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Native American History Quiz

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The first permanent settlers came to the Americas from _______ during the last Ice Age.

a)

Europe

b)

Africa

c)

Cleveland

d)

Asia

2.

How did the first settlers to the Americas get there?

a)

they flew

b)

they swam

c)

they walked

d)

they rode on the backs of mammoths

3.

Which one of the following answers best describes a nomad or a person with a nomadic lifestyle?

a)

a person with no permanent home who travels from place to place in search of food and resources

b)

a person who likes to sleep outside

c)

a person who has a really nice car

d)

a person who is never angry or upset

4.

What type of event was occurring on Earth that allowed nomadic people to travel over a temporary landbridge between Asia and North American in search of food?

a)

a heat wave

b)

an Ice Age

c)

a tornado

d)

a technological boom

5.

What were nomadic people following when they crossed the land bridge between Asia and North America?

a)

sunlight

b)

flocks of large birds

c)

trees

d)

herd of large animals

6.

A person who kills animals and collects nuts, berries, and other resources in order to survive is known as a _______________.

a)

hunter-gatherer

b)

teacher

c)

native

d)

squirrel-man

7.

A Native American is a person who _____________________.

a)

travelled to Europe to start a new life

b)

swims with large sea mammals

c)

is descended from people who migrated from Asia during the last Ice Age

d)

eats raw fish and nothing else

8.

The original settlers to the Americas all spoke the same language and had the same culture.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

In which region of the United States is the ancestral or original home of the Creek, Cherokee, Muscogee, and Seminole tribes?

a)

Northwest

b)

Southeast

c)

Southwest

d)

West

10.

The Cherokee once lived throughout ___________.

a)

Canada

b)

Mexico

c)

North Georgia

d)

Texas

11.

When some Native Americans learned to ______, they no longer had to live a nomadic lifestyle.

a)

sew

b)

do homework

c)

farm

d)

run

12.

A ___________ is land set aside by the government of the United States for Native Americans to live on.

a)

hotel

b)

reservation

c)

farm

d)

Ice Age

13.

Which Native American tribe that we studied had their own written language?

a)

Creek

b)

Iroquois

c)

Navajo

d)

Cherokee

14.

The ___________ was a forced walk to Oklahoma by various native groups after they were forced to leave their homelands.

a)

Walk of Wonderfulness

b)

Hop of Happiness

c)

Trail of Tears

d)

Long Walk Home

15.

While women tended to farms and gathered resources, many Cherokee men and boys ___________.

a)

watched television

b)

read poetry

c)

hunted and fished for food

d)

made baskets and beaded jewelry

16.

The __________ once controlled most of Georgia and Eastern Alabama.

a)

the Irish

b)

the Creek

c)

the Muppets

d)

the Navajo

17.

Which one of the following is a popular artform amongst the Cherokee people?

a)

basket weaving

b)

growing beautiful flowers

c)

painting animals bright colors

d)

playing basketball

18.

The arrival of ___________ changed the lives of Native Americans forever.

a)

Asians

b)

Europeans

c)

Cubans

d)

Aliens