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Native American Cultures and European Colonization -Topic 2 Lessons 1-3 Review

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A potlatch is a

a)

a squash eaten

b)

a culture region

c)

ceremony and feast

d)

a lid for a kettle

2.

One theory that people have about how the first humans traveled from Asia to Africa is____.

a)

digging tunnels

b)

using goats

c)

riding a train

d)

using a land bridge

3.

How can you compare the people of the Arctic cultures and the Southeast cultures?

a)

They were influenced by climate and environment.

b)

They lived in the same housing.

c)

They had different forms of government.

d)

They both farmed and grew their own food.

4.

Cultures developed when people adapted to their environment.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

5.

True or False? People in the colder regions had many more foods than people in the southern regions.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

6.

Who were called "mound builders"?

a)

Ancestral Puebloans

b)

The Cherokee

c)

Mississippians

d)

The Iroquois

7.

The Ancestral Puebloans were known for_______.

a)

mounds

b)

constitutions

c)

4-story apartments

d)

horses

8.

The main purpose of the Iroquois League was to ____.

a)

end wars

b)

improve farming

c)

end slavery

d)

create governments

9.

The Iroquois women could_____.

a)

own property

b)

choose leaders

c)

remove leaders

d)

all of these

10.

The Pilgrims settled in New England to_____.

a)

trade furs with the French and Native Americans

b)

escape poverty and starvation

c)

have religious freedom and their own government

d)

eat lots of turkey and pumpkin pie

11.

The French colonists were most interested in _____.

a)

farming

b)

fancy desserts

c)

fashion

d)

the fur trade

12.

Why did the European colonists bring Africans to North America?

a)

to solve disputes

b)

to work as slaves

c)

to trade fur

d)

to fight wars

13.

What was a result of the French and Indian War?

a)

The French lost their land in NorthAmerica

b)

The colonists had to leave North America.

c)

France controlled the Mississippi.

d)

The British won more freedom.

14.

True or False? Spain and Britain claimed almost all of North America by 1763.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

15.

A type of house that people in the Arctic lived in was ____.

a)

a wigwam

b)

an igloo

c)

a longhouse

d)

a pueblo