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American Indians Unit 1.2

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 29mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which Indian tribe lived in Arizona and New Mexico?

a)

Inuit

b)

Iroquois

c)

Pueblo

d)

Lakota

2.

_______________ and climate affected the way the Indians got their food.

a)

Land

b)

Spirits

c)

Pow Wow

d)

Geography

3.

What is the oldest archaeological site?

a)

Caption Hill

b)

Cactus Hill

c)

Red Hill

d)

Green Hill

4.
What American Indian tribe was located in the Eastern Woodlands?
a)
Inuit
b)
Iroquois
c)
Lakota
d)
Pueblo
5.
What American Indians lived in a rainy mild climate and use trees to build plankhouses and totem poles?
a)
Inuit
b)
Iroqouis
c)
Pueblo
d)
Kwakiutl
6.
What tribe lived on the Great Plains and hunted buffalo?
a)
Inuit
b)
Iroqouis
c)
Lakota
d)
Pueblo
7.
What American Indian tribe lived in the Arctic where temperatures were below freezing most of the year?
a)
Inuit
b)
Iroqouis
c)
Pueblo
d)
Lakota
8.
What tribe lived in longhouses in the Eastern Woodlands?
a)
Inuit
b)
Iroqouis
c)
Pueblo
d)
Lakota
9.

Which American Indian region hunted bison? They had to travel when the bison moved so their homes were temporary.

a)

Northwest

b)

Southwest

c)

Plains

d)

Arctic

10.

Which region ate polar bear, caribou, and fish?

a)

Arctic

b)

Plains

c)

Northwest

d)

Southwest

11.
Archeology means
a)
the study of hands
b)
the study of arrows
c)
the study of old artifacts
d)
none of the above
12.
Evidence was found here that indicates that humans lived in Southeast VA as early as 18000 years ago.
a)
Cactus Hill VA
b)
Normandy, France
c)
Star Fort VA
d)
Mt Vernon VA
13.
Their homeland included the Pacific Northwest.
a)
Pueblo
b)
Inuit
c)
Kwakiutl
d)
Lakota/Sioux
14.
The study of artifacts such as weapons, tools and pottery
a)
necrology
b)
seismology
c)
archaeology
d)
entomology
15.
People who work to produce goods and services.
a)
human resources
b)
capital resources
c)
natural resources
d)
undetermined resources
16.
Goods needed to produce other goods (tools)
a)
human resources
b)
natural resources
c)
capital resources
d)
undefined resources
17.
Things that come directly from nature.
a)
natural resources
b)
capital resources
c)
human resources
d)
undefined resources
18.
Their homeland was northeast North America (Eastern woodlands)
a)
Inuit
b)
Kwakiutl
c)
Lakota/Sioux
d)
Iroquoix
19.

What types of shelters did the Arctic Indians live in?

a)

Chickees

b)

Igloos

c)

Cedar Plank Houses

d)

Longhouses

20.

The Southwest American Indians lived in what type of shelters?

a)

Chickees

b)

Pueblos

c)

Longhouses

d)

Igloos

21.

What American Indian region lived in cedar plank houses?

a)

Northeast

b)

Southwest

c)

Arctic

d)

Northwest

22.

What type of shelter is this?

a)

Pueblos

b)

Chickees

c)

Teepees

d)

Cedar Plank Houses

23.

What region is hot and dry with little rain?

a)

Arctic

b)

Great Plains

c)

Northwest

d)

Southwest

24.

What American Indian region lived in longhouses?

a)

Southwest

b)

Northwest

c)

Arctic

d)

Northeast

25.

Which American Indian region hunted bison? They had to travel when the bison moved so their homes were temporary.

a)

Northwest

b)

Southwest

c)

Plains

d)

Arctic

26.

What American Indian region is between the Rocky Mountains and the Mississippi river?

a)

Northwest

b)

Southwest

c)

Arctic

d)

Great Plains

27.

What American Indian region wore clothing made out of cotton because it was hot and dry outside?

a)

Northeast

b)

Northwest

c)

Arctic

d)

Southwest

28.

What American Indian region wore warm clothing made from fur?

a)

Arctic

b)

Plains

c)

Southwest

d)

Southeast

29.

The Northwest region had what type of climate?

a)

Hot and dry with little rain

b)

Hot and humid

c)

Rain, forests, lots of lakes and rivers

d)

Cold

30.

What region is highlighted in red?

a)

Northwest

b)

Southwest

c)

Great Plains

d)

Arctic

31.

What American Indian region is marked in red?

a)

Northeast

b)

Southwest

c)

Arctic

d)

Northwest

32.

Teepees were made from animal skin. Which American Indian region lived in them?

a)

Southeast

b)

Great Plains

c)

Southwest

d)

Northeast

33.

What American Indian region is marked in red?

a)

Arctic

b)

Plains

c)

Southwest

d)

Southeast

34.

What American Indian region is red?

a)

Northeast

b)

Northwest

c)

Arctic

d)

Great Plains

35.

Which region ate polar bear, caribou, and fish?

a)

Arctic

b)

Plains

c)

Northwest

d)

Southwest

36.

What Native American region is in yellow?

a)

Southwest

b)

Arctic

c)

Northwest

d)

Great Plains

37.
They inhabit arctic areas (like Northern Canada and Alaska)
a)
Kwakiutl
b)
Pueblo
c)
Inuit
d)
Iroquois
38.
Made up of a people's beliefs customs, art etc.
a)
resources
b)
geography
c)
climate
d)
culture
39.
Lived in the interior of the US (the Great Plains)
a)
Inuit
b)
Iroquois
c)
Kwakiutl
d)
Lakota/Sioux
40.
Their homeland was northeast North America (Eastern woodlands)
a)
Inuit
b)
Kwakiutl
c)
Lakota/Sioux
d)
Iroquoix