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Native American cultural regions

Total questions: 106

Worksheet time: 1hrs 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Way of living of a group of people (including language and beliefs
a)
culture
b)
government
c)
nomadic
d)
artifact
2.
A narrow, deep valley with steep sides
a)
mesa
b)
delta
c)
gorge
d)
plain
3.
Native Americans of the Plateau region got water from ...
a)
a community well
b)
cactus stalks
c)
large rivers
d)
heavy rainfall
4.
Wigwams in the Eastern Woodlands were made from...
a)
rock and  clay bricks
b)
animal skins and poles
c)
small trees and bark or nuts
d)
underground holes and grass
5.
Which animal used for shelter, clothing, and shields was so important to the Western Sioux that they considered it sacred?
a)
bear
b)
buffalo
c)
eagle
d)
horse
6.
What is a pueblo?
a)
a hill with a flat top and steep sides
b)
a basket woven from colorful plants
c)
an apartment building made of stone and adobe
d)
a ceremony at which a teen becomes an adult
7.
Which feature of the California-Intermountain environment best explains the Pomos' use of clam shells for jewelry.
a)
ocean
b)
mountains
c)
high desert
d)
redwood forest
8.

What is a kind of vegetation in the Northwest Coastal Region?

a)

berries

b)

grass

c)

dense forests

d)

flowers

9.

What kind of climate is the Southwestern Region?

a)

mild with heavy rainfall

b)

warm summers and cool winters

c)

harsh winters and hot summers

d)

dry deserts with extreme temperatures

10.

What kind of shelters would be found in the Plateau area?

a)

underground homes (near rivers)

b)

tepees

c)

wigwams

d)

cliff dwellings

11.

What is a tribe found in the Eastern Woodlands?

a)

Creeks

b)

Mohawks

c)

Choctaws

d)

Seminoles

12.

What kind of wildlife would be found in the Southeast Region?

a)

snakes, alligators

b)

turkey

c)

bison

d)

bears

13.

What kind of vegetation is found in the Great Plains?

a)

trees

b)

ferns

c)

treeless grasslands

d)

forests

14.

A shelter of cliff dwellings would be found in the ______ region.

a)

Northwest Coast

b)

Southwest

c)

Great Plains

d)

Eastern Woodlands

15.

The climate of the Northwest Coast is _____

a)

dry deserts with extreme temperatures

b)

mild with heavy rainfall

c)

desert with high heat

d)

hot (dry and wet)

16.

Wildlife in the Great Plains included _______.

a)

fish, elk, wolves

b)

birds and fish

c)

alligators and snakes

d)

land animals - antelope, deer, bear, bison

17.
Native Americans in the Arctic region used _____________ skin and caribou fur as clothing.
a)
seal
b)
buffalo
c)
alligator
d)
lizard
18.

Movement from one place to another is?

a)

migration

b)

mobility

c)

immigration

d)

globalization

19.

When there is a change to how one lives in order to fit new conditions or a new environment it is?

a)

adapt

b)

modify

c)

change

d)

photosynthesis

20.
The first Native Americans traveled across this to get to American. 
a)
Land Bridge
b)
Land Tide
c)
big lake
d)
Open Bridge
21.

The Plains region depended heavily on _______ for food.

a)

Deer

b)

Rabbit

c)

Buffalo

d)

Berries

22.

Whales and Salmon were the main food source for which region?

a)

Plains

b)

Pacific Northwest

c)

Great Basin

d)

Eastern Woodlands

23.

In the Plains, how did the people use buffalo?

a)

Homes, supplies, clothing, fires, and canoes

b)

Only supplies

c)

Food, homes, clothing, supplies, and fires

d)

Only homes and food

24.

Which regions had plenty of water sources and forests?

a)

Plains, Great Basin, and Eastern Woodlands

b)

Eastern Woodlands and Pacific Northwest

c)

Southwest, Plains, and Great Basin

d)

Pacific Northwest and Southwest

25.

What was the environment like for the Southwest region?

a)

plenty of rain and forests

b)

desert-like and very little rain

c)

grassy and few trees

26.

What were the homes of the Southwest region made of?

a)

grass

b)

logs

c)

wood

d)

adobe

27.

