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Historic Tribes of Utah

Total questions: 51

Worksheet time: 31mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which tribes lived in tepees and moved throughout the year?

a)

Paiute and Navajo

b)

Goshute and Paiute

c)

Ute and Shoshone

2.

The Ute, Shoshone, Navajo, Goshute, and Paiute are historic because...

a)

we have written records about them

b)

we learn about them in school

c)

they wrote many history books

3.

Which tribe adapted to the dry environment by digging in the ground for small insects and animals?

a)

Ute

b)

Shoshone

c)

Goshute

4.

Which tribe lived in wicki-ups made of branches?

a)

Paiute and Goshute

b)

Navajo and Shoshone

c)

Ute and Shoshone

5.

What is an "adaptation?"

a)

a part of Native American religious beliefs

b)

a change a species makes in order to survive

c)

a battle strategy used throughout history

6.

Who lived in hogans, irrigated to grow crops, and raised sheep?

a)

Navajo

b)

Goshute

c)

Shoshone

7.

The Paiutes and Goshutes usually had horses

a)

True

b)

False

8.

We can only learn about the Anasazi, or Ancestral Puebloans, by looking at artifacts they left behind.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

What do Archaeologists call the earliest People?

a)

Archaic Indians

b)

Anasazi

c)

Paleo-Indians

d)

Fremont Indians

10.

How can Archaeologists learn about Paleo-Indians?

Group of answer choices

a)

Read historical accounts of people.

b)

Studying Fossils.

c)

By studying artifacts people left. behind.

d)

interviewing a member of the Paleo Tribe.

11.

How did most Paleo-Indians spend most of their time?

a)

Observing religious rituals.

b)

Keeping an eye out for invaders.

c)

Hunting and gathering food.

d)

Running cross country races.

12.

How did the atlatl make hunting easier?

a)

It Helped in finding the animals.

b)

It poisoned the prey.

c)

It made a spear fly farther and faster.

d)

Made Indians feel cooler.

13.

Petroglyphs and pictographs are part of what type of art form?

Group of answer choices

a)

Music.

b)

Pottery

c)

Rock Art.

d)

Painting with dyes

14.

Which Indian group got sheep from the Spanish and used the wool to weave beautiful rugs, blankets, and cloth?

a)

Utes.

b)

Goshutes.

c)

Navajo

d)

Paiutes

15.

The Importance of horses to the various tribes was that:

a)

It meant you had a fun family pet

b)

Your tribe was more wealthy

c)

Your tribe was more powerful

d)

You wouldn't have to walk as much

16.

Focusing on a single skill or role, or becoming an expert, such as a full time hunter or an Anasazi expert farmer who learned the best ways to plant and grow corn for higher yields is an example of ?

a)

Inferring

b)

Adapting

c)

Specializing

d)

harvesting

17.

Horses were a sign of wealth and power among the historic tribes. Which tribes were not known to possess horses and often were the subjects of attack and slave trading?

Group of answer choices

a)

Paiutes and Goshutes

b)

Shoshone and Navajo

c)

Utes and Shoshone

d)

Navajo and Utes

18.
What is the most important distinction between pre-historic and historic Native Americans?
a)
written records
b)
clothing
c)
food
d)
shelter
19.
How do we know about the tribes who left no written record?
a)
look to the stars
b)
artifacts and archeology
c)
we don't know anything about them
d)
we make up history for them
20.
Which one is NOT a dwelling that Utah Native Americans lived in?
a)
brush shelter
b)
pit house
c)
wigwam
d)
wickiup
21.

Navajos Tribe lived in ____________.

a)

wickiups

b)

teepees

c)

longhouses

d)

hogans

22.

What is a CLAN?

a)

a large group of people who are related

b)

people who do not know each other

23.

Which ancient tribe came BEFORE the Archaic tribe?

a)

Utes

b)

Piutes

c)

Fremont

d)

Paleo

24.

Chose the two tribes that came after the Archaic Indians

a)

Fremont

b)

Goshutes

c)

Piutes

d)

Ancestral Pueblo or Anasazi

25.

