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Georgia's First People

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Where was Sequoyah born?

a)

Georgia

b)

Tennessee

c)

Alabama

d)

Florida

2.

What did Sequoyah make for the Cherokee?

a)

Food

b)

Numbers

c)

Their own alphabet

d)

Stories

3.

What could the Cherokee people do with Sequoyah's alphabet?

a)

learn to speak English

b)

teach other tribes to write

c)

read and write in their own language

d)

write in any language

4.

Throughout his life, Sequoyah showed citizenship traits such as patience, loyalty, and compassion.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

Which tribe lived in the shaded area on the map labeled A?

a)

Creek

b)

Cherokee

6.

Which tribe lived in the shaded area on the map labeled B?

a)

Creek

b)

Cherokee

7.

In which Georgia region did most Creeks live?

a)

Ridge and Valley

b)

Blue Ridge

c)

Appalachian Plateau

d)

Coastal Plains

8.

In what area of Georgia did the Cherokee people live?

a)

northern

b)

southern

c)

coastal

d)

they didn't live in Georgia

9.

The Cherokee lived near mountains.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

Why was the environment important to the Cherokee people?

a)

They loved to swim.

b)

They had a lot of friends nearby.

c)

They hunted and fished for food.

d)

They could drive anywhere they wanted.

11.

The Creek and Cherokee used _______ to make their clothing.

a)

Animal skin

b)

Cotton

c)

Fish scales

d)

Mud

12.

How did the Creek and Cherokee get what they needed to live?

a)

They went to Wal-Mart.

b)

They had a lot of money in the bank.

c)

They had hidden gold.

d)

They used their local resources.

13.

Why did the Creek and Cherokee have to leave their lands?

a)

European Settlers wanted the land, so they forced the tribes to leave.t.

b)

They wanted to be closer to their friends.

c)

There was a huge flood.

d)

There were no fish left.

14.

How did the Creek and Cherokee get things they could NOT get from their local resources?

a)

They went to Wal-Mart.

b)

They traded with other tribes, villages, and some settlers.

c)

They stole things.

d)

They moved.

15.

In today's time, we go to the store to buy food. Long ago, the Creek and Cherokee hunted and fished for food.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

Both the Creek and Cherokee used rivers for food and transportation.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

We live in the same types of homes that the Creek and Cherokee did.

a)

True

b)

False