WorksheetsFirst Nations Review
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Who lived to the east of the Rocky Mountains on the Prairies?
a)
The Plains People
b)
Iroquois
c)
Northwest Coast
d)
Inuit
2.
Which group were hunters and gatherers?
a)
Plains
b)
Northwest Coast
c)
Iroquois
d)
All three groups
3.
Sachem’s were the appointed representative of their individual clans for which Aboriginal people?
a)
Plains
b)
Iroquois
c)
Northwest Coast
d)
Plains, Iroquois and Northwest Coast
4.
Who lived near this place?
a)
Plains
b)
Northwest Coast
c)
Iroquois
d)
All three groups
5.
Elders were highly respected because they were the ones to pass on their traditions, culture, and history. This statement is true for....
a)
Plains
b)
Northwest Coast
c)
Iroquois
d)
All three groups
6.
This animal played a significant role for which Aboriginal group?
a)
Plains
b)
Northwest Coast
c)
Iroquois
d)
All three groups
7.
Who lived along what is now the province of British Columbia and the American States of Washington and Oregon?
a)
Plains
b)
Northwest Coast
c)
Iroquois
d)
All three
8.
What type of housing is this called?
a)
Tent
b)
Teepee
c)
Treehouse
d)
Longhouse
9.
Which group lived in tipis as a primary shelter in the winter months?
a)
Plains
b)
Northwest Coast
c)
Iroquois
d)
All three groups
10.
Which group relied heavily on the ocean as their source for their food?
a)
Plains
b)
Northwest Coast
c)
Iroquois
d)
All three groups
11.
The circle as shown in this symbol was important to which group?
a)
Plains
b)
Northwest Coast
c)
Iroquois
d)
All three groups
12.
Why did boundaries not exist for the First Nations people?
a)
They were too busy to create them.
b)
At the time, their leaders did not feel it was important.
c)
The groups ranged widely in order to obtain food.
d)
They wanted free trade between groups.
13.
A group of First Nations people organized with a woman at the head is called a clan. True or False?
a)
True
b)
False
14.
The potlatch was an important social component for which group?
a)
Plains
b)
Northwest Coast
c)
Iroquois
d)
All three
15.
This type of wood was often used by which group?
a)
Maple
b)
Oak
c)
Birch
d)
Cedar
16.
First Nations Groups were heterogeneous in many ways due to their environment. Heterogeneous means
a)
dissimilar
b)
similar
c)
resourceful
d)
hard-working
17.
Beringia is referred to by scientists as a
a)
fossil
b)
land bridge
c)
canoe
d)
species of grizzly bears
18.
Who lived in very fertile land and grew crops?
a)
Plains
b)
Northwest Coast
c)
Iroquois
d)
all three
19.
Who were the Metis?
a)
Children of Aboriginal People
b)
Children of Aboriginal People and Europeans
c)
Children of Canada
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