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Chapter 3 Native Americans

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

__________ is a record of past events.

a)

constitution

b)

history

c)

piedmont

d)

culture

2.

An _________ is the way that people choose to make, buy, sell, and use things.

a)

barter

b)

economy

c)

religion

d)

culture

3.

The __________ is gently rolling land at the base of mountains.

a)

government

b)

economy

c)

constitution

d)

piedmont

4.

An organization that makes laws and keeps order is a __________.

a)

constitution

b)

religion

c)

government

d)

culture

5.

___________ is the way of life or the beliefs, ideas, and language of a group of people.

a)

culture

b)

religion

c)

barter

d)

economy

6.

When you ______________, you trade one item for another.

a)

economy

b)

piedmont

c)

barter

d)

religion

7.

The basic laws and ideas that a government and its people people follow is a __________.

a)

government

b)

culture

c)

religion

d)

constitution

8.

__________ is the belief in God or gods.

a)

religion

b)

culture

c)

history

d)

piedmont

9.

Navajo stories show respect for ____________.

a)

librarians

b)

scientists

c)

people who study maps

d)

nature

10.

Why do some Navajos build homes facing east?

a)

to keep them cool inside

b)

to respect or honor the sunrise

c)

to keep animals away

d)

because the house will last longer

11.

What did the Navajos do to adapt to the desert?

a)

they built large cities

b)

they learned to hunt animals and grow food there

c)

they built roads to take them out of the desert

d)

they held ceremonies

12.

The map shows Navajo land in

a)

Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah

b)

Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas

c)

Mexico, Texas, and Oklahoma

d)

Nevada, California, and Mexico

13.

What kind of trees are in the forests where the Yurok live?

a)

cherry

b)

dogwood

c)

maple

d)

redwood

14.

What did the Yurok do when they needed something they could not make?

a)

they used natural resources

b)

they bartered and traded with othe American Indians for it

c)

they hunted and gathered food to eat

d)

they used wood from redwood trees

15.

sometimes the Yurok used special shells as

a)

boats

b)

money

c)

fish hooks

d)

digging tools

16.

What is important to the Yurok economy today?

a)

salmon fishing

b)

canoe building

c)

shell jewelry

d)

farming

17.

Where did the Cherokee Indians live long ago?

a)

the Northwest

b)

the West

c)

the Southeast

d)

the East

18.

What resource helped the Cherokee to grow vegetables?

a)

fruit and nuts

b)

the rich soil of the peidmont

c)

settlers who helped them farm

d)

summer and winter homes

19.

A Cherokee named Sequoyah invented

a)

a way to build houses faster

b)

a way to write down the Cherokee language

c)

a machine to gather fruit and nuts

d)

new traditions for religious ceremonies

20.

The Cherokee who followed the Trail of Tears trveled

a)

south

b)

north

c)

east

d)

west

21.

Where did the Haudenosaunee live?

a)

in the desert of Nevada

b)

on the Great Plains

c)

near the ocean in California

d)

in the forests in New York

22.

The Peacemaker helped the Haudenosaunee

a)

build walls around the towns

b)

form a new government and constitution

c)

hunt bear and deer

d)

learn to trade

23.

Five Haudenosaunee nations

a)

formed a government to help them live in peace

b)

went to Arizona for the winter

c)

built boats to trade with other nations

d)

fished to feed their families

24.

Today the Haudenosaunee government

a)

raises corn and squash

b)

helps build walls around towns

c)

work hard to protect Haudensaunee land and traditions

d)

is made up of six to ten families