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WorksheetsNative American Assessment
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 36mins
What answer BEST fits the phrase "people who are building a longhouse"?
The Sioux
Eskimos
The Haudenosaunee
The Pueblos
What animal was key to the survival of Great Plains cultures?
Antelope
Moose
Cattle
Buffalo
How did the first Americans arrive to North America?
By walking over a suspension bridge.
By sailing across the Atlantic Ocean.
By walking on top of glaciers from Greenland.
By walking across a land bridge.
Why did the first Americans come to the Americas?
They were chased out of their homeland during a war.
They were following their food.
They could not afford taxes and rent in their homeland.
The climate grew hotter and ruined all of their farming crops.
How did the dozens of Great Plains tribes communicate with one another?
Passing hand written notes.
Using different flags.
They all spoke the same language.
They used sign language.
What Native American cultural region is highlighted in green on this map?
Desert Southwest
Northeastern Woodlands
Arctic/Tundra
Great Plains
What answer BEST explains why Great Plains tribes lived in tepees?
So they could follow the herds of animals quickly.
Tepees were the warmest dwellings on the Great Plains.
Tepees provided the best defense against tornadoes and wind storms.
Tepees were very large and could comfortably fit several families.
Which answer BEST fits the Iroquois dwelling type?
Which answer BEST describes the information below:
* farmed
*heads of clans
*chose the leaders
Great Plains warriors
Eskimo hunters
Pueblo medicine men
Iroquois women
What map BEST corresponds with the Iroquois culture?
Where does the word "Cheektowaga" come from?
The Iroquois language
The Greek language
The Sioux language
The Pueblo language
What answer BEST describes ALL Native American cultures?
Hunter/Gatherers
Nomadic
Resourceful
Peaceful
What conclusion can be made about the Iroquois based on this map?
The Iroquois were wiped out during the 1800's by European invaders.
The Iroquois had a proud, rich culture until the 1700's when they vanished due to climate change and drought.
The Iroquois culture is alive and well in 2025.
Sadly, the Iroquois are extinct due to constant warfare with other tribes.
What term BEST fits this image?
Artifact
Secondary Source
Culture
Atlatl
What field of study BEST relates to this image?
History
Archaeology
Economics
Civics
What answer BEST relates to this image?
Primary Source
Artifact
Secondary Source
Bias
What answer BEST fits this statement: "Before European cultures arrived, all Native American peoples were considered _____________________________."
peaceful.
nomads.
hunter-gatherers.
prehistoric.
What answer BEST fits the term Pueblo?
What answer BEST explains why the five tribes of the Iroquois united?
To defend themselves against the Spanish.
To stop fighting amongst themselves.
To defeat their enemy the Pueblos.
To gain more workers for building the Erie Canal.
What answer BEST corresponds with this image?
The Farming Family
The Tremendous Trio
The Cousin Crops
The Three Sisters
What is another name for an Iroquois chief?
Honcho
Jefe
Sachem
Kahuna
When did the first Americans arrive in North America?
The Dark Ages
The Jurassic Age
The Early Renaissance
The Last Ice Age
What answer BEST relates to the information below:
*Native Americans were great speakers/orators
*Native American storytelling
Oral History
Archaeology
Economics
Civics
What answer BEST matches a resource the Iroquois would have used to survive?
Analyze this diagram of an Iroquois village. What number in the key contains the resources firewood and deer meat?
3
5
6
1
Complete this sentence: "What Native American cultures ate, how they dressed, and what they lived in was due to their _________________________
ancestors
environment/location
spiritual beliefs
advanced technology.
What answer BEST matches a resource an Eskimo would have used living in the Arctic/Far North region?
What answer BEST matches a resource a Pueblo Indian would have used living in the desert southwest?
What answer BEST matches the dwelling type of an Inuit Indian in the Arctic/Far North?
What Iroquois tribe lived, and still lives, right here in Western New York?
The Algonquian
The Sioux
The Inuit
The Seneca
What dwelling type is associated with the Eskimo cultures of the Arctic?
What natural resource would have been used by the Seminole culture of the Gulf Coast/Florida?
Before the Europeans arrived, how did Native Americans cultures pass down their histories from generation to generation?
Through oral history and the telling of stories.
By digitally collecting them on computers.
By writing them down in textbooks and constitutions.
By taking pictures and videos of their culture for future generations.
Which answer below is an example of a TRAVOIS?
Which of the following Native American cultural regions would have built this stilthouse?
Eastern Woodlands
Arctic
Great Plains
Gulf Coast/Florida
