)

The grocery stores close during the winter season.

d)

Their food sources moved and they had to follow.

2.

It is called the LAND BRIDGE THEORY because the people built a bridge and walked across it.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

What two continents were connected by the land bridge? PICK TWO!

a)

Asia

b)

North America

c)

Africa

d)

Spain

e)

Alaska

4.
What is the best title for the above map, which shows how the New World could have been settled over 10,000 years ago?
a)
The Transcontinental Railroad
b)
The Middle Passage 
c)
The Columbian Exchange 
d)
The Landbridge Theory 
5.
Tall posts carved into trees and were used to tell stories or to welcome visitors.
a)
Potlaches
b)
Totem Poles
c)
Harpoons
d)
Kayaks
6.
What region used totem poles to tell people's stories?
a)
Northwest Coast
b)
Great Plains
c)
Eastern Woodlands
d)
Southeast
7.
Forests, rivers, and streams that provide many resources such as animals, materials for homes
a)
Pacific Northwest
b)
Great Basin
c)
Southwest Desert
8.

What food did the Eastern Woodland Tribes eat?

a)

corn, squash, beans, deer, nuts and berries

b)

salmon, whales, deer, elk

9.
Who are nomads?
a)
people who live far away
b)
people who move from place to place
c)
people who work with animals
d)
hunters
10.
The Plains (Pawnee) Indians lived in a ______________, made with sticks and buffalo hide.
a)
plankhouse
b)
igloo
c)
teepee
d)
pueblo
11.
Which description below best describes the Plains American Indians?
a)
They lived in shelters made of grass, and dyed their clothes bright colors. 
b)
They lived in igloos and hunted fish for food. 
c)
They made their homes from clay and wood. 
d)
They moved from place to place hunting buffaloes. 
12.
Which region used the buffalo for food, clothing and shelter? 
a)
Arctic Region
b)
Northeast Region
c)
Plains Region
d)
Northwest Region
13.

A home made from long polls covered with buffalo hide. I

a)

Moccasins

b)

Igloo

c)

Teepee

d)

Tribe

e)

Wampum

14.

Which of these is a tepee?

a)
b)
c)
d)
15.

Which of these is a wigwam?

a)
b)
c)
d)
16.

Which house is pictured and lived in by the Eastern Woodland Indians?

a)

Wigwam

b)

Longhouse

17.

What was the name of the Iroquois (Eastern Woodlands Indians) home?

a)

stickhouse

b)

longhouse

c)

wigwam

18.
What is a natural resource? 
a)
Materials  in nature that people can use. 
b)
Materials in the classroom that people can use.
c)
Technology that people can use. 
d)
Anything found in my desk. 
19.
Which feature is typical to Pacific Northwest Native Americans?
a)
totem pole
b)
teepee
c)
adobe
d)
longhouse
20.
This group ate mostly fish and used totem poles and potlatches. 
a)
Plains
b)
Pacific Northwest
c)
Eastern Woodlands
d)
Great Basin
21.

This group lived in desert. They also grew beans, squash, melons, pumpkins and fruit. They slept in pueblos.

a)

Southwest

b)

Pacific Northwest

c)

Eastern Woodlands

d)

Great Basin

22.
A group is called nomadic if it ...
a)
lives in an isolated area.
b)
moves from place to place.
c)
owns very few possessions.
d)
makes war on its neighbors.
23.
What are homes built by the Hopi in the southwest called?
a)
Igloos
b)
Teepees
c)
Pueblos
d)
Houses
24.
People who lived in the Great Plains used ___ and ___ to build their homes. 
a)
Wood/Trees
b)
Clay/Stone
c)
Buffalo/Hides
d)
Steel/Iron
25.
Native Americans in the Eastern Woodlands would have made long houses out of...
a)
Stone
b)
Wood
c)
Clay
d)
Buffalo
26.
This was used in the Southwest region to teach children about their religious beliefs.
a)
Kiva
b)
Kachina Doll
c)
Kupee Doll
d)
Totem Pole