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Birchbark House

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

(must know)

an older member of a community who is respected for his or her knowledge and wisdom

a)

elder

b)

oral history

c)

Dakota

d)

Anishinaabe

2.

(must know)

stories passed down from generation to generation

a)

treat

b)

kinship

c)

tradition

d)

oral history

3.

(must know)

values and beliefs passed from generation to generation

a)

indigenous

b)

tradition

c)

oral history

d)

treaty

4.

(must know)

anything of value that is owned or controlled

a)

kinship

b)

elder

c)

property

d)

resources

5.

(must know)

a small kinship-based group of foragers who hunt and gather for a living over a particular territory

a)

band (tribe)

b)

kinship

c)

elder

d)

treaty

6.

(must know)

Dakota term that inspired the name of the state of Minnesota. It means, "land where the waters are so clear they reflect the clouds in the sky."

a)

Dakota

b)

Ojibwe

c)

Mni Sota Makoce

d)

Anishinaabe

7.

(must know)

Name of the oldest tribal members to inhabit Minnesota territory; means "friends" or "allies"

a)

Ojibwe

b)

Dakota

c)

Anishinaabe

d)

Mni Sota Makoce

8.

(must know)

each of the four divisions of the year (spring, summer, autumn, and winter) marked by particular weather patterns and daylight hours, resulting from the earth's changing position with regard to the sun.

a)

tradition

b)

treaty

c)

resources

d)

seasons

9.

(must know)

A source or supply or support

a)

property

b)

treaty

c)

resources

d)

seasons

10.

(must know)

native to a certain area

a)

indigenous

b)

Dakota

c)

Ojibwe

d)

Anishinaabe

11.

(must know)

A formal agreement between two or more sovereign states

a)

oral history

b)

resources

c)

treaty

d)

kinship

12.

(must know)

Means "original people." Another term used to refer to the Ojibwe

a)

band (tribe)

b)

Dakota

c)

oral history

d)

Anishinaabe

13.

(must know)

An early American Indian group living in northeastern Minnesota. According to oral history, migrated to Minnesota from an area near the Atlantic Ocean - another term used for Anishinaabe

a)

Dakota

b)

Ojibwe

c)

band (tribe)

d)

kinship

14.

(must know)

A social bond based on common ancestry, marriage, or adoption

a)

kinship

b)

treaty

c)

elder

d)

band (tribe)

15.

(should know)

an organized part of a country that doesn't yet have the full rights of a state

a)

territory

b)

reservation

c)

annuity

d)

treaty

16.

(should know)

land set aside by the United States government for Native American people

a)

territory

b)

reservation

c)

settlement

d)

colonialism

17.

(should know)

to move from one place to another

a)

assimilation

b)

colonialism

c)

settlers

d)

migrate

18.

(should know)

people who move with a group of others to live in a new country or area

a)

ratify

b)

settlers

c)

citizenship

d)

indigenous

19.

(should know)

during the 1800s, the movement of settlers and immigrants from Eastern United States to the Midwest and West

a)

settlers

b)

sovereignty

c)

colonialism

d)

Westward Expansion

20.

(should know)

an annual payment of food and money that the United States government paid to American Indians in return for their land

a)

annuity

b)

treaty

c)

ratify

d)

assimilation

21.

(should know)

to approve, give formal approval to, confirm

a)

annuity

b)

ratify

c)

sovereignty

d)

citizenship

22.

(aspire to know)

a place where people establish a new community

a)

colonialism

b)

settlement

c)

Westward Expansion

d)

Mni Sota Makoce

23.

(aspire to know)

Ability to govern a territory free from control of internal or external affairs by other states or governments

a)

treaty

b)

assimilation

c)

citizenship

d)

sovereignty

24.

(aspire to know)

the status of being legally recognized as a citizen of a country, promised certain rights provided by the government

a)

ratify

b)

colonialism

c)

citizenship

d)

migrate

25.

(aspire to know)

An attempt by one country to establish settlements and to force its political, economic, and cultural beliefs in another territory

a)

colonialism

b)

reservation

c)

migrate

d)

Westward Expansion

26.

(aspire to know)

adopting the values and habits of a larger group

a)

citizenship

b)

kinship

c)

band (tribe)

d)

assimilation