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Chapter 2 Native Peoples and Their Cultures

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This is a special feast where the guests receive gifts.

a)

hogan

b)

longhouse

c)

potlatch

d)

travois

2.

These are the domed shaped homes of the Navajo.

a)

hogan

b)

longhouse

c)

potlatch

d)

travois

3.

These were the homes of the Iroquois.

a)

hogan

b)

longhouse

c)

potlatch

d)

travois

4.

These were used by the Plains people to carry their belongings.

a)

hogans

b)

longhouses

c)

potlatches

d)

travois

5.

Among the Iroquois, women were the leaders of their...

a)

pueblo

b)

wickiup

c)

clan

d)

lodge

6.

The Tlingit used abundant _____ around them for travel.

a)

paths

b)

waterways

c)

paved roads

d)

freeways

7.

The Navajo settled here in the 1300s.

a)

northern New Mexico

b)

southern Arizona

c)

eastern Utah

8.

These were thought to bring rain, help crops crow, and show people how to live and behave.

a)

Kachina dolls

b)

Navajo statues

c)

Cherokee basket patterns

9.

What did the Spanish bring that changed the way Plains people hunted and lived?

(a)  

10.

The Iroquois _____ was the joining of five Iroquois nations to form a lasting peace among their people.

a)

Confederacy

b)

Federation

c)

Group

11.

"Pomo baskets are the finest in the world" is a(n) _____.

a)

fact

b)

opinion

12.

"Pomo are skilled basket weavers" is a(n) _____

a)

fact

b)

opinion

13.

How many years did the Iroquois Confederacy exist as Five nations?

a)

152

b)

162

c)

172

14.

How long did it take for horses to change life on the Plains after the arrived in North America?

a)

200 years

b)

250 years

c)

300 years

15.

What problem have the Hopi faced?

a)

farming the dry land of Arizona

b)

fighting enemy tribes

c)

severe cold weather

16.

What is the type of farming that the Hopi practiced where they grew a special kind of corn.

a)

dry farming

b)

corn rotation

c)

slash and burn

17.

In order to prepare for dry seasons, the Hopi...

a)

grow beans, squash and cotton

b)

grow a special kind of corn plant

c)

build dams and irrigation canals

d)

store dried corn

18.

You can learn how the Hopi lived by studying their...

a)

pots

b)

blankets

c)

crops

19.

By studying artifacts, we get insight into how people lived.

a)

true

b)

false

20.

Beringia was a land bridge between Asia and _____

a)

North America

b)

Africa

c)

South America

d)

Europe

21.

The Anasazi used this to build their cliff houses.

a)

adobe

b)

rock

c)

sand

22.

To what tribe did St. Kateri Tekakwitha belong?

a)

Mohawk

b)

Cherokee

c)

Natchez