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Meet Michigan Chapter 2

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the name for the first people who lived here?

a)

South Americans

b)

Native Americans

c)

Irish Americans

d)

The British

2.

What is the name of the group who buried their dead in mounds?

a)

The Hopewell

b)

The Potowatomi

c)

The Miami

d)

The Ojibway

3.
Artifacts are things left behind by people who lived long ago.
a)
True
b)
False
4.

Which of these is an artifact?

a)

old tree

b)

today's newspaper

c)

arrow head

d)

mountain

5.
How do historians know the Hopewell traded for things they did not have?
a)
The Hopewell left behind letters
b)
The Hopewell drew pictures on cave walls
c)
The Hopewell left artifacts in their mounds
6.
How did the Hopewell modify the environment?
a)
traded for things from far away
b)
exercised to stay in shape
c)
piled dirt to make large mounds
7.

Which is a reason why the first people moved here?

a)

There was plenty of food and water where they once lived

b)

The land where they first lived was at peace

c)

Food was scarce where they once lived

8.

Which of the Michigan cities is a Native American word?

a)

Kalamazoo

b)

Kent

c)

Ironwood

d)

Detroit

9.
How did the tribes use what nature provided?
a)
They bought supplies from the building center
b)
They used tree bark to help build their wigwams
c)
They ordered shingles from the internet
10.
The word Anishnabeg means, "Those who live near the Great Lakes"
a)
True
b)
False
11.
People trade because they need something. It is scarce to them
a)
True
b)
False
12.
People who move from the land where they live to another land or country are migrating
a)
True
b)
False
13.

What is the name given to The Potawatomi, Ojibway and Odawa tribes

a)

Fire Ring

b)

Three Fires

c)

Amigos

d)

Tribes

14.

Name one Native American invention

a)

Snow shoes

b)

toboggans

c)

canoes

d)

All of the above

15.

Which is a Native American Legend

a)

The Song of Hiawatha

b)

The legend of the First Maple Sugar

c)

Seven Grandfathers and the Little Boy

d)

All of the above

16.
How do Native Americans earn their living today?
a)
farmers and teachers
b)
mechanic
c)
shop owners
d)
cleaning houses
17.

What does the word migrating mean?

a)

Moving from place to place

b)

Traveling by airplane

c)

Walking in circles

d)

Going on a trip

18.

What materials did Native American in Michigan use to build wigwams?

a)

birchbark

b)

brick

c)

wood

d)

birchbark and wood