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Ch. 4: Native Americans, pre-European

Total questions: 32

Worksheet time: 36mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which regional native group lived in multi-family longhouses covered in elm bark and other tribes which lived in birch-bark covered wigwams?

a)

Northeastern Woodlands

b)

Southeastern Woodlands

c)

Plains

d)

Columbia Plateau

e)

Great Basin

2.

Which regional native group had nomadic tribes who lived in buffalo-hide covered teepees?

a)

Northeastern Woodlands

b)

Southeastern Woodlands

c)

Plains

d)

Columbia Plateau

e)

Great Basin

3.

Which regional native group lived in cedar-wood lodges with a totem pole before the entrance?

a)

Northeastern Woodlands

b)

Northwestern

c)

Plains

d)

Columbia Plateau

e)

Southwest

4.

Which regional native group lived in simple brush huts in the summer?

a)

Great Basin

b)

Northwestern

c)

Plains

d)

Columbia Plateau

e)

Southwest

5.

Which TWO regional native groups had some tribes who lived in earthen lodges?

a)

Great Basin

b)

Northwestern

c)

Plains

d)

Columbia Plateau

e)

Southwest

6.

For which regional native group were buffalo a staple food?

a)

Great Basin

b)

Northwestern

c)

Plains

d)

Columbia Plateau

e)

Southeastern

7.

For which regional native group were acorns a staple food?

a)

Great Basin

b)

Northwestern

c)

Plains

d)

Columbia Plateau

e)

California

8.

For which regional native group were salmon a staple food?

a)

Great Basin

b)

Southwest

c)

Plains

d)

Columbia Plateau

e)

California

9.

For which regional native group were whales a staple food?

a)

Great Basin

b)

Northwestern

c)

Plains

d)

Columbia Plateau

e)

California

10.

Which was the only regional native group to use cotton for clothing?

a)

Great Basin

b)

Northwestern

c)

Southwestern

d)

Columbia Plateau

e)

California

11.

Which was the regional native group to used shredded cedar bark for clothing?

a)

Great Basin

b)

Northwestern

c)

Southwestern

d)

Columbia Plateau

e)

California

12.

Which was the regional native group to used seal skins for clothing?

a)

Eskimo

b)

Northwestern

c)

Southwestern

d)

Columbia Plateau

e)

California

13.

Which was the regional native group to used buffalo skins for clothing?

a)

Eskimo

b)

Northwestern

c)

Southwestern

d)

Plains

e)

Great Basin

14.

Which TWO regional native groups to used deer and antelope skins for clothing?

a)

Eskimo

b)

Northeastern

c)

Southwestern

d)

Southeastern

e)

Great Basin

15.

The Kiowa, Comanche, Cheyenne, Crow, Sioux, Mandan, Kansa, Omaha, Arapaho were tribes in which regional native group?

a)

Eskimo

b)

Northeastern

c)

Plains

d)

Southeastern

e)

Great Basin

16.

The Creeks, Choctaws, Chickasaws, Cherokees, Seminoles were tribes in which regional native group?

a)

Eskimo

b)

Northeastern

c)

Plains

d)

Southeastern

e)

Great Basin

17.

The Iroquois, Algonquian, Huron, Massachuset, Pequot, Delaware, Wampanoag were tribes in which regional native group?

a)

Eskimo

b)

Northeastern

c)

Plains

d)

Southeastern

e)

Great Basin

18.

The Pueblo, Apache, Hopi, Zuni, Navajo, Yuma were tribes in which regional native group?

a)

Eskimo

b)

Northeastern

c)

Plains

d)

Southwestern

e)

Great Basin

19.

The “Eskimo” peoples, like the Inuit and Yupik, lived (and live) in what current U.S. state, as well as Canada and Greenland?

(a)  

20.

Native Americans would trade beaver and deer skins to obtain items from European traders. Name three examples.

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21.

In which Native American cultural group would one find

women who would choose who would be chiefs, controlled the longhouses, farming tools, and fields?

a)

Pueblo

b)

Sioux

c)

Cherokee

d)

Iroquois

e)

Apache

22.

In which Native American cultural group would one find

wealthy chiefs and nobles, who owned slaves, and gave feasts called potlatches which included giving many presents?

a)

Pacific Northwest tribes

b)

Southwestern tribes

c)

Plains tribes

d)

Great Basin tribes

23.

Not all Native Americans farmed, but those who did typically planted and harvested what three types of plants for food?

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24.

Hiawatha persuaded the Iroquois to stop fighting among themselves and unite against their neighboring tribes to form a league. What is a league?

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25.

When the five major tribes had joined together and a last tribe joined the league, they were called the ______________________________________________.

a)

Iroquois Union

b)

Iroquois League

c)

League of Six Tribes

d)

Six Nations

26.

After the arrival of white people, the Creeks, Choctaws, Chickasaws, Cherokees, and Seminoles were called the _____________________________________________________ .

a)

Five Civilized Tribes

b)

Five Tribe Confederacy

c)

League of Five Tribes

d)

Southern Tribal Union

27.

These five tribes accepted parts of the culture of white settlers such as becoming Christians, having large farms, and (a)   .

28.

Indians of the Great Plains were hunters and nomads. Nomads may have had no permanent housing, but they usually claimed a certain (a)   .

29.

Nomads followed the movement of the bison/buffalo. Name three important uses of the buffalo for the Plains Indians

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30.

What is the difference between a gatherer and a farmer?

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31.

Natives of the Great Plains used a travois. What is a travois and what animal would pull a travois?

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32.

The Indians of the Southeast, the Creek Indians after the fall harvest, the men went to hunt for five to six months, and returned to plant and work the fields. What did they do in the summer and whom did they bring back?

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