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Native American Cultures (North America)

Total questions: 37

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Eastern Woodland Indians lived in

a)

mud houses

b)

longhouses

c)

wigwams

d)

all of the above

2.

What are the 3 sisters?

a)

corn, potatoes, squash

b)

corn, beans, squash

c)

squash, pumpkins, gourds

d)

Marla, Julie, and Amy

3.

What did the Eastern Woodlands people plant/grow besides the 3 Sisters?

a)

tobacco and sunflowers

b)

tomatoes and peppers

c)

salt and pepper

d)

sunflower seeds and olives

4.

Eastern Woodlands Indians ____ .

a)

had their own government

b)

didn't have to farm

c)

buried their dead in the rivers

d)

rode on horses

5.

Eastern Woodlands men did the ____ .

a)

farming

b)

growing

c)

singing

d)

hunting

6.

Eastern Woodlands women did the ___ .

a)

farming

b)

hunting

c)

cleaning

d)

singing

7.

Children in the Eastern Woodlands ___ .

a)

rode on horses

b)

learned sign language

c)

didn't go to school

d)

said the Character Pledge every day

8.

Eastern Woodlands went into groups based on their different_________ .

a)

homes

b)

colors

c)

dogs

d)

languages

9.

What was the #1 crop of the Moundbuilders/Mississippians?

a)

corn

b)

beans

c)

squash

d)

lemons

10.

Mounds were built ______ .

a)

to grow food

b)

for religious purposes

c)

so they could have more sledding hills

d)

to block out the sun

11.

The Moundbuilders' largest settlement was in ___ .

a)

Atlanta, Georgia

b)

Cahokia, Illinois

c)

Chicago, Illinois

d)

St. Louis, Missouri

12.

Where did the Moundbuilders keep their Sacred Fire?

a)

the temple

b)

in center of village

c)

in their fireplaces

d)

in the woods

13.

Mounds could be up to 6 stories high.

a)

true

b)

false

14.

The Green Corn Ceremony was held _______ .

a)

before the growing season (early spring)

b)

during the growing season (summer)

c)

at the end of the growing season (late summer)

d)

in the winter

15.

Mississippian/Moundbuilders tricked deer by ___ .

a)

using a call

b)

spreading corn on the ground

c)

wearing deer hides

d)

putting up confusing signs

16.

What were hogans?

a)

dome-shaped mud homes of the Moundbuilders

b)

great big sandwiches

c)

peace pipes

d)

sacred spirits

17.

The Great Plains Indians, when not farming, hunted ___ .

a)

deer

b)

turkey

c)

wild pigs

d)

buffalo

18.

Plains Indians had rain and sun dances ___.

a)

to honor their gods

b)

to ask for rain

c)

without eating or drinking

d)

all of the above

19.

Before the horses came from Europe, Plains Indians would ___ .

a)

hunt buffalo on foot

b)

walk to their local Walmart for food

c)

ride their dogs

d)

cry

20.

Plains Indians would sometimes kill buffalo ___ .

a)

with guns

b)

by running them off of cliffs

c)

by starving them

d)

with bombs

21.

Plains homes were ____ made of buffalo hide.

a)

hogans

b)

wigwams

c)

teepees

d)

longhouses

22.

Plains Indian children learned simple sign language.

a)

True

b)

False

23.

Plains Indians used dogs to ___ .

a)

carry belongings before horses arrived

b)

run after the cats

c)

eat

d)

bark

24.

Pacific Northwest people didn't have to farm. Why?

a)

They had plenty of food in the water nearby.

b)

They didn't have tractors.

c)

They didn't like getting dirty.

d)

They didn't need to eat.

25.

Pacific Northwest people's primary food was ___ .

a)

corn

b)

beans

c)

fish

d)

rice

26.

The northwest coast is how long?

a)

2 miles

b)

20 miles

c)

200 miles

d)

2000 miles

27.

Northwest Coast people lived in village houses made of ____ .

a)

pine

b)

cedar

c)

oak

d)

redwood

28.

Northwest people traveled in ___ .

a)

packs

b)

buses

c)

horses

d)

canoes

29.

The Arctic people hunted ___ for food, oil etc.

a)

sharks

b)

whales

c)

polar bears

d)

fish

30.

Arctic people lived in __ .

a)

underground homes

b)

igloos

c)

both answers

d)

neither answer

31.

The Southwest/Pueblo Indians were

a)

nomads

b)

farmers

c)

hunters

d)

all of the above

32.

Due to the extreme hot in the southwest, the people there experience this a lot.

a)

drought

b)

flooding

c)

tornadoes

d)

feasts

33.

Farming in the Southwest was impossible.

a)

true

b)

false

34.

Members of the Southwest tribes created this kind of pottery.

a)

red on white

b)

white on black

c)

yellow and black

d)

black on white

35.

Southwest people would build connected stone buildings in the cliffs to live in, called ___ .

a)

hogans

b)

wigwams

c)

pueblo

d)

teepees

36.

These are part of the geography of the Southwest.

a)

mesas, canyons, buttes

b)

mesas, waterfalls, forests

c)

mountains, mesas, swamps

d)

plains, rivers, forests

37.

Southwest/Pueblo people would dig ditches for this reason.

a)

to trip up their enemies

b)

to hold rainwater/runoff

c)

to stop fires

d)

to hide in