WorksheetsGreat Plains Native Americans
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 30mins
As semi-nomadic people, the Native Americans of the Great Plains followed this big game as they hunted them for food
Moose
Wolf
Bear
Buffalo
Plains people used a ___________ to carry the meat and skins back to camp.
wagon
buggy
travois
mini-van
Some Plains groups stayed in one place and lived in large homes made of logs covered with grasses, sticks, and soil. What were these homes called?
Lodge
Pueblos
Travois
Kiva
Some of the Great Plains Tribes included which of the following?
Chinooks, Cherokee, Chickasaw, Sioux, Cheyenne, Crow, Pawnee,
Choctaw, Sioux, Pawnee, Chickasaw, Kwakiutl, Cherokee, Kiowa
Sioux, Blackfoot, Cheyenne, Mandan, Kiaowa, Crow, and Pawnee
The Great Plains people harvested.......
corn, beans, squash, and pumpkins
beans, maize, potatoes, and pumpkins
squash, tomatoes, pumpkins, and potatoes
corn, squash, pumpkins, and tomatoes
True or false..... The Great Plains people used the stomachs to make medicine bags, bowls, and buckets.
false
true
Which animal changed the way the Great Plains Indians hunted buffalo?
rabbit
horse
elk
bear
How many days did the Sun Dance Ceremony last for the Great Plains people?
3
5
6
4
Which of the following describes the earth lodges in which some Plains tribes lived?
cone shaped tents
adobe homes built on top of each other
home built with branches
circular homes built over a shallow pit and covered with sod
In what way did the Plains tribes get their food?
Farmed
Fished
Hunted whale
Hunted buffalo
What ceremony did they celebrate?
Green Corn
Sun Dance
Thanksgiving
Festival
What was the most important resource to the Plains Native Americans?
Corn
Fish
Buffalo
Trees
What were tepees made from?
Tree limbs and bark
Adobe clay
Stone
Animal hides and wooden poles
What were the two types of houses did the Plains Native Americans use? There are 2 answers
Tepees
Wigwams
Longhouses
Lodges
