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North American Indians

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This group of Native Americans built flat top mounds, traded widely, developed large towns and settled in the Southeast.

a)

Natchez

b)

Inuit

c)

Dakota

d)

Sioux

2.

The Native Americans of the Southeast Region played this game

a)

basketball

b)

lacrosse

c)

football

d)

tennis

3.

The buffalo provided much more than food for Native Americans of this region.

a)

The Southwest Desert

b)

The Great Plains

c)

The Arctic Region

d)

The Great Basin

4.

Inhabitants of this region used a ceremonial deer when they mourned the death of a loved one and their main food was salmon.

a)

Great Plains

b)

Southwest Desert

c)

Northwest Plateau

d)

Arctic Region

5.

The landforms and climate of this region made it difficult for the people of this region to grow crops. They lived on wild food, ranging from insects and seeds to lizards and deer.

a)

Nortwest Plateau

b)

Great Plains

c)

Southwest Desert

d)

Great Basin

6.

This was a popular food eaten by the Native Americans.

a)

broccoli

b)

cabbage

c)

corn

d)

carrots

7.

Native Americans did NOT acquire their food this way

a)

hunting

b)

gathering

c)

buying

d)

fishing

8.

This Pueblo tribe of this region learned how to irrigate their crops with the little water sources they had.

a)

Great Basin

b)

Great Plains

c)

Southwest Desert

d)

Arctic

9.

The lives of these tribes were guided by Kachina spirit beings who entered the bodies of selected men wearing masks and performing sacred dances.

a)

Dakota and Sioux

b)

Hopi and Zuni

c)

Chipewyan and Ojibwa

d)

Natchez and Sioux

10.

Summers were short and winters ferocious in this region. The search for food dominated life. Tribes her survived by hunting, fishing and adapting to a nomadic life

a)

Great Plains

b)

Northwest Plateau

c)

Arctic Region

d)

Southwest Desert