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Native American Regions

Total questions: 78

Worksheet time: 46mins

Name

Class

Date

1.

Which region is the furthest north on the map?

a)

Northeast Region

b)

Artic Region

c)

Northwest Region

d)

Canada

2.

The state of Georgia is located in which Native American Region?

a)

Southwest Region

b)

Albany, Georgia

c)

Southeast Region

d)

Plains Region

3.

Which Native American Region is in the middle of North America?

a)

Plains Region

b)

Artic Region

c)

Southeast Region

d)

Northeast Region

4.

The Native American Region marked in yellow is __________.

a)

Plains Region

b)

Artic Region

c)

Southwest Region

d)

Northeast Region

5.

The orange region on the map is called the _________________.

a)

Northwest Region

b)

Artic Region

c)

Canada Region

d)

Northeast Region

6.

The region closest to the Artic Region is what color?

a)

purple

b)

green

c)

orange

d)

white

e)

gray

7.

Which region is surrounded by Northeast, Southeast, and Southwest region?

a)

Artic Region

b)

Plains Region

c)

Gray Region

8.

The icon on the right side of the map is called a ____________.

a)

N.S.E.W.

b)

Compass Rose

c)

ocean

d)

GPS

9.

What ocean on the east coast is called the ___________.

a)

Gulf of Mexico

b)

Pacific Ocean

c)

Atlantic Ocean

d)

Artic Ocean

10.

Which region is not found IN the United States?

a)

Canada

b)

Northwest

c)

Southwest

d)

Artic

11.

Which region used uieks (dog sleds) and umiaks for transportation?

a)

Far North

b)

Southeast

c)

Southwest

d)

Northwest

12.

Describe the environment of the Northwest.

a)

dry & rocky, difficult farming, deserts, few rivers

b)

flat & grassy, few trees, rivers & streams, no large bodies of water

c)

mountains, swampy areas, grassy areas, Atlantic Ocean

d)

dark forests, cedar trees, rivers & lakes

13.

Describe the environment of the Plains.

a)

dry & rocky, difficult farming, deserts, few rivers

b)

flat & grassy, few trees, rivers & streams, no large bodies of water

c)

mountains, swampy areas, grassy areas, Atlantic Ocean

d)

dark forests, cedar trees, rivers & lakes

14.

Describe the environment of the Southeast.

a)

dry & rocky, difficult farming, deserts, few rivers

b)

flat & grassy, few trees, rivers & streams, no large bodies of water

c)

mountains, swampy areas, grassy areas, Atlantic Ocean

d)

dark forests, cedar trees, rivers & lakes

15.

Describe a shelter of the Southeast.

a)

chickees - made of straw roofs

b)

plank houses made of cedar without windows

c)

adobe houses - made of sand

d)

tipi - made of buffalo hide

16.

Describe a shelter of the Northwest.

a)

chickees - made of straw roofs

b)

plank houses made of cedar without windows

c)

adobe houses - made of sand

d)

tipi - made of buffalo hide

17.

Describe a shelter of the Southwest.

a)

chickees - made of straw roofs

b)

plank houses made of cedar without windows

c)

adobe houses - made of sand

d)

tipi - made of buffalo hide

18.

Describe a shelter of the Plains.

a)

chickees - made of straw roofs

b)

plank houses made of cedar without windows

c)

adobe houses - made of sand

d)

tipi - made of buffalo hide

19.

Describe a shelter of the Northeast

a)

chickees - made of straw roofs

b)

plank houses made of cedar without windows

c)

longhoues and wigwams - made of wood

d)

tipi - made of buffalo hide

20.

Which region used harpoons for catching big sea animals?

a)

Far North

b)

Southeast

c)

Southwest

d)

Northwest

21.

Food: no plants, most meat, polar bear, seals, caribou, beluga whale

a)

Far North

b)

Southeast

c)

Southwest

d)

Northwest

22.

Primary shelter was igloss made of snow & ice

a)

Far North

b)

Southeast

c)

Southwest

d)

Northwest

23.

Food: corn, beans, squash, alligator, turtle, deer, turkey

a)

Far North

b)

Southeast

c)

Southwest

d)

Northwest

24.

Tools & Important Objects included: spears, nets, turtle rattles, tomahawks, blowgun

a)

Far North

b)

Southeast

c)

Southwest

d)

Northwest

25.

Which shelter is this?

a)

Longhouse

b)

Chickee

c)

Tipi

d)

Igloo

26.

