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WorksheetsGreat Basin Native Americans
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 38mins
Which number on this map represents where the Great Basin Native Americans lived?
6
4
2
7
The Great Basin Native Americans lived in the modern-day states of _____________________________.
South Carolina, North Carolina, and Georgia
Texas, Arkansas, and Louisiana
Utah, New Mexico, and Arizona
Utah, Nevada, and Colorado
Between which 2 mountain ranges did the Great Basin Native Americans live? (Choose 2 answers)
Appalachian
Rocky
Great Smoky
Sierra-Nevada
Why is the Great Basin called that?
The land is shaped like a bowl with the mountains on the sides.
The area is full of water.
The Great Lakes are near.
It is named after a great Indian chief.
What was the land like in the Great Basin region?
Deserts and mountains
Forests and streams
Deserts and mesas
Mountains and forests
What was the climate like in the Great Basin?
hot summers, cold winters with no rainfall
hot summers, cold winters with little rainfall
cold summers, hot winters with no rainfall
hot summers, cold winters with a lot of rainfall
Native Americans who lived in the Great Basin survived, although ____ were scarce.
Water and animals
Water and fish
Trees and streams
Wickiups and hogans
Native Americans in the Great Basin ate_________
Lots of buffalo and deer
corn, beans, and squash
nuts, berries, and even insects and snakes
Beef and pork
In what type of house did the Great Basin Native Americans?
hogan
pueblo
wickiup
wigwam
What 2 animals did the Great Basin Native Americans mainly hunt?
rabbits and goats
rabbits and sheep
rabbits and deer
rabbits and buffalo
For what purpose did the Great Basin Native Americans weave baskets?
They needed baskets to gather and store their food.
They had to store tools to work with in the baskets.
They had to store the fish they caught in the baskets.
They had to use the baskets to find Easter eggs.
The Great Basin Native Americans were always looking for food. In what way did they NOT get food?
hunting
farming
fishing
gathering
The Great Basin Native American would make enormous canoes to use for fishing.
True
False
The Great Basin Native Americans were not nomads. They built permanent homes and settled down in one place for their entire lives.
True
False
The Great Basin Native Americans believed that everything in nature had a spirit.
True
False
The Great Basin Native Americans traveled as a small family group known as a __________.
kin clique
family group
family clique
kin group
The Great Basin Native Americans had a shaman who was a medicine man and was considered a leader in the tribe.
True
False
Out of what did the Great Basin Native Americans make their clothes?
animal skins/furs
cedar bark
cotton
wool
The Great Basin Native Americans would hold ceremonies and dances throughout the year because they thought it would bring ____________.
rain
food
good luck
wealth
