WorksheetsAmerican Indians
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Once, before Europeans began moving to North America in the 16th century, the continent was ......... by a small number of native tribes
inhabitant
inhabited
inhabit
The first ...... settlers called them "Indians", because they had dark skin like people from India
European
Europic
Europeans
Although these "Indians" had ........ to do with India, the name remained, and is still used today
anything
something
nothing
The word "Indian" is still used in many official contexts, even by Indians .......
himself
themselves
themself
Five hundred years ago, when the first Europeans reached North America, there were about ten million Native Americans living north of today's .......... border
Mexican
American
British
In three hundred years, their population fell ...... less than half a million
at
over
to
European settlers ....... diseases with them from Europe, which were fatal to American Indians
bring
brought
have brought
Whole tribes disappeared, after ........ diseases from European settlers
catch
to catch
catching
Since the ........ century, the Native American population has been growing again
twentieth
twentith
twentiest
Indians can be found in all parts of American society, ........ the federal administration
but not
including
apart from
