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NATIVE AMERICANS

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

_______________WERE THE VERY FIRST AMERICANS.

a)

THE FRENCH

b)

EUROPEANS

c)

NATIVE AMERICANS

d)

AUSTRALIANS

2.

THE SMALL STRETCH OF WATER THAT SEPARATES THE CONTINENTS OF ASIA AND NORTH AMERICA IS CALL THE ______________.

a)

BERING STRAIT

b)

LAKE MICHIGAN

c)

ATLANTIC OCEAN

d)

INDIAN OCEAN

3.

THE PEOPLE THAT CROSSED THE STRAIT TO COME TO AMERICAN WERE FROM ____________.

a)

EUROPE

b)

ASIA

c)

SPAIN

d)

GREAT BRITAIN

4.

THE AMERICAN BISON WAS HUNTED AND USED BY THE _____.

a)

AMERICAN INDIANS

b)

BRITISH

c)

EUROPEANS

d)

ASIANS

5.

BISON ARE CONSIDERED GRAZERS BECAUSE THEY EAT______.

a)

OTHER ANIMALS

b)

INSECTS

c)

BERRIES

d)

GRASSES

6.

EACH TYPE OF INDIAN IS CALLED A ___________.

a)

HAIR

b)

FLOCK

c)

TRIBE

d)

HERD

7.

TRIBES HAVE THEIR OWN ___________AND WAY OF LIFE.

a)

HORSES

b)

LANGUAGE

c)

FISH

d)

TIME

8.

IROQUOIS INDIANS LIVE IN HOMES CALLED ___________.

a)

LONGHOUSES

b)

TENTS

c)

PUEBLOS

d)

WICKIUPS

9.

IROQUOIS INDIANS LIVED WITH ______OTHER FAMILIES.

a)

ONE

b)

TWO

c)

FIVE

d)

TWENTY

10.

The ______________were the head of the Iroquois Indians.

a)

young warriors

b)

oldest and wisest women

c)

oldest men of the tribe

d)

wisest men of the tribe

11.

The Pueblo Indians lived in the deserts of the _________.

a)

northeast

b)

midwest

c)

south

d)

southwest

12.

Pueblo means ______in Spanish.

a)

village

b)

warrior

c)

honor

d)

spirit

13.

Pueblos were built along a cliff wall to _________.

a)

see the animals better.

b)

watch the river below.

c)

make them safe from attack.

d)

feel the winds in the deserts.

14.

Apache Indians learned farming from _________.

a)

the Pueblos

b)

the settlers

c)

the Iroquois Indians

d)

Europeans

15.

More than anything, the Apaches liked to _______.

a)

hunt

b)

fish

c)

ride horses

d)

fight

16.

The word Apache mean __________in the Pueblo language.

a)

neighbor

b)

friend

c)

enemy

d)

rival

17.

Apache Indians lived in ______________.

a)

longhouses

b)

apartment like houses

c)

caves

d)

wickiups and tepees.

18.

Nomadic means they moved from place to place__________.

a)

looking for food

b)

wandering aimlessly

c)

to feel free

d)

because of the weather

19.

Apaches were the first to learn __________.

a)

to sail a ship

b)

to ride horses

c)

to swim a river

d)

to fish for whales

20.

____________was an important religious and military leader among the Apache.

a)

George Washington

b)

Little Bear

c)

Geronimo

d)

Kachina