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American Indians

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which region did American Indians live in cone-shaped homes made from buffalo hides and tree limbs (teepees)?

a)

Arctic

b)

Northeast

c)

Plains

d)

Southwest

2.

American Indians in this region used the Pacific Ocean as a source for food like salmon.

a)

Northeast

b)

Northwest

c)

Southeast

d)

Southwest

3.

What was NOT available to American Indians long ago?

a)

food

b)

shelter

c)

clothing

d)

electricity

4.

Which was the most important source of food for the American Indians in the Plains?

a)

beavers

b)

buffalo

c)

deer

d)

polar bears

5.

Which American Indian region hunted bison? They had to travel when the bison moved so their homes were temporary.

a)

Northwest

b)

Southwest

c)

Plains

d)

Arctic

6.

What region built permanent longhouses, ate salmon, whales, and seals?

a)

Northeast

b)

Northwest

c)

Southwest

d)

Southeast

7.

What region built permanent homes called pueblos from stones, mud, and adobe clay?

a)

Southwest

b)

Northeast

c)

Plains

d)

Arctic

8.

The Southeast Indians were ____________ people because the women harvested crops such as corn, beans, & squash.

a)

hunting

b)

farming

c)

fishing

d)

none of the above

9.
Which region wore thick clothing made from animal hides with fur on the inside? 
a)
Southwest
b)
Arctic
c)
Northeast
d)
Northwest
10.
Which region used totem poles to tell stories? 
a)
Northwest
b)
Plains
c)
Arctic
d)
Southeast
11.
Which region had a group civilized enough to create their own alphabet? 
a)
Northwest
b)
Southeast
c)
Arctic
d)
Southwest
12.

Northwest Native Americans built their shelter with

a)

cedar planks and bark

b)

adobe clay

c)

buffalo skin

d)

ice

13.

Which region would this be a shelter?

a)

Southeast

b)

Northeast

c)

Southwest

d)

Arctic

14.

This chickee is made of wood and leaves on a raised platform. What region would this be the shelter?

a)

Northeast

b)

Southeast

c)

Southwest

d)

Arctic

15.

The Native Americans in this region followed the buffalo, because it was their source of food, clothing, and shelter.

a)

Northeast

b)

Plains

c)

Northwest

d)

Southwest

16.

The Northwest Indians would build these special figures called _________, designed to represent their families as a symbol of unity, pride, and tradition.

a)

clay masks

b)

kachina dolls

c)

totem poles

d)

blankets

17.

What are these images examples of?

a)

American Indian art

b)

American Indian hunting tools

c)

American Indian survival tools

d)

American Indian goods for trade

18.

American Indians today help preserve American Indian cultures of the past through art, powwows, literature, and film.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

Which of the following is a contribution that American Indians have made to American life?

a)

Government and Literature

b)

Pottery and baskets

c)

Beadwork and Jewelry

d)

All of the above

20.

Corn, also known as maize, was important to the survival of American Indians. Its importance was so great that corn became a part of ceremony, and symbol of wisdom. Which region was corn the main food source?

a)

Northeast

b)

Artic

c)

Southwest

d)

Plains

21.

Deer was a vital resource for food, clothing and tools in which two American Indian Regions?

a)

Northeast

b)

Artic

c)

Southeast

d)

Northwest