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The West, Southwest, Northwest, and the Arctic

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A staple food item is:

a)

a food that you use a lot and is easily available

b)

a food that is hard to find

c)

food that is delicious

d)

food that is rotten

2.

If you have a surplus of something you have:

a)

not enough

b)

extra

c)

just enough

d)

none

3.

Which was a native group in the Southwest?

a)

Chinook

b)

Cheyenne

c)

Cherokee

d)

Hopi

4.

Which native home is a pueblo?

a)
b)
c)
d)
5.

Which native home is a hogan?

a)
b)
c)
d)
6.

Which native home is an igloo?

a)
b)
c)
d)
7.

Adobe are:

a)

blocks of ice

b)

stones

c)

sun-dried bricks

d)

peppers

8.

What are these?

a)

digging tools

b)

harpoons

c)

fire starters

d)

Kachina Dolls

9.

Kachina Dolls were given to children to teach values, such as kindness, discipline, and _______________.

a)

how to do math

b)

how to read

c)

respect for elders

d)

self-confidence

10.

Native groups relied heavily on ____________ to get goods that were not easy to find.

a)

farming

b)

trading

c)

stealing

d)

hunting

11.

Why did some Hopi people go live with the Navajo?

a)

because of a drought

b)

because of a flood

c)

they just wanted to

d)

they were prisoners

12.

A drought is a _______________.

a)

long period with no rain

b)

long period with lots of rain

c)

long period with lots of snow

d)

long period of darkness

13.

What was this tool used for by Native Americans?

a)

farming

b)

building

c)

fishing

d)

eating

14.

Native groups such as the Aleut and the Inuit were not farmers because:

a)

they didn't know how to grow crops.

b)

the land was too dry.

c)

the climate was too cold.

d)

there was too much rain.