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Native Americans of the U.S. - Chapter 2

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

According to the land bridge theory, people crossed into North America from

a)

Africa

b)

Europe

c)

Asia

d)

Australia

2.

Migration is a

a)

movement of animals

b)

type of irrigation

c)

type of burial mound

d)

movement of people

3.

Beringia was a

a)

type of buffalo

b)

land bridge

c)

type of canoe

d)

counting system

4.

Early nomadic people would hunt and gather

a)

wooly mammoth, nuts, plants

b)

Buffalo and plants

c)

fish, nuts, and plants

d)

plants, berries, and nuts

5.

Which two early civilizations settled in Southern Mexico

a)

Pacific Northwest and Southeast

b)

Maya and Eastern Woodlands

c)

Olmec and Inuit

d)

Maya and Olmec

6.

The Olmec created

a)

a writing system

b)

a counting system

c)

365 day calendar

d)

social classes

7.

Who created a writing system, counting system, and social classes?

a)

Olmec

b)

Mayan

c)

Inuit

d)

Pacific Northwest

8.

Burial Mounds were used by...

a)

Mound Builders

b)

Olmec

c)

Inuit

d)

Mayan

9.

Eastern Woodlands settled east of the

a)

Snake River

b)

Ohio River

c)

Rio Grande River

d)

Mississippi River

10.

The Iroquois included

a)

Mohawk

b)

Seneca

c)

Oneida

d)

All of the above

11.

The Iroquois lived near the

a)

Gulf of Mexico

b)

Great Lakes

c)

Missouri River

d)

Rio Grande River

12.

What type of shelter did the Iroquois build?

a)

longhouses

b)

pueblos

c)

plank houses

d)

tepees

13.

What was the purpose of the Iroquois League

a)

to plan the parties

b)

put together buffalo hunts

c)

settle conflicts and disputes

d)

organize who cooks the next meal

14.

Who lived in longhouses and wigwams?

a)

Inuit

b)

Mayan

c)

Olmec

d)

Algonquian

15.

What is located in the central U.S.?

a)

Pacific Northwest

b)

Interior Plains

c)

Southwest

d)

Eastern Woodlands

16.

Two major resources of people in the Plains

a)

water and fish

b)

buffalo and fish

c)

water and salmon

d)

buffalo and water

17.

What did people of the Plains hunt?

a)

caribou and elk

b)

elk, deer, buffalo

c)

buffalo and fish

d)

sunflowers and corn

18.

What did the lodges of the Great Plains have in the middle?

a)

firepit

b)

smokehouse

c)

game room

d)

buffalo skin storage

19.

Nomadic people of the Plains followed

a)

deer

b)

elk

c)

plants

d)

buffalo

20.

What did people of the Southwest live in?

a)

plank houses

b)

pueblos built on Mesas

c)

tepees

d)

wigwams

21.

What was the purpose of a chief?

a)

organize the buffalo hunts

b)

settle disputes

c)

rule the people

d)

organize hunting and gathering

22.

Who survived on eating salmon?

a)

Eastern Woodlands

b)

Plains

c)

Olmec and Mayan

d)

Nez Perce

23.

The main food of the Pacific Northwest was

a)

buffalo

b)

deer

c)

salmon

d)

plants and nuts

24.

Big celebrations where guests received presents and gifts were called

a)

ceremony

b)

Totem Pole

c)

potlatch

d)

migration

25.

Choose 2: Who hunted caribou, seals, walrus, whale, and polar bear?

a)

Eastern Woodlands

b)

Pacific Northwest

c)

Inuit

d)

Aleutians

26.

The people of the Arctic lived in

a)

wigwams

b)

hogans

c)

longhouses

d)

igloos

27.

Choose 2: Buffalo skins were used for

a)

clothing

b)

spoons

c)

to cover tepees

d)

beef jerky

28.

Choose 2: Buffalo bones were used for

a)

flyswatters

b)

arrowheads

c)

needles

d)

headdresses

29.

Choose 2: Buffalo horns were used for

a)

arrowheads

b)

flyswatters

c)

headdresses

d)

spoons

30.

Buffalo hair was used to make

a)

to cover tepees

b)

flyswatters

c)

rope

d)

to make headdresses

31.

What is the name of dried beef from buffalo

a)

beef jerky

b)

beef sticks

c)

pemmican

d)

beef ribeye

32.

Early Civilization found along the Mississippi and Ohio River

a)

Olmec and Mayan

b)

Mound Builders

c)

Anasazi

d)

Pueblo

33.

Early Civilization found in southwest Colorado

a)

Navajo

b)

Pueblo

c)

Pacific Northwest

d)

Great Plains

34.

Early Civilization found along northern Canada and Alaska

a)

Pacific Northwest

b)

Northeast

c)

Inuit

d)

Pueblo

35.

Civilization that settled in the middle of the United States

a)

Great Plains

b)

Pacific Northwest

c)

Southeast

d)

Navajo

36.

Early civilization that settled at the 4 Corners

a)

Pacific Northwest

b)

Navajo

c)

Pueblo

d)

Anasazi

37.

Early civilization that settled in Northwest New Mexico

a)

Navajo

b)

Pueblo

c)

Anasazi

d)

Great Plains

38.

Early civilization that include New York, Pennsylvania, and Illinois

a)

Great Plains

b)

Southeast

c)

Northeast

d)

Pacific Northwest

39.

Early civilization that includes Florida, Georgia, and Mississippi

a)

Southeast

b)

Northeast

c)

Pacific Northwest

d)

Great Plains

40.

I have studied my vocabulary Quizziz to prepare for the Test

a)

Yes

b)

No