What were the homes of the Eastern Woodland region made of?

a)

adobe

b)

logs

c)

wood

d)

grass

28.
Which letter represents the area where the Plains Indians lived?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
29.
Which letter represents the area where the Eastern Woodlands Indians lived?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
30.
Which letter represents the area where the Southwest Indians lived?
a)
B
b)
C
c)
D
d)
E
31.
Which letter represents the area where the Northwest Coast Indians lived?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
32.
Which letter represents the area where the Southeast Indians lived?
a)
B
b)
C
c)
D
d)
E
33.

Which region had thick forests & fur, spruce, and cedar?

a)

Northwest Coast

b)

California

c)

Great Basin

34.

Which region had coasts and coastal foothills, inland valleys, deserts, and mountains?

a)

California

b)

Great Basin

c)

Plateau

35.

Which region had canyons, mountains, desert, flat-tapped mesas, rivers?

a)

Southwest

b)

Great Plains

c)

Eastern Woodlands

36.

Which region was treeless and had grasslands?

a)

Great Plains

b)

Eastern Woodlands

c)

Southeast

37.

What region had forests, lakes, & streams?

a)

Eastern Woodlands

b)

Southeast

c)

Great Basin

38.

Which region built homes partly underground homes lined with logs & covered with saplings, reeds, and mud?

a)

Plateau

b)

Southwest

c)

Great Plains

39.

Which region built apartment like houses made from adobe bricks?

a)

Southwest

b)

Great Plains

c)

Eastern Woodlands

40.

Which region built tipis made from buffalo hides?

a)

Great Plains

b)

Eastern Woodlands

c)

Southeast

41.

Which region built log frame homes covered with bark?

a)

Eastern Woodlands

b)

Southeast

c)

California

42.

What do historians study to learn about ancient civilizations?

a)

Textbooks

b)

Artifacts

c)

Documents

43.

What is the WATERWAY called between Asia and Alaska?

a)

Bering Strait

b)

Beringia

44.

What is the LAND BRIDGE called that Ancient Asians traveled across to migrate into North America?

a)

Bering Strait

b)

Beringia

45.

This enabled American Indians to settle into permanent villages

a)

Hunting

b)

Gathering

c)

Farming

d)

Trading

46.

The Southeast Native Americans lived along which ocean?

a)

Pacific

b)

Atlantic

c)

Indian

d)

Southern

47.

The Northwest Coast Native Americans lived along which ocean?

a)

Atlantic

b)

Pacific

c)

Indian

d)

Southern

48.
Tribes in this region placed totem poles outside their homes.
a)
Northwest Coast
b)
Great Plains
c)
California-Intermountain
d)
Plateau
49.
This is an area of the world where people developed similar cultures.
a)
Cultural Region
b)
Family
c)
Nomadic
d)
North America
50.
This is a flat-topped hill with steep sides that was found in the Southwest region:
a)
Mesa
b)
Kiva
c)
Mountain
d)
Adobe
51.
This is a type of clay that hardens like cement:
a)
Mesa
b)
Gorge
c)
Adobe
d)
Kiva
52.
Native American groups adapted to their new environment by using ____________________ to make clothes, tools, and other things they needed.
a)
Artifacts
b)
Money
c)
Factories
d)
Natural Resources
53.

Native Americans developed different cultures because of their...

a)

Environment

b)

Religions

c)

Food

d)

Fossils

54.

Which regions used longhouses and wigwams for their homes?

a)

Southwest

b)

California Intermountain

c)

Far North

d)

Eastern Woodlands

55.

Which continent did the first Native Americans come from?

a)

Asia

b)

Africa

c)

Australia

d)

Antarctica

56.
Pacific Northwest Coast Native Tribes ate 
a)
Cows
b)
Pigs
c)
Whale Fat
d)
Corn
57.
Pacific Northwest Native Americans created tools using 
a)
rocks
b)
sticks
c)
trees
d)
water
58.
The Great Plains Indians made tools from 
a)
Trees
b)
Sticks
c)
Buffalo Bones
d)
Rocks
59.
Cultural Regions developed by people adapting to their
a)
environment
b)
people
60.
Desert Southwest Facts: they lived in 
a)
Arizona
b)
California
c)
New York
61.
Desert Southwest Indians grew what plant for clothing?
a)
Corn
b)
Cotton
62.
American Indians shared this common trait:
a)
They all dressed alike.
b)
They spoke the same language.
c)
They had the same type of houses.
d)
They respected and cared for the environment.
63.
Some American Indian cultural regions are:
a)
South, North, East
b)
Southwest, Northwest, Southeast
c)
Great Plains, Great Basin, Great North
d)
Southeast, Southwest, Great Middle
64.