Which shelter is this?

a)

Longhouse

b)

Chickee

c)

Tipi

d)

Igloo

27.

Tools & Important Objects included: totem pole, harpoon, nets, baskets

a)

Plains

b)

Southeast

c)

Southwest

d)

Northwest

28.

Tools & Important Objects included: pottery, kachina dolls, beautiful baskets

a)

Far North

b)

Southeast

c)

Southwest

d)

Northwest

29.

Which shelter is this?

a)

adobe

b)

tipi

c)

hogan

d)

longhouse

30.

Food: deer, buffalo, elk, berries, fruit, gopher

a)

Far North

b)

Plains

c)

Northeast

d)

Northwest

31.

This region has lots of trees, rivers, and streams.

a)

Eastern Woodlands

b)

Southwest

c)

Great Plains

d)

Pacific Northwest

e)

Great Basin

32.

Native Americans used _____ to meet their needs.

a)

Natural Resources

b)

Man Made Resources

c)

Disposable Resources

d)

Technology

33.

________ was the main source of food for the Great Plains people?

a)

deer

b)

bear

c)

buffalo

d)

chicken

34.

Which region is show on the map?

a)

Arctic

b)

Plains

c)

Southeast

d)

Northwest

35.

Why did Native Americans migrate/move?

a)

To follow the herds of animal they hunted

b)

To follow the Great Spirit

c)

For religious reasons.

d)

Because they got bored

36.

This Native American region built pueblos using adobe clay.

a)

Pacific Northwest

b)

Great Plains

c)

Eastern Woodlands

d)

Southwest

e)

Great Basin

37.

This region had lots of salmon and trout. They also lived in a region where they used the cedar trees to make their houses, totem poles, canoes, etc.

a)

Eastern Woodlands

b)

Southwest

c)

Pacific Northwest

d)

Great Plains

e)

Great Basin

38.

This region is very hot and dry. Little rain.

a)

Pacific Northwest

b)

Southwest

c)

Eastern Woodlands

d)

Great Plains

e)

Great Basin

39.

This was used in the Southwest region to teach children about their religious beliefs.

a)

Kiva

b)

Kachina Doll

c)

Kupee Doll

d)

Totem Pole

40.

What region built totem poles to tell the story of their family history?

a)

Eastern Woodlands

b)

Pacific Northwest

c)

Great Plains

d)

Soutwest

e)

Great Basin

41.

Region from Rocky Mountains to California. Led by a Shaman.

a)

Eastern Woodlands.

b)

Great Plains

c)

Southwest

d)

Great Basin

e)

Pacific Northwest

42.

A person that travels and does not live in one place too long is called?

a)

Native

b)

Chief

c)

Nomad

d)

Northwest

43.

How did the first people get to North America?

a)

By horse

b)

By a canoe built from cedar trees

c)

Walking across a land bridge from Asia into North America

d)

By Airplane

44.

to move from one place to another

a)

hogan

b)

migrate

c)

TEEPEE

d)

culture

45.

Earth lodge was the permanent shelter and the teepee was the temporary shelter.

a)

Eastern Woodlands.

b)

Great Plains

c)

Southwest

d)

Great Basin

e)

Pacific Northwest

46.

What was the Ice Age?

a)

The area that the hunter-gatherer people walked across

b)

One of the 5 mains Native Americans regions.

c)

A long period of very low temperatures.

d)

Movement of animals from one region to another.

47.

Thanked the spirits for the land. Held Powwows with singing and dancing. Lots of trees.

a)

Eastern Woodlands

b)

Great Plains

c)

Southwest

d)

Great Basin

e)

Pacific Northwest

48.

Region from Atlantic Coast to Mississippi River. Longhouse and wigwam shelters.

a)

Eastern Woodlands.

b)

Great Plains

c)

Southwest

d)

Great Basin

e)

Pacific Northwest

49.

A teepee (tipi) is a

a)

a home made from birchbark

b)

a mode of transportation

c)

a plot of land for growing crops

d)

a mobile home made from animal skin and sticks

50.

What was the land called between Asia and North America that was part of the land bridge?

a)

Puget Sound

b)

Beringia

c)

Ghanda

d)

Strait of Washington

51.

People from the Great Plains region made food, shelter, and clothing from which animal?

a)

Grass

b)

Snakes

c)

Bison

d)

Adobe

52.

