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American Indians: Past & Present

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which region where American Indians lived was heavily forested with plenty of vegetation?

a)

Artic

b)

Southwest

c)

Northwest

d)

Plains

2.

Which region did American Indians tend to live in a dry arid climate?

a)

Southeast

b)

Southwest

c)

Artic

d)

Plains

3.

Which region where the American Indians lived was mostly in a cold, frigid landscape with little vegetation?

a)

Northwest

b)

Southeast

c)

Plains

d)

Artic

4.

In which region did the American Indians depend on the buffalo as a resource?

a)

Northeast

b)

Plains

c)

Southwest

d)

Northwest

5.

Which region did American Indians grow these three main crops..corns, beans, and squash?

a)

Southeast

b)

Plains

c)

Northwest

d)

Southwest

6.

Which region did American Indians build igloos for shelter?

a)

Northeast

b)

Southeast

c)

Plains

d)

Arctic

7.
In which region were American Indians also called the Woodland Indians because of the heavily wooded area they lived in?
a)
Plains
b)
Northwest
c)
Northeast
d)
Arctic
8.
What region is letter F ?
a)
Arctic
b)
Plains
c)
Northwest
d)
Southwest
9.
Which region made their homes, called pueblos, from adobe? 
a)
Northeast
b)
Artic
c)
Southwest
d)
Plains
10.
Which region lived in large, cedar plank homes? 
a)
Plains
b)
Southeast
c)
Northwest
d)
Arctic
11.
Which resource was used primarily for making American Indian clothing?
a)
grass
b)
cotton
c)
linen
d)
animal skins
12.

American Indians in this region used the Pacific Ocean as a source for food like salmon. Which region was it?

a)

Northeast

b)

Northwest

c)

Southeast

d)

Southwest

13.

Which native american tribe lived in region 4?

a)

Northeast

b)

Southeast

c)

Northwest

d)

Southwest

14.

What native american region is identified by 3?

a)

Plains

b)

Southeast

c)

Northwest

d)

Northeast

15.

What is true about all American Indian shelters?

a)

they were teepees made to be moved

b)

they were made of animal skins they hunted

c)

they were made of things found in the environment

d)

they were made from clay known as wattle and daub

16.

In which two regions did American Indians depend on sea animals for part of their diet?

a)

Southwest and Southeast

b)

Northeast and Plains

c)

Northwest and Southwest

d)

Northwest and Arctic

17.

Why did some American Indian cultures develop permanent settlements and others did not?

a)

farming created a reliable food source

b)

they were near the oceans

c)

Europeans made them settle

d)

they got wood from their environment

18.

What is one reason American Indians settled in the Arctic region?

a)

they liked the cold climate

b)

their boats from Europe landed there

c)

to avoid conflict with other American Indian tribes

d)

the land was all they could afford to buy

19.

In which region was farming difficult due to the dry climate causing American Indians to collect rainwater to irrigate (water) their crops?

a)

Southeast

b)

Southwest

c)

Northwest

d)

Northeast

20.

Why did many Plains Indians use teepees for shelter?

a)

there was no grass on the plains to make their shelters of

b)

they had nothing else in their environment to make homes with

c)

they hunted and gathered food and needed shelter that could move

d)

they were not allowed to cut-down trees in the plains to build shelter