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Native Americans

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which region was open, flat land with few trees and long grasses?

a)

Southeast

b)

Great Plains

c)

Northwest Coast

d)

Northeast Woodlands

2.

Which Native Americans were nomadic and moved from place to place?

a)

Northwest Coast

b)

Southwest

c)

Great Plains

d)

East Coast

3.

In which region were bison depended on the most?

a)

Great Plains

b)

Northeast Woodlands

c)

Southwest

d)

Northwest Coast

4.
What were the houses of the Southwest Native Americans?
a)
longhouses
b)
tepees
c)
wigwams
d)
pueblos
5.
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
6.
Based on the name of the Woodlands region, what do you think their houses were made out of?
a)
Clay
b)
Dirt
c)
Wood
d)
Bricks
7.
This is home was common among Native Americans from what region?
a)
The Great Plains
b)
The Southwest
c)
The Pacific Northwest
d)
The Eastern Woodlands
8.
This style of home from the Pacific Northwest was called a ____________.
a)
Longhouse
b)
Plankhouse
c)
Teepee
d)
Pueblo
9.
Totem poles were common in this region to tell a story of clan.
a)
The Eastern Woodlands
b)
The Pacific Northwest
c)
The Great Plains
d)
The Southwest
10.
Pueblos in the Southwest were made out of ___________
a)
Carved Stone
b)
Adobe
c)
Wooden Planks
d)
Buffalo Hide
11.

Native Americans of the Northwest coast used natural resources available to them from their environment. Massive ________________ were carved from cedar trees and were used to perform daily tasks like fising.

a)

Baskets

b)

Clubs/Mallets

c)

Canoes

d)

Dams

12.
The Great Plains region is well-known for their 
a)
rolling hills and small shrubs
b)
mountains and valleys
c)
flat, treeless prairies
d)
rivers and marshalnds
13.

What were the name of the homes that Iroquois Indians lived in?

a)

Plank Homes

b)

Teepees

c)

Igloos

d)

Longhouses

14.

Which tribe lived in the Artic region known as Alaska and Northern Canada

a)

Inuit

b)

Sioux

c)

Apache

d)

Pueblo

15.

Archaeologist use artifacts to learn about ____ from the past

a)

Cultures

b)

Life

c)

Things

d)

Stuff

16.

To learn about ancient civilizations, archaeologist study

a)

Artifacts

b)

Books

c)

Videos

d)

Digs

17.

Which American Indians would have been LEAST likely to grow and harvest crops to due to temperatures often below freezing?

a)

Inuit

b)

Iroquois

c)

Pueblo

d)

Kwakiutl

18.

The bow, spear, and canoe are what type of resource?

a)

Capital

b)

Human

c)

Natural

19.

Which group mostly likely would eat: Corn, beans, squash, yucca fruit (grown in the desert), and berries?

a)

Inuit

b)

Lakota

c)

Pueblo

d)

Iroquois

20.

Which resources come directly from nature and include, fish caught, wild animals hunted, and crops grown by American Indians?

a)

Natural

b)

Capital

c)

Human

21.

Which Native American group most likely ate: bison, elk, and deer?

a)

Inuit

b)

Iroquois

c)

Lakota

d)

Pueblo

22.

Which American Indian most likely lived in this type of house

a)

Iroquois

b)

Inuit

c)

Kwakiutl

d)

Pueblo

23.

Which Native American group most likely lived in this type of house

a)

Iroquois

b)

Inuit

c)

Pueblo

d)

Kwakiutl

24.
Cactus Hill is located along which river?
a)
Ohio River
b)
Nottoway River
c)
St. Lawrence
d)
James River
25.

What makes Cactus Hill one of the oldest archaeological sites in North America?

a)

evidence of transportation the early Americans used to get to North America

b)

evidence that large animals lived there

c)

evidence of a battle between the settlers and American Indians

d)

evidence that humans lived there 18000 years ago

26.

What was the BIG discovery at Cactus Hill?

a)

dionsaur fossils from 10,000 years ago

b)

bones of a Mastedon

c)

mummies from 15,000 years ago

d)

human artifacts from 18,000 years ago

27.

What is an example of a human resource?

a)

hunter

b)

boat

c)

sword

d)

river

28.
What is an example of a natural resource?
a)
lake
b)
house
c)
fisherman
d)
hammer
29.
What is an example of a capital resource?
a)
river
b)
fish
c)
teacher
d)
fishing pole
30.
Is a FISH a Capital, Natural, or Human resource???
a)
Human Resource
b)
Natural Resource
c)
Capital Resource
31.

Is a fisherman a Human, Natural, or Capital Resource??

a)

Natural Resource

b)

Capital Resource

c)

Human Resource

32.

Psychologists study human behavior and cultures of the past through the recovery and analysis of artifacts.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

33.

Cactus Hill is located along the Mississippi River in northwestern Virginia.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

34.

Cactus Hill is located in _______ Virginia.

a)

Southeastern

b)

Southwestern

c)

Eastern

d)

Southern

35.

Why is Cactus Hill such a significant archaeological site?

a)

The arrowheads discovered there are like none ever found before

b)

Artifacts found there finally got scientists to agree on how and when people came to the Western Hemisphere.

c)

It is not a significant site. Artifacts found here provided no new evidence

d)

Evidence that humans lived there 15,000-18,000 years ago makes it one of the oldest archaeological sites in North America.

36.

A ______ is an example of an artifact an archaeologist would use to study people of the past.

a)

cooking pot

b)

dinosaur bone

c)

dirt

d)

rock

37.

This is an example of what type of resource?

a)

Natural

b)

Human

c)

Capital

d)

None of the above

38.

True or False. Scientists are in agreement on how North America became inhabited.

a)

True

b)

False

39.
Which Indian group lived in the Great Plains region?
a)
Pueblo
b)
Inuit
c)
Lakota
d)
Kwakiutl
40.
Which Indian group made its home in a region which stays below freezing much of the year?
a)
Inuit
b)
Lakota
c)
Kwakiutl
d)
Pueblo
41.

Which two tribes lived similar houses made from wood

a)

Inuit and Pueblo

b)

Iroquois and Kwakiutl

c)

Lakota and Pueblo

d)

Kwakiutl and Inuit

42.
Which American Indian people ate seals?
a)
Lakota
b)
Inuit
c)
Kwakiutl
d)
Pueblo
43.
Group American Indian people wore clothing woven from cotton?
a)
Lakota
b)
Inuit
c)
Pueblo
d)
Iroquois 
44.
What affected how the American Indians met their basic needs (food, shelter clothing)?
a)
Transportation and weapons
b)
Artifacts and fossils
c)
Geography and climate
d)
Algebra and Geometry
45.
Today, American Indians live…
a)
in Canada and Alaska only
b)
in their homelands and across the Americas
c)
mainly outside the US
d)
In the Arctic and Antarctic regions

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