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Cultural Regions

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which regions is known for its dense fir, pine and cedar forests that grew right to the oceans shore?

a)

Plateau

b)

Northwest Coast

c)

Western Woodlands

d)

Great Plains

2.

What tribe carved totem poles out of cedar poles?

a)

Pomo

b)

Apache

c)

Iroquois

d)

Kwakiutl

3.

The Pomo used wood from what kind of tree to create their homes, that looked like inverted ice cream cones?

a)

cedar

b)

redwood

c)

pine

d)

driftwood

4.

Homes made out of stone and adobe were called pueblos. What region were pueblos found in?

a)

Northwest Coast

b)

Eastern Woodlands

c)

Great Plains

d)

Southwest

5.

Native Americans in the Great Plains thought that ________ was so valuable they they considered it sacred.

a)

rain

b)

buffalo

c)

fire

d)

horses

6.

What tool was developed to harvest camas and other roots?

a)

buffalo hides

b)

grass woven baskets

c)

digging stick

d)

fish traps

7.

What kind of fish did the Kwakiutl trap in their fish traps?

a)

salmon

b)

tuna

c)

goldfish

d)

trout

8.

What does the word "nomadic" mean?

a)

to be mad

b)

moving from place to place as changes in seasons made food available in different areas

c)

the way of life

d)

objects made my humans. this includes clothes, tools, and whatever else they needed from the natural resources around them.

9.

Native Americans in the California-intermountain region used _______ to create jewelry.

a)

shells

b)

bone

c)

tree bark

d)

ckay

10.

How were the Native Americans able to move from one floor to another in their pueblos?

a)

steps

b)

elevators

c)

ropes

d)

ladders