WorksheetsAmerican Indian Review
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 1hrs 16mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
How did the Southeast Indians use their resources in their environment to meet their needs?
a)
They used the buffalo for food.
b)
They used seal skins for clothing.
c)
They used clay to make bricks for shelters
d)
They used tree branches to make roofs for shelters
2.
What did the Southwest Indians use to build their shelter?
a)
clay
b)
brush
c)
wood
d)
all of the above
3.
The Plains Indians relied on this very important resource for food, weapons, tools, clothing, and shelter.
a)
horses
b)
cows
c)
deer
d)
buffalo
4.
Why did Northeast and Northwest Indians build their homes out of cedar trees and bark?
a)
it was warm
b)
it was one of the most important resources they had
c)
it was red
d)
it smelled good
5.
The Northwest relied on this resource from the Pacific Ocean _____________ in order to provide food for themselves.
a)
buffalo
b)
deer
c)
salmon
d)
whale
6.
All of the American Indian groups had differences, but ONE thing that made them similar was ______________.
a)
They looked the same.
b)
They used resources in their environment to survive.
c)
They spoke the same language.
d)
They all lived in longhouses.
7.
In this region, Indians hunted animals in the forest/woods for food and clothing, built longhouses for shelter, and fished in nearby waterways
a)
Arctic region
b)
Northeast and Northwest regions
c)
Southeast
d)
Southwest
8.
What is the name of the house Arctic American Indians lived in?
a)
igloo
b)
teepee
c)
chickee
9.
Why did the Southwest Indians use irrigation techniques to help their crops grow?
a)
The climate was dry and it didn't rain much in that area
b)
They wanted to flood the crops
c)
They wanted to have crops to feed the sheep
10.
Plains Indians often moved from place to place following buffalos, so they built ____________ which were very mobile.
*mobile-easy to move
*mobile-easy to move
a)
earth lodge
b)
longhouses
c)
teepees
d)
pueblo
11.
This region had an abundance of salmon and trout. They also lived in a region where there was a temperate rain forest and utilized the cedar tree to make their houses, totem poles, canoes, etc.
a)
Northeast
b)
Southeast
c)
Northwest
d)
Great Plains
12.
#5 on the map represents the ______________________ region where American Indians once lived
a)
Northeast
b)
Southeast
c)
Southwest
d)
Great Plains
13.
#3 on the map represents the ______________ region where American Indians once lived
a)
Southeast
b)
Great Plains
c)
Southwest
d)
Eastern Woodlands
14.
#2 on the map is represents ______________ region where American Indians once lived
a)
Northwest Coast
b)
Great Plains
c)
Southeast
d)
Southwest
15.
#1 on the map represents the ___________ region where American Indians once lived
a)
Southwest
b)
Northwest Coast
c)
Plains
d)
Southeast
16.
#4 on the map represents the _________________ region where American Indians once lived.
a)
Eastern Woodlands
b)
Southeast
c)
Great Plains
d)
Northwest Coast
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