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Native American Pre-quiz

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is civilization?

a)

Culture with no systems

b)

Culture with systems of government, education, and religion

c)

A large population of people

d)

A city with people

2.

Who were the Maya?

a)

One of the first North American civilizations

b)

The people from Europe

c)

The people who crossed the sky bridge

d)

A civilization that didn't know how to farm

3.

Where did the Mayans live?

a)

In what is today southern Mexico, Guatemala, and Belize

b)

In central Mexico

c)

In Brazil and Mesoamerica

d)

In the middle of America

4.

What is the popular ball game in Mesoamerica?

a)

Tok-Pok-Tak

b)

Pok-a-Tok

c)

Tok-a-Pok

d)

A-talk-ing-bird

5.

What was one of the Aztec political activities?

a)

Talking

b)

Conquering other civilizations

c)

Governing animals

d)

Laws about the hanging garden

6.

The two Native American tribes that lived in the Southwest were?

a)

Poki and Hoki

b)

Toki and Navajo

c)

Navajo and Pueblo

d)

Pueblo and Cherokee

7.

What is this picture?

a)

A crown

b)

A mansion

c)

Boxes stacked together

d)

An adobe home

8.

What are hogans?

a)

House made of straws

b)

House made of sod, mud, and logs

c)

House that has a large chimminey

d)

A dome shaped house made of plastic

9.

How did the Navajos pass down knowledge?

a)

Through books

b)

There were teachers to teach kids

c)

Using a doll called the Kachina

d)

Through stories and songs

10.

True or False: An Adobe home has no doors or windows on the first floor.

a)

False

b)

True

11.

What were the two tribes that we talked about in the Pacific Northwest?

a)

Tlingit & Kwakiutl

b)

Tlingit & Cherokee

c)

Hopi & Zuni

d)

Navajo & Pueblo

12.

Where did the Pacific Northwest Native Americans live?

a)

Along the coast between Alaska and British Columbia

b)

Along the coast of California and Mexico

c)

Along the coast of Alaska and Hawaii

d)

Along the coast of New England and China

13.

What are totem poles?

a)

Logs that are carved for houses.

b)

Wooden logs carved to tell stories of important family members.

c)

A stick.

d)

A tree.

14.

What are potlatches?

a)

Celebrations where guests receive gifts.

b)

Celebrations where people give gifts to children.

c)

Celebrations where children give gifts to adults.

d)

A pot that requires a key to open it.