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WorksheetsCh. 4: Native Americans, pre-European
Total questions: 32
Worksheet time: 36mins
Which regional native group lived in multi-family longhouses covered in elm bark and other tribes which lived in birch-bark covered wigwams?
Northeastern Woodlands
Southeastern Woodlands
Plains
Columbia Plateau
Great Basin
Which regional native group had nomadic tribes who lived in buffalo-hide covered teepees?
Northeastern Woodlands
Southeastern Woodlands
Plains
Columbia Plateau
Great Basin
Which regional native group lived in cedar-wood lodges with a totem pole before the entrance?
Northeastern Woodlands
Northwestern
Plains
Columbia Plateau
Southwest
Which regional native group lived in simple brush huts in the summer?
Great Basin
Northwestern
Plains
Columbia Plateau
Southwest
Which TWO regional native groups had some tribes who lived in earthen lodges?
Great Basin
Northwestern
Plains
Columbia Plateau
Southwest
For which regional native group were buffalo a staple food?
Great Basin
Northwestern
Plains
Columbia Plateau
Southeastern
For which regional native group were acorns a staple food?
Great Basin
Northwestern
Plains
Columbia Plateau
California
For which regional native group were salmon a staple food?
Great Basin
Southwest
Plains
Columbia Plateau
California
For which regional native group were whales a staple food?
Great Basin
Northwestern
Plains
Columbia Plateau
California
Which was the only regional native group to use cotton for clothing?
Great Basin
Northwestern
Southwestern
Columbia Plateau
California
Which was the regional native group to used shredded cedar bark for clothing?
Great Basin
Northwestern
Southwestern
Columbia Plateau
California
Which was the regional native group to used seal skins for clothing?
Eskimo
Northwestern
Southwestern
Columbia Plateau
California
Which was the regional native group to used buffalo skins for clothing?
Eskimo
Northwestern
Southwestern
Plains
Great Basin
Which TWO regional native groups to used deer and antelope skins for clothing?
Eskimo
Northeastern
Southwestern
Southeastern
Great Basin
The Kiowa, Comanche, Cheyenne, Crow, Sioux, Mandan, Kansa, Omaha, Arapaho were tribes in which regional native group?
Eskimo
Northeastern
Plains
Southeastern
Great Basin
The Creeks, Choctaws, Chickasaws, Cherokees, Seminoles were tribes in which regional native group?
Eskimo
Northeastern
Plains
Southeastern
Great Basin
The Iroquois, Algonquian, Huron, Massachuset, Pequot, Delaware, Wampanoag were tribes in which regional native group?
Eskimo
Northeastern
Plains
Southeastern
Great Basin
The Pueblo, Apache, Hopi, Zuni, Navajo, Yuma were tribes in which regional native group?
Eskimo
Northeastern
Plains
Southwestern
Great Basin
The “Eskimo” peoples, like the Inuit and Yupik, lived (and live) in what current U.S. state, as well as Canada and Greenland?
(a)
Native Americans would trade beaver and deer skins to obtain items from European traders. Name three examples.
In which Native American cultural group would one find
women who would choose who would be chiefs, controlled the longhouses, farming tools, and fields?
Pueblo
Sioux
Cherokee
Iroquois
Apache
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?
Pacific Northwest tribes
Southwestern tribes
Plains tribes
Great Basin tribes
Not all Native Americans farmed, but those who did typically planted and harvested what three types of plants for food?
Hiawatha persuaded the Iroquois to stop fighting among themselves and unite against their neighboring tribes to form a league. What is a league?
When the five major tribes had joined together and a last tribe joined the league, they were called the ______________________________________________.
Iroquois Union
Iroquois League
League of Six Tribes
Six Nations
After the arrival of white people, the Creeks, Choctaws, Chickasaws, Cherokees, and Seminoles were called the _____________________________________________________ .
Five Civilized Tribes
Five Tribe Confederacy
League of Five Tribes
Southern Tribal Union
These five tribes accepted parts of the culture of white settlers such as becoming Christians, having large farms, and (a) .
Indians of the Great Plains were hunters and nomads. Nomads may have had no permanent housing, but they usually claimed a certain (a) .
Nomads followed the movement of the bison/buffalo. Name three important uses of the buffalo for the Plains Indians
What is the difference between a gatherer and a farmer?
Natives of the Great Plains used a travois. What is a travois and what animal would pull a travois?
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?
