WorksheetsNV Our Home Chapter 3
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The earliest people to come to the region which is now Nevada were the...
a)
Duck Decoy people
b)
Desert Archaic people
c)
The Anasazi people
d)
The Pauite people
2.
The atlatl was a tool the Lovelock Cave people used for what?
a)
cooking
b)
fishing
c)
washing clothes
d)
hunting
3.
Ancient people made carvings on rocks and in caves (petroglyphs). What do modern scientists use these for?
a)
to study how ancient people lived
b)
as the front of their Christmas cards
c)
to explain how ancient people were not artistic
d)
as refrigerator artwork
4.
What is left behind of a place after the people living there have gone is called what?
a)
scat
b)
ruins
c)
leftovers
d)
boring
5.
Corn, beans, and squash were life-giving plants for early Nevada people. As a result, these items were nicknamed what?
a)
The Three Sisters
b)
Bornuash
c)
Power Produce
d)
Captain Planet
6.
Another name for a main source of food that people survive on or use regularly as part of their diet is what?
a)
scissors
b)
fo rizzle
c)
legit
d)
staple
7.
Native Americans used rabbit for all but which of the following?
a)
eating
b)
clothes
c)
blankets
d)
pets
8.
Who was Dot-So-La-Lee?
a)
A famous Washoe basket maker.
b)
A war hero for the Pauite Native Americans.
c)
A pottery maker who sold pots with turquoise in them.
d)
An eskimo that taught penguins how to play instruments.
9.
Based on the information in chapter 3, what is a reservation?
a)
pieces of land set aside by the government
b)
holding a table at a restaurant for a particular time
c)
a reward that Native Americans looked forward to receiving
d)
a special meeting between groups of people that are at war with each other
10.
All of Nevada's main Native American tribes were ____________ at least part of the time. This means that they moved from place to place to survive.
a)
nomadic
b)
asthmatic
c)
vegetarian
d)
sweaty
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