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The Cherokee Tribe

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Where did the cherokee live?

a)

The northwest

b)

The southeast

c)

The west

d)

The northeast

2.

What does the word cherokee mean?

a)

The farmers

b)

Hunters

c)

People of the southeast

d)

Speakers of another language

3.

In summer what kind of houses did the Cherokee live in?

a)

open air houses

b)

teepees

c)

Long houses

d)

log cabins

4.

What did the Cherokee make canoes out of?

a)

hollowed logs

b)

woven plants

c)

tree bark

d)

sticks tied with grass

5.

How many families could there be in a cherokee tribe?

a)

Ten to Forty

b)

Twenty to Sixty

c)

Thirty to Forty

d)

Thirty to Fifty

6.

How were the Cherokee able to catch fish?

a)

they made fishing poles

b)

With dams

c)

with nets

d)

with sharpened sticks

7.

How did the Cherokee sweeten their food?

a)

Sugarcanes

b)

Maple syrup

c)

with sugar

d)

With honey and maple sap

8.

What is the largest Ceremony the Cherokee held called?

a)

The Green corn

b)

The food festival

c)

The Healing ceremony

d)

The yellow squash

9.

What is the stick ball game the Cherokee played called?

a)

Lacrosse

b)

Anejodi

c)

Vaputta

d)

They do not play games at all

10.

In 1835 some Cherokee signed a treaty giving the United states all their land in exchange for land in Oklahoma and ______ million.

a)

$15 million

b)

$50 million

c)

$5 million

d)

$10 million

11.

Where did the military force the Cherokee to move?

a)

Texas

b)

Oregon

c)

Oklahoma

d)

Nevada

12.

What is one of the Cherokee clans that are around today?

a)

The clan of the Cherokee

b)

The United Keetoowah band.

c)

The south clan

d)

There are no clans today