Which of these describes how American Indians viewed their environment?

a)

They believed they were a part of a community of living things.

b)

They believed that the land should remain unchanged.

c)

They believed they owned the land on which they lived.

d)

They believed they were the rulers of the region in which they lived.

65.

How do historians learn how American Indians lived so long ago?

a)

They speak to their families.

b)

They read their journals.

c)

They study their artifacts.

d)

They live in their shelters.

66.

Which of these was a strong influence on the kind of shelters used by each American Indian

group?

a)

wealth

b)

climate

c)

religion

d)

education

67.
Which is not a cultural region of the Native Americans?
a)
Great Plains
b)
Northwest Coast
c)
Midwest
d)
Southeast
68.
What was the environment of the Southwest region?
a)
rainy
b)
moderate
c)
mild
d)
hot & arid
69.
What was NOT a resource of the Eastern Woodlands?
a)
fish
b)
crops
c)
buffalo
d)
deer
70.
What cultural region created one of the first irrigation systems?
a)
Southeast
b)
Eastern Woodlands
c)
Great Plains
d)
Southwest
71.
What were the houses of the Southwest Native Americans?
a)
longhouses
b)
tepees
c)
wigwams
d)
pueblos
72.
Which region DID NOT use canoes as a means of transportation?
a)
Northwest Coast
b)
Southeast
c)
Great Plains
d)
Southwest
73.
Which region had the most resources available to them?
a)
Great Plains
b)
Northwest Coast
c)
Southeast
d)
Southwest
74.
Nomadic means to follow the food source. Which Native Americans were nomadic?
a)
Northwest Coast
b)
Southwest
c)
Great Plains
d)
Eastern Woodlands
75.
In the Southwest, they used adobe to make bricks. What was adobe made of?
a)
bricks
b)
straw and mud
c)
stones
d)
water and leaves
76.
Which two regions of the Native Americans were the most alike?
a)
Great Plains & Southwest
b)
Southeast & Northwest Coast
c)
Great Plains & Eastern Woodlands
d)
Eastern Woodlands & Southeast
77.
How is the climate of the Plateau similar to the Southwest?
a)
Both little plant and animal life
b)
Both receive little rainfall
c)
Both have large mountains
d)
There is nothing similar about both cultural regions
78.
If this region had little rainfall, then where did they get their large amounts of water from?
a)
It did rain a lot 
b)
Tribe members traveled and gathered water from neighboring regions
c)
The large Columbia and Fraser Rivers
d)
Ritual ceremonies where tribes raindance to please the rain gods 
79.

How were Native Americans in the Northeast and Southwest the same?

a)

Shelter in both regions were made of adobe clay

b)

Native Americans in both regions wore fur and deerskin

c)

Native Americans in both regions grew corn

d)

Native Americans in both regions made jewelry from turquoise and silver

80.

How could you contrast Native Americans in the Northwest and Southeast regions?

a)

Native Americans in the Northwest region made homes from adobe clay, while Southeast regions used palmetto leaves.

b)

Native Americans in the Northwest region made homes with cedar plank while Southeast regions used palmetto and cypress.

c)

Native Americans in the Northwest region made homes from buffalo skin while Southeast regions used adobe clay.

81.

Some regions, such as Northeast and Northwest, were great for farming. Which regions were great for fishing?

a)

Northeast

b)

Northwest

c)

Plains

d)

Southeast

82.

I will do well on this test

a)

Yes

b)

No

83.

Why did the American Indians who lived in the Great Basin have a nomadic lifestyle?

a)

They were afraid of other hostile tribes.

b)

They wanted to avoid animals like alligators.

c)

They had to move in order to find more food.

d)

They wanted to create larger and better houses.

84.