If you were REALLY there what kind of source are you?

a)

Primary Source

b)

Secondary Source

26.

Which two tribes would have lived in this type of home? (Click both)

a)

Navajo

b)

Shoshone

c)

Paiute

d)

Goshute

e)

Ute

27.

Which two tribes would have lived in this type of home? (Click both)

a)

Navajo

b)

Shoshone

c)

Paiute

d)

Goshute

e)

Ute

28.

This type of home is called a ____________.

a)

cliffhouse

b)

wickiup

c)

teepee

d)

hogan

29.

This type of home is called a _______________.

a)

cliffhouse

b)

wickiup

c)

hogan

d)

teepee

30.

This person's clothing is made from wool. She is from the ___________ tribe.

a)

Navajo

b)

Shoshone

c)

Ute

d)

Paiute

e)

Goshute

31.

This type of clothing would most likely be worn by which two tribes?

a)

Navajo

b)

Utes

c)

Shoshone

d)

Paiute

e)

Goshute

32.

This tool is called ____________. It is used to help throw a spear farther.

a)

chacha

b)

atlatl

c)

dart

d)

spear

33.

Goshute people roasted and mashed these and they tasted like ...

a)

celery

b)

dirt

c)

candy corn

d)

peanut butter

34.

This tribe were experts with plants and medicines. They relied on plants so heavily that they refused to keep horses because the horses would eat the plants.

a)

Navajo

b)

Shoshone

c)

Ute

d)

Paiute

e)

Goshute

35.

True/False. It would take about 15 buffalo hides to make one Ute teepee.

a)

True

b)

False

36.

True/False. The Shoshone were the first to get horses from the Spanish.

a)

True

b)

False

37.

Which tribe decorated their teepees?

a)

Ute

b)

Shoshone

38.
In what part of Utah did the Goshutes live?
a)
Southeastern Utah
b)
Colorado Plateau
c)
Northern Utah
d)
Western Utah (Great Basin)
39.
Which tribe lived in the Southwestern corner of Utah, and were known for being very peaceful?
a)
Navajo
b)
Paiute
c)
Ute
d)
Shoshone
40.
Which tribe had the most land in the Utah territory and is the tribe Utah was named after?
a)
Paiute
b)
Goshute
c)
Shoshone
d)
Ute
41.

Which Native American Tribe is found within letter C?

a)

Shoshone

b)

Ute

c)

Goshute

d)

Fremont

e)

Apache

42.

What does prehistoric mean?

a)

The time of written history

b)

Before time

c)

After the explorers and missionaries arrived in the Americas

d)

Before the explorers and missionaries arrived in the Americas

43.

Which Native American Tribe was located within letter B?

a)

Shoshone

b)

Ute

c)

Goshute

d)

Navajo

e)

Paiute

44.

Which Native American Tribe is found within letter D?

a)

Shoshone

b)

Osage

c)

Goshute

d)

Cheyenne

e)

Paiute

45.

Which Native American Tribe is located within letter A?

a)

Shoshone

b)

Ute

c)

Goshute

d)

Navajo

e)

Paiute

46.

Which Native American Tribe is located within letter E?

a)

Shoshone

b)

Ute

c)

Goshute

d)

Navajo

e)

Paiute

47.

Which of the following is a challenge faced by Utah’s American Indian tribes?

a)

Preservation of tribal language

b)

Preservation of culture

c)

Preservation of tribal lands

d)

Assimilating into American culture

e)

All of the above

48.
The Anasazi may have disappeared because _______.
a)
of drought
b)
they got tired of their old houses
c)
of lizard invasion
d)
Seminoles chased them away
49.

The Anasazi people lived in ______. (Ignore the photo)

a)

longhouses

b)

chickees

c)

hogans

d)

cliff dwellings

50.
In what part of Utah did the Anasazi live?
a)
Southern Utah
b)
Northern Utah
c)
In the Great Basin
d)
In the Rocky Mountains
51.
What kind of houses did the Fremont live in?
a)
Tepees
b)
Cliff dwellings
c)
Pit houses
d)
Caves

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