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Wisconsin's Native Americans

Total questions: 43

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a Native American reservation?

a)

an appointment for Native Americans

b)

land set aside for Native American use

c)

something Native Americans are fearful of

d)

something Native Americans set aside

2.

Who studies artifacts to learn about the past?

a)

paleontologist

b)

zoologist

c)

pastologist

d)

archaeologist

3.

How did Native Americans know when it was time to gather wild rice?

a)

The seasons changed

b)

They got a message in the sweat houses

c)

An elder told them it was time

d)

Birds began eating the wild rice

4.

How did Native Americans know it was time to collect sap for maple syrup?

a)

They were hungry

b)

The weather began to warm up

c)

The weather began to get colder

d)

The tribe's council declared it to be time

5.

How did we learn about the Native Americans that lived BEFORE there was a written record about them?

a)

factors that were left behind

b)

stories that were written down

c)

journals kept by explorers

d)

artifacts that were left behind

6.

What type of home was used by Wisconsin's Native Americans?

a)

A birchbark house

b)

A wigwam

c)

A shack

d)

A skin hut

7.

How did we learn about the PREHISTORIC Native Americans?

a)

Artifacts

b)

Written records and artifacts

8.

How did we learn about HISTORIC Native Americans?

a)

artifacts

b)

artifacts and written records

9.

What do we call an official agreement between Native Americans and our government?

a)

law

b)

pact

c)

treaty

d)

decree

10.

What game did Native Americans play?

a)

La Crosse

b)

Jacks

c)

Hide and Seek

d)

I Spy

e)

Hackysack

11.

What grain grew in shallow water and was gathered and eaten by Native Americans?

a)

corn

b)

wheat

c)

pemmican

d)

wild rice

12.

What do we call an independent nation that makes its own laws?

a)

Solitary

b)

Sovereign

c)

Socialist

d)

Singular

e)

Solemn

13.

When two people use a long pole to move their canoe through the rice beds, what is this called?

a)

parching

b)

winnowing

c)

poling

d)

stomping

e)

ricing sticks

14.

Native Americans use two poles to knock the rice off the plant. What are these two poles are called?

a)

winnowing

b)

stomping

c)

parching

d)

ricing sticks

e)

poling

15.

After the rice dries in the sun, it is heated over a fire, to dry the hulls even more. What is this called?

a)

winnowing

b)

stomping

c)

ricing sticks

d)

parching

e)

poling

16.

When the rice is dry, Native Americans step on the rice to loosen the hulls. What is this called?

a)

winnowing

b)

stomping

c)

parching

d)

ricing sticks

e)

poling

17.

After the hulls are broken, Native Americans would toss the rice into the air so that the hulls would be blown away by the wind. What is this called?

a)

winnowing

b)

stomping

c)

parching

d)

ricing sticks

e)

poling

18.

Wild rice is harvested in which season?

a)

spring

b)

summer

c)

fall

d)

winter

19.

Which tribes currently have tribal lands in Wisconsin?

a)

SIoux, Menominee, Ojibwe, Potowatomi, Oneida, Ho-Chunk

b)

Ho-Chunk, Ojibwe, Dakota, Sauk, Meskwake, Menominee

c)

Mohican, Menominee, Oneida, Potowatomi, Ojibwe, Ho-Chunk

20.

Which foods were eaten by Native Americans BEFORE Europeans began exploring Wisconsin?

a)

blueberries,

wild rice,

corn,

maple syrup,

venison (deer)

b)

pork (pig)

veal (sheep),

beef (cows),

chicken

c)

grapes,

tomatoes,

bananas,

wheat,

sugar

21.

Who lived in caves and moved often to find food?

a)

Paleo Indians

b)

Archaic Indians

c)

Historic Indians

d)

Modern Native Americans

22.

Who used spear throwers (atlatls)?

a)

Paleo Indians

b)

Archaic Indians

c)

Historic Indians

d)

Modern Native Americans?

23.

Who wore clothing made of animal skins and traveled in birchbark canoes?

a)

Paleo Indians

b)

Archaic Indians

c)

Historic Indians

d)

Modern Native Americans

24.

Who lives on reservations and speaks English?

a)

Paleo Indians

b)

Archaic Indians

c)

Historic Indians

d)

Modern Native Americans

25.

Who made copper tools and jewelry?

a)

Paleo Indians

b)

Archaic Indians

c)

Historic Indians

d)

Modern Native Americans

26.

Who gathered wild rice?

a)

Paleo Indians

b)

Archaic Indians

c)

Historic Indians

d)

Modern Native Americans

27.

Who hunted wooly mammoths with fluted spear points?

a)

Paleo Indians

b)

Archaic Indians

c)

Historic Indians

d)

Modern Native Americans

28.

Who moved with the changing seasons? Choose all that apply.

a)

Paleo Indians

b)

Archaic Indians

c)

Historic Indians

d)

Modern Native Americans

29.

Which group of Native Americans attend school and hold jobs?

a)

Paleo Indians

b)

Archaic Indians

c)

Historic Indians

d)

Modern Native Americans

30.

Who has their own tribal government?

a)

Paleo Indians

b)

Archaic Indians

c)

Historic Indians

d)

Modern Native Americans

31.

Select all Native American artifacts which have been found in Wisconsin. Choose all that apply.

a)

spear points

b)

gold and silver

c)

glass beads

d)

pottery

e)

copper tools

32.

Which tribes can be found in Wisconsin today? Select ALL.

a)

Potowatomi and Menominee

b)

Ho-Chunk

and Ojibwe

c)

Mohican and Oneida

d)

Navajo and Apache

e)

Sioux and Cherokee

33.

The group of Native Americans that developed an atlatl, or spear thrower

a)

Paleo

b)

Archaic

c)

Historic

34.

The group of Native Americans that traveled in birchbark canoes.

a)

Paleo

b)

Archaic

c)

Historic

35.

This group of Native Americans first used axes and grinding stones.

a)

Paleo

b)

Archaic

c)

Historic

36.

This group of Native Americans lived in caves and moved often to find food.

a)

Paleo

b)

Archaic

c)

Historic

37.

This group of Native Americans played games like lacrosse.

a)

Paleo

b)

Archaic

c)

Historic

38.

This group of Native Americans hunted wooly mammoths

a)

Paleo

b)

Archaic

c)

Historic

39.

This group of Native Americans made copper jewelry and tools.

a)

Paleo

b)

Archaic

c)

Historic

40.

This group of Native Americans made fluted spear points.

a)

Paleo

b)

Archaic

c)

Historic

41.

This group of Native Americans grew crops and domesticated, or tamed, dogs

a)

Paleo

b)

Archaic

c)

Historic

42.

What is life like for Native Americans in Wisconsin today?

a)

They attend school.

b)

They wear modern clothing.

c)

They live in homes and drive cars.

d)

All of the above.

43.

Today's Native American tribes make their own laws about

a)

Hunting

b)

Fishing

c)

Gambling

d)

All of the above