WorksheetsAmerican Indians
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 45mins
This method of farming includes cutting down old crops and setting fire to the field before planting new crops
Seasonal Planting
Cash Cropping
Fire Farming
Slash and Burn
Select each of the crops that were considered to be the "Three Sisters Crops"
Beans
Greens, Potatoes, Tomatoes
Corn
Squash
Tobaccoo
This traditional art was made using small, decorative beads and shells. They could be used for decorative clothing, religious ceremonies, gifts, or as a form of currency for trading.
Pottery
Chokofa
Shell-art
Wampum
First Nations were impacted in numerous ways by the invasion of European settlers. Select all of the impacts from the list below.
The spread of European diseases to First Nations peoples
Violence and war with colonizers
Relocation due to having their land stolen
Competition for resources
You are digging in your backyard and you find a Native American arrowhead. The arrowhead is a _____________ source.
primary
secondary
reliable
false
Which is an example of how the Iroquois used their environment for their survival
using mud bricks to build pueblos
using ice to build igloos
using trees to build longhouses
using palm leaves to build roofs
The Iroquois Confederacy was a politcial union of
6 nations
6 clans
6 sachems
6 clan mothers
The term confederacy means...
a form of government where one person or group has all the power
a form of government where there is a king or queen
a form of government that contains city-states
a form of government where many parts are joined together or unified
The Iroquois term for chief is
sachem
wampum
ramapough
sacagawea
Where would you most likely find artifacts of ancient Iroquois civilzation?
California
Minnesota
New York
Washington
What was the name of the Wampanoag who helped the first settlers to survive?
Squanto
Yakari
Pocahontas
Winnetou
How did the Columbian Exchange affect many Native American groups?
They became very prosperous
They grew in number
They were forced to move
They died from diseases