Using the map, what Native American cultural region can be found at 35° North Latitude, 120° West Longitude?

a)

Southeast

b)

California-Intermountain

c)

Great Plains

d)

Southwest

85.

How did natural resources affect the cultures of American Indians?

a)

Natural resources influenced only the clothes of American Indian cultures.

b)

Natural resources influenced only the food of American Indian cultures.

c)

Natural resources influenced only the shelter of American Indian cultures.

d)

Natural resources influenced the clothes, food, and shelter of American Indian cultures.

86.
What is a natural resource? 
a)
Materials  in nature that people can use. 
b)
Materials in the classroom that people can use.
c)
Technology that people can use. 
d)
Anything found in my desk. 
87.
A group of Native Americans that share the same culture live in the same...
a)
Region
b)
State
c)
Country
d)
Continent
88.
Where did the Eastern Woodlands Native American live?
a)
Green
b)
Orange
c)
Yellow
d)
Purple
89.
Where did the Plains Native American live?
a)
Purple
b)
Pink
c)
Yellow
d)
Orange
90.
Where did the Southwestern Native American live?
a)
Green
b)
Yellow
c)
Orange
d)
Purple
91.
Where did the Great Basin Native American live?
a)
Pink
b)
Yellow
c)
Green
d)
Orange
92.
Where did the Pacific Northwest  Native American live?
a)
Green
b)
Purple
c)
Yellow
d)
Orange
93.

This region has lots of trees, rivers, and streams.

a)

Eastern Woodlands

b)

Southwest

c)

Great Plains

d)

Pacific Northwest

e)

Great Basin

94.
Which region is show on the map?
a)
Arctic
b)
Plains
c)
Southeast
d)
Northwest
95.

Why did Native Americans migrate/move?

a)

To follow the herds of animal they hunted

b)

To follow the Great Spirit

c)

For religious reasons.

d)

Because they got bored

96.

This Native American region built pueblos using adobe clay.

a)

Pacific Northwest

b)

Great Plains

c)

Eastern Woodlands

d)

Southwest

e)

Great Basin

97.

This region had lots of salmon and trout. They also lived in a region where they used the cedar trees to make their houses, totem poles, canoes, etc.

a)

Eastern Woodlands

b)

Southwest

c)

Pacific Northwest

d)

Great Plains

e)

Great Basin

98.

This region is very hot and dry. Little rain.

a)

Pacific Northwest

b)

Southwest

c)

Eastern Woodlands

d)

Great Plains

e)

Great Basin

99.

Region from Atlantic Coast to Mississippi River. Longhouse and wigwam shelters.

a)

Eastern Woodlands.

b)

Great Plains

c)

Southwest

d)

Great Basin

e)

Pacific Northwest

100.

Which of these was most important in determining the way of life of an American Indian group?

a)

food sources

b)

language skills

c)

land ownership

d)

religious celebrations

101.

Use the pictures below and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following question. What is the main reason that different cultures of Native Americans had various types of homes?

a)

Homes were designed to protect familes from wild animals

b)

The number of people was different from tribe to tribe.

c)

Homes were built from natural resources that were found nearby.

d)

Native Americans built their homes to look like homes of European settlers

102.

The Cliff Dwellers are also known as

a)

the mound builders

b)

the Aztec.

c)

the Anasazi.

d)

the Clovis civilization.

103.

This huge cultural region stretches from southern Canada to Texas.

a)

Great Plains

b)

Southeast

c)

Northwest

d)

Northeast

104.
Which region includes tribes who lived in what is now the state of North Carolina
a)
Southwest
b)
Northwest Coast
c)
Southeast
d)
Eastern Woodlands
105.
The southeast environment is composed of a coastal lowland belt that can be best described as:
a)
Dry
b)
Swampy
c)
Hilly
d)
Foggy
106.

What did the Native Americans believe about land ownership

a)

They believed that all of the land belonged to God and no one should use it

b)

They believed that all of the land belonged to individual citizens and only one citizen had the right to certain land

c)

They believed that land belonged to the tribe and that you had to pay for it if you wanted the land to only be yours

d)

They believed that land belonged to the tribe and that sharing the lang with everyone in the tribe was the best practice. They did not believe in private ownership.

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