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5th Grade Chapter 2: Native Americans

Total questions: 61

Worksheet time: 31mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

According to the land bridge theory, from which continent did early people cross into North America?

a)

Africa

b)

Asia

c)

Europe

d)

South America

2.

What is the main reason that early peoples in the Americas began to live in larger, more settled villages?

a)

they developed agriculture

b)

they learned how to hunt with bows and arrows

c)

they found dependable water sources

d)

they needed protection from warring peoples

3.

What early civilization in the Americas developed a counting system that included zero?

a)

the Ancient Puebloan

b)

the Mayan

c)

the Olmec

d)

the Adena

4.

What was used to group Eastern Woodland peoples as Iroquoian or Algonquian?

a)

the systems of government they used

b)

the languages they spoke

c)

the types of homes they built

d)

the crops they grew

5.

What was a major purpose of the Iroquois League?

a)

to trade goods

b)

to lead religious ceremonies

c)

to resolve conflicts among people and groups

d)

to establish a common language for communication

6.

After water, what was the most important natural resource for the Plains people?

a)

trees

b)

fish

c)

rivers

d)

buffalo

7.

Which of these natural resources was most important to people of the Eastern Woodlands and the Northwest Coast?

a)

grass

b)

wood

c)

corn

d)

adobe

8.

Why did the economy of Native Americans living in the Arctic cause families to band together?

a)

they had to travel long distances to hunt seals

b)

they held potlatch celebrations to share their many resources

c)

when food was scarce, the families shared seal meat

d)

they were Abel to grow plenty of food in the summer

9.

an early family member

a)

ancestor

b)

tradition

c)

artifact

d)

grandma

10.

an idea based on study and research

a)

educated guess

b)

hypothesis

c)

theory

d)

hypotenuse

11.

the movement of people

a)

artifact

b)

class

c)

theory

d)

migration

12.

the theory that tells us there was once a "bridge" of land between Asia and North America

a)

North American theory

b)

migration theory

c)

glacier theory

d)

land bridge theory

13.

slow-moving sheets of ice

a)

level land

b)

land bridges

c)

glaciers

d)

igloos

14.

objects made by people

a)

machine

b)

artifacts

c)

tools

d)

fossils

15.

a group of people with ways of life, religion, and learning

a)

family

b)

congregation

c)

civilization

d)

community

16.

Which of the following came first?

a)

the Arctic

b)

the Cheyenne

c)

the Olmec

d)

the Puebloans

17.

Who was considered the "mother culture" of the Americas?

a)

the Olmec

b)

the Mayans

c)

the Mound Builders

d)

the Ancient Puebloans

18.

a way of life or an idea that has been handed down from the past

a)

class

b)

folklore

c)

artifact

d)

tradition

19.

a group of people in society who have something in common

a)

relatives

b)

family

c)

class

d)

neighbors

20.

Which of the following was not a crop the Olmec and Maya grew?

a)

corn

b)

beans

c)

peppers

d)

grapes

21.

Which of the following was how the Adena used their mounds?

a)

for burials

b)

for higher land

22.

an area in which people share some ways of life

a)

civilization

b)

community

c)

physical region

d)

cultural region

23.

work that is divided so that it is possible to produce more goods

a)

division of labor

b)

chores

c)

production

d)

groups

24.

Where did the Native Americans who spoke Algonquian live?

a)

inland

b)

Coastal Plain

c)

the West

d)

the Northeast

25.

Where di the Iroquois live?

a)

near Florida

b)

the West

c)

near the Great Lakes

d)

up in Canada

26.

walls of tall wooden poles

a)

wampum

b)

longhouses

c)

palisades

d)

pueblo

27.

a long wooden building in which several families could live

a)

longhouse

b)

palisades

c)

wampum

d)

pueblo

28.

Which of the following is not a main crop of the Iroquois?

a)

corn

b)

beans

c)

squash

d)

pumpkin

29.

beads cut from seashells

a)

hiawatha

b)

palisades

c)

shapeups

d)

wampum

30.

a loose group of governments working together

a)

deganawida

b)

palisades

c)

confederation

d)

community

31.

an Iroquois warrior

a)

Hiawatha

b)

Mohawk

c)

Deganawida

d)

Ontario

32.

bark-covered shelters

a)

wampums

b)

longhouses

c)

villages

d)

wigwams

33.

Algonquin who lived near the water relied on fish as an important food source.

a)

true

b)

false

34.

Algonquian made their clothing out of what animal?

a)

elk

b)

buffalo

c)

deer

d)

caribou

35.

Which of the following is not a Native American use for buffalo?

a)

cups

b)

shields

c)

mailbox

d)

tools

36.

After water what is the Plain's peoples most important natural resource?

a)

buffalo

b)

corn

c)

fish

d)

caribou

37.

The Central PlainsIndians were...

a)

farmers

b)

hunters

c)

both

38.

large round earthen houses

a)

longhouses

b)

lodges

c)

tepee

d)

travois

39.

a layer of soil held together by the roots of grasses

a)

huthcings

b)

long grass

c)

sod

d)

kiowa

40.

in short supply

a)

hindered

b)

poor

c)

scarce

d)

travois

41.

a cone-shaped tent

a)

scarce

b)

tepee

c)

travois

d)

lodges

42.

a carrier made from two poles tied together at one end and then fastened to a harness on a dog

a)

sod

b)

lodges

c)

tepee

d)

travois

43.

a group of leaders who meet to make decisions

a)

Lakota

b)

ceremony

c)

council

d)

tribe

44.

a celebration to honor a cultural or religious event

a)

council

b)

ceremony

c)

travois

d)

parade

45.

adjust

a)

modify

b)

surplus

c)

staple

d)

adapt

46.

something that is always needed and used

a)

staple

b)

adapt

c)

surplus

d)

hogan

47.

extra amounts

a)

hogan

b)

staple

c)

adapt

d)

surplus

48.

sun-dried bricks made of clay and straw

a)

tule

b)

hogan

c)

adobe

d)

pueblo

49.

cone-shaped shelters built by covering a wooden frame with mud or adobe

a)

hogans

b)

adobe

c)

tepee

d)

longhouse

50.

a system that allows people to get goods from faraway places

a)

streams

b)

trade networks

c)

buffalo

d)

community

51.

long spears with sharp shell points

a)

kayak

b)

makah

c)

harpoons

d)

igloo

52.

extended family

a)

group

b)

longhouse

c)

community

d)

clan

53.

the way the people of a state, region, or country use their resources to meet their needs

a)

economy

b)

tradition

c)

community

d)

village

54.

exchange goods

a)

economy

b)

potlatch

c)

barter

d)

clan

55.

a celebration to show wealth and divide property among the people

a)

clan

b)

economy

c)

barter

d)

potlatch

56.

a one-person canoe made of waterproof skins stretched over wood or bone

a)

kayak

b)

clan

c)

igloo

d)

arctic

57.

homes made of ice

a)

longhouses

b)

igloo

c)

kayak

d)

pueblo

58.

Some Inuit lived in tents

a)

true

b)

false

59.

Resources were scarce in the Arctic and sub-Arctic.

a)

true

b)

false

60.

What is one example of a way that Native Americans modified their environment?

a)

they traded for things they needed

b)

they irrigated land for farming

c)

they stored food in containers

d)

they traveled long distances for wood

61.

For which two Native American regions was wood one of the most important resources?

a)

Southwest and Plains

b)

Plains and Eastern Woodlands

c)

Eastern Woodlands and Northwest

d)

Southwest and Arctic

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