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Early Native Americans

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Cherokee men were hunters, gathers, and fishermen.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

Which is a clan of the Cherokee Tribe?

a)

Sunshine

b)

Wolf

c)

Hunter

d)

Water

3.

Name the popular game played by young boys and men of the Cherokee and Chickasaw.

a)

football

b)

stickball

c)

whiffle ball

d)

lacrosse

4.

Which crop was not grown by the Cherokee, Chickasaw, and the Creek?

a)

coffee bean

b)

corn

c)

squash

d)

beans

5.

What did mother's of the Creek Tribe use to secure their babies while working in the village?

a)

leather pack

b)

crib

c)

cradle board

d)

sling

6.

The Creek called themselves "Muskcogees". In their own language it meant...

a)

people of peace

b)

people of the democracy

c)

people living and farming

d)

people living on wet or flooding land

7.

What Native Tribe was more hospitable toward Europeans?

a)

Cherokee

b)

Creek

c)

Chickasaw

8.

Choose the best definition for the word interpreter.

a)

a person who can translate between languages

b)

a person who can explain cultures

c)

a person who practices an old way of life

9.

Identify the name of the Chickasaw home.

a)

daub

b)

asi

c)

wattle

d)

chickee

10.

Each Chickasaw village had its own...

a)

gov

b)

king

c)

minko

d)

toli

11.

Choose the correct definition of maternal designation.

a)

linage of families within a tribe

b)

families bound together

c)

women stayed with their clans and men joined the woman's clan

d)

women left their clan and joined the men's clan

12.

Where did the state of Tennessee get its name from?

a)

Cherokee village named Tenase

b)

Cherokee chief

c)

the name of a river

d)

Creek village named Muskogee

13.

Which state is not a part of the Creek Tribe territory?

a)

Florida

b)

Alabama

c)

North Carolina

d)

Georgia

14.

Tribes used _________ to teach lessons to children.

a)

books

b)

visions

c)

storytelling

d)

movies

15.

Cherokee homes were made of ______and ______ which consist of clay, mud, and small sticks.

a)

wattle and daub

b)

straw and rock

c)

sand and bark

d)

muck and stone

16.

A respected and loved woman of the village is called a _______.

a)

Palisade

b)

Beloved Woman

c)

Minko

d)

Principle Chief

17.

A famous Beloved Woman who's grave is located in Polk County TN is ________.

a)

Nancy Paterick

b)

Nancy Pelosi

c)

Nancy Wilson

d)

Nancy Ward

18.

In the winter of ______, Hernando Desoto invaded the Chickasaw territory.

a)

1500

b)

1599

c)

1540

d)

1640