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Shrikar’s Am Indian Quizizz

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
about how many years ago did the indigenous people come to the Americas?
a)
50 years ago
b)
20,000-40,000 years ago
c)
2,000-4,000 years ago
d)
1 million years ago
2.
what might be some of the reasons the indigenous people came across from Asia to the Americas?
a)
All of the other answers
b)
to hunt animals for food
c)
To gather plants and berries to eat for food
d)
to Fish for food in the ocean and end up in a new land 
3.
Around what year did the Europeans arrive in the Americas?
a)
1002
b)
186
c)
666
d)
1500
4.
What artifacts did people leave behind?
a)
rivers, seas, ocean, land, plants, animals, trees, flowers
b)
cave drawings, pottery, bones, tools, weapons, etc.)
c)
Phones, bees, backpacks, headsets, ipads, Rice Krispies, bill nye, Star Wars 
d)
glasses, lamps, pottery, 
5.
What could have killed many Native Americans and drastically drop their population?
a)
The bees that stung when the Native Americans tried to get honey
b)
when there were sandstorms and and all of the sand got in their eyes
c)
when their camel ran into a cactus and they fell over  into the cactus with the camel
d)
the diseases that were spread by the Eu
6.
What were the three Southeastern Native American cultures?
a)
wichita, Cherokee, atakapan
b)
Cherokee, Alabama, coushatta
c)
wichita, Caddo, atakapan
d)
Wichita, Caddo, Alabama 
7.
Which culture had raccoon eye tattoos?
a)
atakapan
b)
Caddo
c)
Wichita
d)
cherokee
8.
Which culture held woman in high status?
a)
Caddo
b)
Wichita
c)
Atakapan
d)
Coushatta
9.
By what river did the Alabama and Coushatta cultures settle.
a)
Rio Grande
b)
Red River
c)
Sabine River
d)
Trinity River
10.
Where did the Anglo American settlers force the Cherokee cultures to go to?
a)
Alabama 
b)
Louisiana 
c)
New Mexico
d)
Oklahoma
11.
True or False: The Tonkawa people moved from the plains to the Edwards Plateau Area
a)
True
b)
False
12.
What tribe did the Tonkawa people always fight with?
a)
Apache
b)
Cherokee
c)
Atakapan
d)
Caddo
13.
What did the Tonkawa do to appease a certain tribe
a)
set up organized trade to appease the Comanche
b)
Gave horses to appease the Caddo
c)
Set up organized trade to appease the Caddo
d)
Gave horses to appease the Comanche
14.
How many tribes did the Apache split up into based on Language?
a)
3
b)
9
c)
2
d)
6
15.
When did the Apache hunt buffalo?
a)
fall and winter
b)
summer and spring
c)
summer and fall
d)
winter and spring
16.
Who did the Apache often fight with for control over Texas?
a)
Comanche
b)
Tonkawa
c)
Kiowa
d)
Caddo
17.
Where did the Comanche move from?
a)
Great Plains area
b)
Rockies Area
c)
Oklahoma
d)
Kansas 
18.
When did the most buffalo hunts happen for the Comanche?
a)
winter
b)
spring
c)
Summer
d)
Fall
19.
What two states did the Kiowa come from?
a)
Oklahoma and Arkansas
b)
Louisiana and Arkansas
c)
Oklahoma and Kansas
d)
New Mexico and Kansas
20.
What tribe did the Kiowa eat and dress like?
a)
wichita
b)
Comanche
c)
caddo
d)
Apache
21.
What did the Kiowa do that separated them from all the other tribes
a)
had grass tipis
b)
had long hair for both men and woman
c)
Did the Sun Dance
d)
Killed and ate only buffalo
22.
What were the two Western Gulf cultures?
a)
coahuiltecan and Caddo 
b)
coahuiltecan and Karankawa
c)
apache and Karankawa
d)
Comanche and Karankawa
23.
Where did the Coahuiltecan come from and go to?
a)
San Antonio to Cprpus Christi
b)
Corpus Christi to el paso
c)
San Antonio to el paso
d)
El Paso to Corpus Christi 
24.
True or false: the Coahuiltecan people were an official tribe
a)
True
b)
False
25.
True or false: the Coahuiltecan were hunter-gatherers
a)
True
b)
False
26.
How warlike were the Coahuiltecans?
a)
least warlike
b)
Most warlike
c)
Less warlike than some groups
d)
more Warlike than other groups
27.
What did the Karankawa peoples do to get food?
a)
hunt
b)
fish
c)
gather
d)
all of above
28.
How did Karankawa people travel?
a)
walked
b)
Horses
c)
Boats
d)
Cars
29.
What difference was most noticeable that separated Karankawa people from other Native Americans?
a)
height
b)
Hunted
c)
Only ate fish
d)
Had big earrings
30.
Where did the Jumano live?
a)
between Pecos river and Rio Grande
b)
between Corpus Christi and El Paso
c)
Between Mexico and Rio Grande
d)
Between Rio Grande and Red River
31.
what was the Jumano nickname?
a)
striped people
b)
tall people
c)
short people
d)
Pierced people
32.
True or false: Men did most of the farming in the Jumano tribe
a)
true
b)
False
33.
Who were the Conchos allied with?
a)
Jumano
b)
Tigua
c)
Caddo
d)
Comanche
34.
True or false: Concho lived in fur covered huts
a)
true
b)
False
35.
What happened to the Concho?
a)
merged with Jumano
b)
died out
c)
absorbed into Spanish culture
d)
all of the answers
36.
True or false: Tigua started town of Yselta.
a)
True
b)
False
37.
Where did the tribal council meet?
a)
ikea
b)
kiwi
c)
Kiva
d)
Kima
38.
True or false: strongest Tigua became chief by killing all who opposed him.
a)
true
b)
false
39.
what is one of the Spanish ways that the Tigua adopted?
a)
sombreros
b)
Maracas
c)
Catholocism
d)
Beans
40.
True or false: many people try to oppose Tigua traditions today.
a)
true
b)
False