The people of the Southwest built villages made out of adobe called what?

a)

Hogan Homes

b)

Pueblos

c)

Teepees

d)

Longhouses

53.

Which region was hot and dry?

a)

Southwest

b)

Northeast

c)

Great Basin

d)

Arctic

54.

A travois is

a)

tall walls made from logs with sharpened tops

b)

long wooden poles covered with buffalo hide

c)

frame of two long poles covered with rawhide and fixed to saddle on a animal

d)

plank houses made from cedar

55.

How were Kachina dolls used for the Southwest?

a)

to be played with by children

b)

to educate children about religion

c)

to show a family's story

d)

to tell a story

56.

Which animal did the First Americans follow across the land bridge?

a)

rabbit

b)

deer

c)

woolly mammoth

d)

buffalo

57.

A nomad is someone who

a)

moves from place to place

b)

stays in one place

c)

vacations in different places

d)

makes medicine for tribe members

58.

What is maize?

a)

dugout

b)

medicine men

c)

corn

d)

longhouses

59.

This region is mostly flat or rolling and there are many streams and rivers

a)

The Arctic

b)

The Plains

c)

The Eastern Woodlands

d)

The Southwest

60.

There were not a lot of animals in the desert, so the people of the ______________ relied mainly on farming for food.

a)

Eastern Woodlands

b)

Arctic

c)

Southwest

d)

Plains

61.

The Native Americans of this region hunted bison on the open fields of grass

a)

The Northwest

b)

The Eastern Woodlands

c)

The Southwest

d)

The Plains

62.

The people of the ________ built shelters called teepees.

a)

The Northwest

b)

The Arctic

c)

The Plains

d)

The Southwest

63.

The land bridge theory says humans arrived in North America from what continent?

a)

Asia

b)

Africa

c)

South America

64.

Which word means land set aside for Native Americans

a)

Reservaton

b)

Pueblo

c)

Travois

d)

Mesa

65.

Where was the Land Bridge located?

a)

Between Northern Europe and Canada

b)

Between Russia and Alaska

c)

The Atlantic Ocean

d)

Between Africa and Asia

66.

What is one reason groups of Native Americans often developed different cultures?

a)

They adapted to their environment in different ways

b)

They came to America from different parts of the world.

c)

They wanted to be different from other groups.

d)

All Native American groups were the same .

67.

What is the light yellow region?

Picture taken from Gallopade Curriculum.

a)

Plains

b)

Northeast

c)

Southwest

d)

Southeast

68.

What is the brown region?

Picture taken from Gallopade Curriculum.

a)

Plains

b)

Northeast

c)

Southeast

d)

Southwest

69.

These Native American tribes were hunters and fishermen. Which region did they belong to?

a)

Southeast

b)

Northwest

c)

Northeast

d)

Plains

e)

Southwest

70.

These Native American tribes grew crops like corn, bean , and squash. They also raised sheep for clothing and food. Which region did they belong to?

a)

Northwest

b)

Southeast

c)

Plains

d)

Northeast

e)

Southwest

71.

These Native American tribes farmed or hunted deer and elk. Their most important source of food was the buffalo. Which region did they belong to?

a)

Northwest

b)

Southeast

c)

Northeast

d)

Plains

e)

Southwest

72.

These Native American tribes hunted, fished and farmed. They grew crops such as corn, squash, pumpkins, and beans. They hunted deer and beaver. Which region did they belong to?

a)

Northwest

b)

Plains

c)

Southeast

d)

Southwest

e)

Northeast

73.

These Native American tribes grew three main crops; corn, beans. and squash. They hunted for deer, bear, and turkey. Which region did they belong to?

a)

Plains

b)

Northeast

c)

Southwest

d)

Northwest

e)

Southeast

74.

Tribes of the Northwest Region used (a) to create (b) .

Choose from the below words

woodcarvings

totem poles

75.

Tribes of the (a) Region lived in (b) that were made of clay and rocks.

Choose from the below words

Southwest

pueblos

76.

Tribes living in the Plains Region built (a) because they often (b) around to follow the (c) .

Choose from the below words

tepees

moved

buffalo

77.

Tribes in the Northeast Region lived in (a) . These were (b) shelters made of (c) covered with (d) .

Choose from the below words

longhouses

permanent

poles

tree bark

78.

Tribes of the Southeast lived in shelters called (a) . They wore (b) clothing due to the (c) summer.

Choose from the below words

chickees

lightweight

hot

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