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Native Americans

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

a building made of wooden poles, mud, clay, and tree bark

a)

hogan

b)

teepee

c)

pueblo

d)

longhouse

2.

an apartment style home made by the Southwest Natives using adobe bricks

a)

hogan

b)

pueblo

c)

teepee

d)

longhouse

3.

sun-dried mud brick

a)

adobe

b)

pueblo

c)

apache

d)

kachina

4.

cloth dresses worn by the Southwest Native Americans

a)

breechcloths

b)

kachinas

c)

mantas

d)

dress

5.

a piece of cloth, animal skin, or fur worn between the legs and tucked over a belt so it hangs down in front and back

a)

breechcloth

b)

kachina

c)

manta

d)

robe

6.

a cone-shaped tent made out of animal skins used by Native Americans of the plains

a)

hogan

b)

pueblo

c)

teepee

d)

longhouse

7.

to make leather out of animal skin

a)

adobe

b)

tanning

c)

leathering

d)

chickee

8.

Pueblo spiritual beings made into dolls

a)

kachina dolls

b)

kiva dolls

c)

adobe dolls

d)

chickee dolls

9.

a room at the bottom of a pueblo used by the Pueblo people for religious ceremonies

a)

kachina

b)

kiva

c)

church

d)

pueblo

10.

an open house on stilts with a thatched roof and a raised floor

a)

pueblo

b)

teepee

c)

chickee

d)

longhouse

11.

a person who moves from place to place

a)

native

b)

medicine man

c)

kachina

d)

nomad

12.

Mostly ate buffalo

a)

Great Plains Natives

b)

Eastern Woodlands Natives

c)

Southwest Natives

d)

Pacific Northwest Natives

13.

Group that hunted whales and used cedar trees to create houses, boats, and clothing

a)

Southwest

b)

Great Plains

c)

Eastern Woodlands

d)

Pacific Northwest

14.

building that keeps Native Americans sheltered from a harsh, cold environment with fireplaces inside

a)

pueblo

b)

hogan

c)

longhouse

d)

chickee

15.

What are used to show social rank, the history of the family, and to honor guardian spirits?

a)

adobe

b)

totem pole

c)

chickee

d)

kachina doll

16.

Which group had pueblos and hogans for homes; used kachina dolls; and lived in what is present day New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, and Colorado?

a)

Southwest

b)

Great Plains

c)

Eastern Woodlands

d)

Great Basin

17.

Which group lived from the Mississippi River to the Atlantic Ocean and from the Gulf of Mexico to the Canadian border; first to meet the European Explorers; Seminole lived in chickees; Algonquian lived in wigwams?

a)

Southwest

b)

Great Basin

c)

Pacific Northwest

d)

Eastern Woodlands

18.

Which group were located between the Pacific Northwest and Great Plains region; migrated to find food and were nomads; wore rabbit skin to keep warm, and lived in hogans?

a)

Southwest

b)

Great Basin

c)

Great Plains

d)

Pacific Northwest

19.

Which group lived in an area stretching from Texas to southern Canada; hunted bison and buffalo; were nomads; had family groups called kin cliques; no government; notable tribes are Sioux, Cheyenne, Blackfoot, and Crow?

a)

Southwest

b)

Great Basin

c)

Great Plains

d)

Eastern Woodlands

20.

Which group settled in the northern corner of the US stretching up to Alaska; skilled fishermen and whale hunters; used harpoons; notable tribes were Tlingit, Kwakiutl, Salish

a)

Southwest

b)

Great Plains

c)

Great Basin

d)

Pacific Northwest