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Native Americans in Louisiana

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The development of the atlatl made hunting deer easier.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

What was the primary food of the Indians in Louisiana?

a)

beans

b)

corn

c)

pumpkins

d)

squash

3.

What types of materials were Indian clothing made from?

a)

animal skins

b)

plant fibers

c)

feathers

d)

all of the above

4.

The French referred to dugout canoes as ____________________.

a)

artifacts

b)

midden

c)

calumet

d)

pirogue

5.
Which items did Native Americans acquire a taste for from Europeans?
a)
tepees and weapons
b)
cloth, tools, and medicine
c)
pottery, jewelry and maps
d)
newer weapons, cloth, and glass beads 
6.
What kind of things did Europeans want from Native Americans?
a)
weapons
b)
food, medicine, and goods
c)
hairstyles
d)
homes
7.

The Chitimacha are best known for...

a)

farming.

b)

fishing.

c)

basket weaving.

d)

painting art.

8.

Poverty Point Indians were...

a)

hunters

b)

gatherers

c)

mound builders

d)

early settlers

9.

Native Americans used a technique called ____________ to clear the land.

a)

fire clearing

b)

burn and farm

c)

sharecropping

d)

slash and burn

10.

What geographic feature of Louisiana allowed Native Americans to farm?

a)

lakes

b)

waterways

c)

swamps

d)

hills

11.

The weather in a place over a long period of time is its....

a)

agriculture

b)

climate

c)

adapt

12.

Science or knowledge put into practical use to solve a problem or invent a useful tool is ....

a)

technology

b)

domesticate

c)

inhabitants

13.

Which of the following is an example of agriculture?

a)

growing corn

b)

weaving baskets

c)

riding horses

14.

The Native American tribes had to ______________ to living in Louisiana by clearing the land to farm.

a)

climate

b)

inhabitants

c)

adapt

15.

Native Americans were the first to __________________ and grow corn instead of going in the wild to gather it.

a)

domesticate

b)

inhabitants

c)

technology

16.

The first _________________ of Louisiana were Native Americans.

a)

climate

b)

adapt

c)

inhabitants

17.

Poverty Point Indians were farmers.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

Tchefuncte Indians were known for their

a)

basket weaving

b)

pottery

c)

mound building

d)

tepees

19.

Both Tchefuncte Indians and Poverty Point Indians were hunters and gatherers.

a)

true

b)

false