WorksheetsTEST: Native Americans (Eastern Woodland)
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 7mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
According to many experts, how did the first wave of people arrive in the Americas?
a)
Taking a boat across the Pacific Ocean from what is now Japan
b)
Walking over a land bridge in what is now the Bering Strait
c)
ait C. Swimming across a channel separating modern Russia and Alaska
d)
Canoeing across the Atlantic Ocean from northern Africa
2.
Which group of Native Americans settled between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mississippi River?
a)
Eastern Woodland
b)
Plains
c)
Northwest Coast
d)
Southwest
3.
Which words describe the Eastern Woodlands region?
a)
Flat, grassy lands
b)
Rainy w/ rocky beaches and mountains
c)
Thick forests, 4 seasons, many rivers
d)
Hot, dry deserts w/ mesas
4.
Why did longhouses have openings in the top?
a)
So rain could get in
b)
To let smoke out
c)
To provide shelter for birds
d)
None of the above
5.
Native Americans are believed to have come to North America from where?
a)
Europe
b)
Mexico
c)
Asia
d)
Atlantis
6.
All of the cultural groups have differences, but one thing is similar to them all. What is it?
a)
They looked the same.
b)
They used environmental resources to survive.
c)
They spoke the same language.
d)
They all lived in longhouses.
7.
Which of the following crops were essential to Native American agriculture?
a)
Beans, Cotton, Squash
b)
Beans, Squash, Corn
c)
Corn, Indigo, Pumpkins
d)
Rice, Corn, Squash
8.
During the Eastern Woodland Era, the Native Americans were able to create more permanent settlements because:
a)
deer became more plentiful.
b)
they learned to cultivate plants and practice agriculture.
c)
they developed better ways of catching more fish.
d)
they were introduced to the horse by the Spaniards.
9.
What types of transportation did the Native Americans use?
a)
buffalo jumping, canoes, and horses
b)
buffalo riding, walking and horses
c)
walking, canoes, and horses
10.
In the Eastern Woodlands region the Iroquois found food by _______________.
a)
raising sheep and growing corn
b)
fishing, hunting and farming
c)
hunting buffalo and gathering berries
11.
In which region would you find the coast and harbors?
a)
Eastern Woodlands
b)
Plains
c)
Southwest
12.
What are the three sisters?
a)
corn, tomatoes, and okra
b)
squash, beans, and corn
c)
cucumbers pumpkins, and berries
d)
corn, squash, and nuts
13.
Native Americans made most of their clothes out of
a)
leaves
b)
grass
c)
cotton
d)
animal skin
14.
They lived from the _____ to the _____.
a)
Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean
b)
Atlantic Ocean, Mississippi River
15.
The Creek and Iroquois were two tribes from the Eastern Woodlands nation.
a)
true
b)
false
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