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TCI Lesson 6

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is an artifact?

a)

moving from place to place

b)

an object made by a group of people

c)

flat-topped hills with steep sides

d)

a way of living

2.

Each American Indian group developed its own culture or

a)

objects made by a group of people

b)

moving from place to place

c)

way of living

d)

narrow, deep valley with steep sides

3.

What is a gorge?

a)

a narrow, deep valley with steep sides

b)

an object made by a group of people

c)

flat-topped hills with steep sides.

d)

moving from place to place

4.

What does it mean to be Nomadic?

a)

an object made by a group of people

b)

a way of living

c)

flat-topped hills with steep sides

d)

moving from place to place

5.

What is a mesa?

a)

a narrow, deep valley with steep sides

b)

an object made by a group of people

c)

flat-topped hills with steep sides

d)

bison

6.

Which of the following items is an artifact?

a)

a gorge

b)

a culture

c)

a backpack

d)

an old clay pot

7.

Some tribes were nomadic because

a)

they had plenty of resources

b)

they had large amounts of food

c)

they wanted to escape hot weather

d)

they build large houses made of hide

8.

How did natural resources affect the cultures of American Indians?

a)

it influenced what they ate

b)

it influenced what shelters they built

c)

it influenced what types of clothes they wore

d)

all of the above

9.

Which feature of the California-Intermountain environment best explains the Pomo's use of clamshells for jewelry?

a)

ocean

b)

mountains

c)

high desert

d)

redwood forest

10.

What is a pueblo?

a)

a hill with a flat top and steep sides

b)

a basket woven from colorful plants

c)

an apartment building made of stone and adobe

d)

a ceremony at which a teen becomes an adult

11.

American Indians of the Plateau region got water from

a)

community wells

b)

cactus stalks

c)

large rivers

d)

heavy rainfall

12.

Which animal-used for shelter, clothing, and shields-was so important to the Western Dakotas that they considered it sacred?

a)

bear

b)

buffalo

c)

eagle

d)

horse

13.

Wigwams in the Eastern Woodlands were made from

a)

rocks and clay bricks

b)

animal skins and poles

c)

small trees and bark or mats

d)

underground holes and grass

14.

Why did the Seminoles of Southern Florida wear deer-hide leggings?

a)

to trap alligators for their skins

b)

to show their success hunting deer

c)

for warmth during the cold winters

d)

for protection from sharp saw grass

15.

Which natural resource of the Northwest Coast did the Makahs use to make canoes and totem poles?

a)

trees

b)

seals

c)

shells

d)

bamboo

16.

The five tribes in the League of the Iroquois agreed

a)

to move to the Great Plains

b)

to let men make all the decisions

c)

to live together in log homes

d)

to avoid war among themselves

17.

Which tribe made clay pots to cook and store food?

a)

The Hopis

b)

The Seminoles

c)

The Makas

d)

The Alqonquins

18.

The Algonquins made birch bark canoes so that

a)

They could cook and store food

b)

They could travel on the rivers

c)

They could live in them.

19.

Which American Indian tribe made chickees to live in?

a)

The Hopis

b)

The Algonquins

c)

The Makahs

d)

The Seminoles