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Chapter 2 test review (Natives)

Total questions: 52

Worksheet time: 45secs

Name
Class
Date
1.

According to the land bridge theory, the first people came from this continent

a)

Europe

b)

Asia

c)

N. America

d)

Russia

2.

Migration may have been possible because of a land bridge that is today covered by the Bering Sea. Migration means...

a)

the way people live

b)

the way people use resources to meet their needs

c)

the movement of people

d)

the system of leaders that provides laws

3.

Select the 2 ancient tribes that lived in the current US

a)

Maya

b)

Pueblo

c)

Olmec

d)

Mound Builders

4.

The ________ created a counting system that included "0"

a)

Olmec

b)

Maya

c)

Pueblo

d)

Mound Builders

5.

The EW were divided into 2 main ____________ groups.

a)

language

b)

chief

c)

farming

d)

family

6.

Check both: The 2 language groups of the EW were...

a)

English

b)

Algonquain

c)

Iroquoian

d)

Spanish

7.

Hiawatha and Deganawida were able to get the fighting to stop and form....

a)

The Iroquois League

b)

The Algonquian League

c)

United Nations

d)

city council

8.

After water, the most important natural resource in the EW was...

a)

buffalo

b)

wood

c)

adobe

d)

horses

9.

Iroquois tribes mainly lived around...

a)

Pacific Ocean

b)

Atlantic Ocean

c)

5 Great Lakes

d)

Great Plains

10.

Check both (2): The shelters of the Eastern Woodlands were...

a)

pueblo

b)

tepees

c)

longhouses

d)

wigwams

11.

After water, the Plains tribes relied on __________ as its most important natural resource

a)

wood

b)

buffalo

c)

adobe

d)

fish

12.

Check the "3" sisters

a)

corn

b)

beans

c)

potatoes

d)

squash

13.

A __________ caused the Hopi to have to go live with the Navajo

a)

flood

b)

fire

c)

war

d)

drought

14.

The Dalles was....

a)

the center for trade in the NW cultural region

b)

a city in Texas

c)

a wooden boat

d)

a weapon for killing whales

15.

Which 2 cultural regions had wood as its STAPLE resource

a)

EW

b)

Plains

c)

NW

d)

Arctic

16.

During a __________ the Natives of the NW would give away gifts as a sign of their wealth.

a)

drought

b)

potlatch

c)

Sun Dance Ceremony

d)

changing of chief

17.

Salmon was a staple food for which 2 cultural regions

a)

EW

b)

SW

c)

NW

d)

Arctic

18.

A round bark covered shelter

a)

pueblo

b)

hogan

c)

wigwam

d)

longhouse

19.

A large house made of wood with large doors at each end and home to several families.

a)

tepee

b)

pueblo

c)

lodge

d)

longhouse

20.

A cone shaped house made of a log frame covered by mud or adobe

a)

pueblo

b)

wigwam

c)

lodge

d)

hogan

21.

An adobe building with rooms on top of and next to one another

a)

wigwam

b)

pueblo

c)

hogan

d)

lodge

22.

a cone-shaped house made of poles covered with buffalo skins.

a)

tepee

b)

wigwam

c)

lodge

d)

hogan

23.

large round earthen home used by Central Plains people

a)

hogan

b)

lodge

c)

wigwam

d)

tepee

24.

A home made of ice

a)

tepee

b)

igloo

c)

longhouse

d)

wigwam

25.

Which region had flat grassy prairies and rolling hills with few trees; hot in the summer and cold, snowy winters

a)

EW

b)

Plains

c)

SW

d)

NW

26.

Check Both--The _____ region was a flat, frozen plain called a _______

a)

EW

b)

NW

c)

Arctic

d)

tundra

e)

mesa

27.

Which region had rocky ground in the north; good growing soil in the south; many forests and rivers

a)

EW

b)

Plains

c)

SW

d)

Arctic

28.

Which region had rocky mesas, deep canyons and cliffs, mountains; hot summers and bitterly cold winters

a)

EW

b)

Plains

c)

NW

d)

SW

29.

Which letter shows the EW?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

30.

Which letter shows Middle America?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

F

d)

H

31.

Which letter shows the Arctic?

a)

C

b)

B

c)

G

d)

F

32.

Which letter shows the NW?

a)

C

b)

D

c)

F

d)

H

33.

Which letter shows the west?

a)

C

b)

D

c)

F

d)

A

34.

Which letter shows the SW cultural region?

a)

C

b)

H

c)

F

d)

C

35.

Which letter shows the Plains?

a)

A

b)

D

c)

B

d)

G

36.

Scientists can learn a great deal about the life of early people in the Americas from ______________

a)

adapt

b)

cultural regions

c)

artifacts

d)

division of labor

37.

Native groups had to __________ to the resources that were available in order to survive.

a)

confederation

b)

division of labor

c)

culture

d)

adapt

38.

Natives of America often depended on ___________ to produce more goods.

a)

trade network

b)

division of labor

c)

confederation

d)

adapt

39.

The Olmec ____________ had a strong influence on the Mayans.

a)

culture

b)

kayak

c)

trade network

d)

confederation

40.

The Iroquois League is an example of a ____________, or a loose group of governments working together.

a)

culture

b)

artifacts

c)

confederation

d)

travois

41.

A __________________ is an area where people share the same ways of life.

a)

culture

b)

cultural region

c)

potlatch

d)

confederation

42.

Check both: This SW home of many of the __________ is called a __________

a)

(P)pueblo

b)

hogan

c)

Navajo

d)

lodge

43.

check both: this large round earthen house of the ________ Plains is called a __________

a)

Central

b)

Great

c)

lodge

d)

hogan

e)

wigwam

44.

check both: this round bark covered house called a ___________ was home to many ____________ of the EW

a)

Iroquois

b)

Algonquain

c)

lodge

d)

wigwam

e)

longhouse

45.

check both: this home called a ___________ housed the people of the EW and the ______ region?

a)

NW

b)

SW

c)

Plains

d)

longhouse

e)

wigwam

46.

check both: This is the home of the _____________ people of the _______ region.

a)

SW

b)

Pueblo

c)

West

d)

Navajo

47.

check both: this sundried brick called _________ was used by the people of the ______ to make some homes

a)

SW

b)

NW

c)

adobe

d)

Plains

48.

The Hopi and Zuni were both part of the ____________ people

a)

Mound Builders

b)

Pueblo

c)

Navajo

d)

Arctic

49.

Check both: The ________ tribe of the NW became expert traders by creating their own language to _________

a)

Chinook

b)

Makah

c)

Inuit

d)

barter

e)

potlatch

50.

What natural resource did both the NW and the EW have plenty of?

(a)  

51.

The main natural resource for the Plains natives was wood

a)

True

b)

False

52.

Check all that apply: What do we call the area that this arrow is pointing to?

a)

Middle America

b)

Central America

c)

Mesoamerica

d)

Mexico