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Native American History Month

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was the US president who proclaimed 1 week to celebrate NAHM?

a)

President Obama

b)

President Nixon

c)

President Reagan

d)

President Carter

2.

What does the circle stand for in Native American culture?

a)

The circle of earth and life

b)

The life circle and earth

c)

The life and earth circle

d)

The earth circle of life

3.

Where did the Pacific Northwest Coast Native Americans live?

a)

purple

b)

dark green

c)

blue

d)

red

4.

In which region did the Native Americans of the Great Plains reside?

a)

red

b)

orange

c)

light green

d)

blue

5.

Within which region did the Eastern Woodland Native Americans reside?

a)

dark green

b)

light green

c)

red

d)

pink

6.

Native Americans of the Eastern Woodlands traded with others mainly because .....

a)

they had few resources in their own region.

b)

they wanted goods that couldn't be found within their own region.

c)

they wanted to own as many goods as possible.

d)

they liked using the lakes and rivers as trade routes.

7.

Which region of Native Americans used buffalo skins to make teepees?

a)

Southwest

b)

Northeast

c)

Arctic

d)

Plains

8.

Which Native Americans were nomadic and moved from place to place?

a)

Northwest Coast

b)

Southwest

c)

Plains

d)

Southeast

9.

Which Native Americans lived in a cold, harsh climate with snow and ice?

a)

Inuit

b)

Southwest

c)

Anasazi

d)

Mound Builders

10.

Which Native American group depended on the buffalo the most?

a)

Plains

b)

Northeast Woodlands

c)

Southwest

d)

Northwest Coast

11.

Totem poles were made from cedar trees in this region.

a)

Northwest Coast

b)

Southwest

c)

Southeast

d)

Plains

12.

Which region had less resources than other regions?

a)

Northeast Woodlands

b)

Northwest Coast

c)

Southwest

d)

Southeast

13.

Which group had a large city with 30,000 people?

a)

Anasazi

b)

Inuit

c)

Mound Builders

d)

Pacific Northwest

14.

Which group were known for taming wild horses?

a)

Plains

b)

Pacific Northwest

c)

Anasazi

d)

Southeast

15.
Native people came to North America about __________________ years ago.
a)
120
b)
1,200
c)
12,000
d)
120,000
16.
The ___________ culture first discovered the benefits of corn.
a)
Paleolithic 
b)
Archaic 
c)
Woodland 
d)
Mississippian 
17.
Which of these is not one of the Native American "3 Sisters?"
a)
Corn
b)
Beans
c)
Buffalo
d)
Squash
18.
Word used to describe people who move from place to place during different seasons to find available food. 
a)
cultural regions
b)
artifacts
c)
nomadic
d)
cultures