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Native Americans

Total questions: 31

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Why did the Pacific Northwest region live in plank houses?

a)

They lived in forests where there were many trees.

b)

They lived in the desert.

c)

They stole wood from other indians.

d)

They actually lived in tipis.

2.

Why did the Pacific Northwest region eat many fish?

a)

They lived near streams and rivers.

b)

They rode their horses to the Atlantic Ocean.

c)

They went fishing in Coligny.

d)

They northwest region did not eat fish

3.

Which region do you see in the picture?

a)

Desert Southwest

b)

Eastern Woodlands

c)

Great Plains

d)

Pacific Northwest

4.

Which region is pictured?

a)

Great Plains

b)

Pacific Northwest

c)

Desert Southwest

d)

Great Plains

5.

The Great Plains region were travelers who moved from place to place. What vocabulary term would they fall under?

a)

Nomads

b)

Wigwams

c)

Totem Poles

d)

Game

6.

Since the Great Plains region were nomads, which type of housing did they live in?

a)

Tipi

b)

Adobe

c)

Long Houses

d)

Wigwam

7.

Which Native American region planted crops (corn, squash, and beans)?

a)

Pacific Northwest

b)

Desert Southwest

c)

Great Plains

d)

Eastern Woodlands

8.

Which region is pictured?

a)

Great Plains

b)

Pacific Northwest

c)

Desert Southwest

d)

Eastern Woodlands

9.

The Great Plains region had flat and grassy land. Which animal do you think they hunted most based on their geography?

a)

Fish

b)

Buffalo

c)

Squirrles

d)

Mountain Lions

10.

Based on the name of the Eastern Woodlands region, what do you think their houses were made out of?

a)

Clay

b)

Dirt

c)

Wood

d)

Bricks

11.

Which region had a very advanced government similar to the U.S. government?

a)

Great Plains

b)

Eastern Woodlands

c)

Southwest

d)

Pacific Northwest

12.

Which region is colored in the picture?

a)

Eastern Woodlands

b)

Great Plains

c)

Southwest

d)

Pacific Northwest

13.

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

a)

Desert Southwest

b)

Eastern Woodlands

c)

Pacific Northwest

d)

Great Plains

14.

What resource did Native Americans in the Pacific Northwest use to build their plank houses?

a)

Trees

b)

Clay

c)

Buffalo skins

d)

Whale bones

15.

Which Native Americans were nomadic and moved from place to place because they were following the buffalo?

a)

Pacific Northwest

b)

Desert Southwest

c)

Great Plains

d)

Eastern Woodlands

16.

Which Native American group lived in longhouses or wigwams and hunted forest animals?

a)

Pacific Northwest

b)

Desert Southwest

c)

Great Plains

d)

Eastern Woodlands

17.

Which Native American group depended on the buffalo the most?

a)

Great Plains

b)

Eastern Woodlands

c)

Desert Southwest

d)

Pacific Northwest

18.

What is region D?

a)

Pacific Northwest

b)

Great Plains

c)

Eastern Woodland

d)

Desert Southwest

19.

What is region C?

a)

Pacific Northwest

b)

Great Plains

c)

Eastern Woodland

d)

Desert Southwest

20.

What is region B?

a)

Pacific Northwest

b)

Great Plains

c)

Eastern Woodland

d)

Desert Southwest

21.

What is region A?

a)

Pacific Northwest

b)

Great Plains

c)

Eastern Woodland

d)

Desert Southwest

22.

What did the Native Americans in the Desert Southwest eat?

a)

Corn, Squash, & Beans

b)

Grapes

c)

Snakes

d)

Pineapples & Cherries

23.
What kinds of food did the Native Americans in the Pacific Northwest eat?
a)

Fish, Seals & Whales

b)
Polar bears
c)
Sharks
d)
Turtles
24.
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
25.

Which Native American region were mainly farmers and used irrigation to grow crops?

a)

Eastern Woodlands

b)

Great Plains

c)

Desert Southwest

d)

Pacific Northwest

26.
Adobe is made from __________.
a)
Dried mud baked in the sun
b)
Wood and deer skin
c)
Snow
d)
Grass
27.
Native people came to North America about __________________ years ago.
a)
120
b)
1,200
c)
12,000
d)
120,000
28.

Native Americans adapted to their environment? What does adapted mean?

a)

sang songs

b)

used things around them

c)

played games

d)

went to school

29.

In the Desert Southwest, Native Americans used irrigation. What is irrigation?

a)

moving food

b)

moving animals

c)

moving water

d)

moving people

30.

What does the tern environment mean?

a)

place where you sleep

b)

place where you work

c)

place where you live

d)

place where you learn

31.

What are natural resources?

a)

Things from the environment that we use

b)

Things we buy from the store

c)

Things we use at school

d)

Things we see on the internet