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WorksheetsNative Americans, Part I
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 5mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
In the attack on Black Kettle's tribe, how many cavalrymen lost their lives?
a)
8
b)
4
c)
6
d)
0
2.
How long did the Sun Dance ritual last?
a)
3 days
b)
4 days
c)
1 week
d)
2 weeks
3.
Why was life particularly difficult for Native Americans on the Oklahoma reservation?
a)
Poor Soil
b)
Tornadoes
c)
Roving packs of dogs
d)
Thunderstorms
4.
When was the Fort Laramie Treaty signed?
a)
1847
b)
1851
c)
1857
d)
1860
5.
In what year were there approximately 500 buffalo on the Great Plains?
a)
1800
b)
1810
c)
1870
d)
1890
6.
In what year were there approximately 360,000 Native Americans on the Great Plains?
a)
1865
b)
1820
c)
1850
d)
1800
7.
Who introduced horses to the North American continent?
a)
French
b)
British
c)
Spanish
d)
Portuguese
8.
Native Americans traded for guns with the British and who else?
a)
Spanish
b)
French
c)
Germans
d)
Netherlands
9.
The Native Americans used a small sled, called a what?
a)
Trampoline
b)
Travel
c)
Travois
d)
Travlin
10.
A gold strike in 1859 brought miners where?
a)
Black Hills
b)
Pike's Peek
c)
Mt. McKinley
d)
Roger's Peek
11.
In many Native American villages, what were women not in charge of?
a)
Tanning hides
b)
Hunting
c)
Making the teepee
d)
Cooking
12.
Where did Black Kettle check in to?
a)
Fort Henry
b)
Fort James
c)
Fort Lyon
d)
Fort Bedford
13.
Black Kettle's tribe was mostly a mix of Arapaho and what other tribe?
a)
Choctaw
b)
Cheyenne
c)
Apache
d)
Navajo
14.
What had Col. Chivington (who attacked Black Kettle's tribe) had once been what?
a)
A store clerk
b)
A school teacher
c)
A minister
d)
A miner
15.
What had Col. Chivington (who attacked Black Kettle's tribe) had once been what?
a)
A store clerk
b)
A school teacher
c)
A minister
d)
A miner
16.
What were Chivington's men sarcastically called?
a)
The Silly Men
b)
The Bloodless Horde
c)
The Bloodless 3rd
d)
The Bloodless Horsemen
17.
How many women and children were killed in the Sand Creek Massacre?
a)
109
b)
115
c)
127
d)
130
18.
In the Sand Creek Massacre, how many Native Americans died?
a)
122
b)
137
c)
140
d)
55
19.
How many soldiers died in the Sand Creek Massacre?
a)
None
b)
Four
c)
Six
d)
Ten
20.
What battle helped "ignite an era of war?"
a)
Battle of Wounded Knee
b)
Battle of Little Big Horn
c)
Sand Creek Massacre
d)
Fetterman Massacre
21.
Southern Plains nations like the Kiowas, Arapaho and what other tribe were moved to reservations in Oklahoma?
a)
Apache
b)
Commanche
c)
Sioux
d)
Blackfoot
22.
When was a gold strike found in the Black Hills when Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull were leaders of the Indian nations?
a)
1860
b)
1867
c)
1870
d)
1874
23.
Who attacked a group of Native Americans against orders?
a)
Col. Chivington
b)
Col. Custer
c)
General Lyon
d)
Lt. Col. Fetterman
24.
Who is the chief who would rather run with his tribe to Canada rather than be put on a reservation?
a)
Chief Geronimo
b)
Chief Sitting Bull
c)
Chief Crazy Horse
d)
Chief Joseph
25.
Who said, "I will fight no more, forever"?
a)
Chief Sitting Bull
b)
Chief Joseph
c)
Chief Running Horse
d)
Chief Long Knife
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