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WorksheetsAmerican Indian Groups
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
How did the first Americans arrive?
By foot across the Bering Land Bridge
By boat along Alaska's pacific border
By crossing the Atlantic Ocean
By migrating from South America
What is an alternative theory for how the first Americans arrived?
They arrived by crossing the Atlantic Ocean
They arrived by foot across the Bering Land Bridge
They arrived by boat along Alaska's pacific border
They arrived by migrating from South America
What was the oral constitution of the Iroquois confederacy called, which was founded in 1142?
Great Law of Peace
potlatch
Hohokam
longhouses
What is the name of the confederacy formed by the Mohawk, Cayuga, Seneca, Oneida, Onondaga, and Tuscarora tribes?
Hohokam
Ancestral Puebloans
Iroquois Confederacy
Apache Nation
What was the governing body of the Iroquois Confederacy?
Council of Chiefs
Great Law of Peace
Clan Mothers
Matrilineal Society
What was the basic unit of organization in Iroquois society?
Clan
Tribe
Longhouse
Council
Which tribe built 500 miles of irrigation canals and adobe buildings in Arizona?
Hohokam
Ancestral Puebloans
Apache
Navajo
What was the primary food source for tribes on the Pacific Northwest Coast?
Salmon
Deer
Corn
Berries
Which tribe was known for building cliff dwellings?
Kuksu
Ancestral Puebloans
Hohokam
Apache
What was the purpose of a potlatch in the Pacific Northwest Coast tribes?
To showcase a leader's wealth and power
To celebrate a bountiful harvest
To commemorate a birth
To honor the dead
The "Three Sisters" that the Puebloans farmed were
Corn, rice, squash
corn, squash, beans
Rice, beans, pumpkin
carrots, potatoes, corn
What was the main form of transportation for the tribes on the Pacific Northwest Coast? They used this form of transportation for trade, war, and fishing.
Canoe
Horse
Walking
Carriage
Which tribe was known for their intricate totem pole carvings?
Apache of the Southwest tribe
Iroquois
Haida, of the Pacific Northwest Coast Tribe
Ancestral Puebloans
It is currently the year...
2023 BCE
2023 BC
2023 CE
all of the above
Geronimo was a fearless warrior of which tribe? He fought the Mexicans and the American's expansion in the Southwest.
Apache
Iroquois
Haida
Ancestral Puebloans
