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Pre-Columbian Civilizations

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following are characteristics of the INUIT?

a)

used dogs to pull sleds

b)

lived in the Arctic

c)

made igloos for shelter

d)

moved around a lot to find food

e)

used oil to waterproof their clothing

2.

Which Native American groups lived in the Eastern Woodlands?

a)

Sioux

b)

Powhatan

c)

Cherokee

d)

Pueblo

e)

Wampanoag

3.

What type of shelter did the Plains Indians live in?

a)

longhouses

b)

teepees

c)

wigwams

d)

adobe homes

4.

Which type of shelter did the Southwest Indians live in?

a)

igloos

b)

wigwams

c)

adobe homes

d)

longhouses

5.

Which type of shelter did the Eastern Woodlands Indians live in?

a)

longhouses

b)

teepees

c)

wigwams

d)

igloos

6.

Which of the following are characteristics of the Plains Indians?

a)

They were farmers.

b)

They lived in wigwams.

c)

They joined the Iroquois Confederacy.

d)

They moved around a lot to find food.

7.

Which of the following Native American groups used oil to waterproof their clothing?

a)

Southeast

b)

Southwest

c)

Pacific Northwest

d)

Eastern Woodlands

8.

The Anasazi, Apache, Hopi, and Navajo are all groups that lived in what region?

a)

arctic

b)

southwest

c)

eastern woodlands

d)

plains

9.

What is another name for the Sioux Indians?

a)

Inuit

b)

Apache

c)

Huron

d)

Lakota

10.

The Southwest Indians were farmers.

a)

true

b)

false

11.

The Southeast Indians moved around a lot to find food.

a)

true

b)

false

12.

Which of the following Native American groups lived in the Pacific Northwest?

a)

Kwakiutl

b)

Cheyenne

c)

Creek

d)

Nez Perce

13.

Which group lived near the Columbia River Plateau?

a)

Mohicans

b)

Hopi

c)

Chinook

d)

Chickasaw

14.

Which of the following group did NOT live in the Plains?

a)

Mohicans

b)

Lakota

c)

Pawnee

d)

Comanche

15.

Which Native American group had a matrilineal society?

a)

southeast

b)

southwest

c)

plains

d)

eastern woodlands

16.

In which ways did the INUIT get food?

a)

farmed

b)

hunted

c)

fished

17.

What were multi-story terraced buildings made of clay called?

a)

adobe homes

b)

wigwams

c)

teepees

d)

longhouses

18.

Which region had rivers, hills, mountains, forests, and coastland?

a)

eastern woodland

b)

plains

c)

pacific northwest

d)

southeast

19.

Which region is flat with many prairies and rolling hills?

a)

eastern woodlands

b)

plains

c)

pacific northwest

d)

southwest

20.

Which region had a considerable amount of trees to make canoes, boats, and houses?

a)

plains

b)

southwest

c)

southeast

d)

pacific northwest