WorksheetsWhose Land Is It? 2024
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 11mins
Why did the Wichita trade their pumpkin and squash mats with the Kiowa and Comanche for buffalo meat?
They were forced to do so.
They signed a treaty requiring trade.
The Kiowa and Comanche did not grow crops.
The Cheyenne, Arapaho, Kiowa, Kiowa-Apache, and Comanche historically lived a more nomadic lifestyle. What does nomadic mean?
Staying in one spot
Moving from place to place in search of large game
Growing large crops of food
Being great warriors
Why did the Western Kansas Tribes move often?
They were always at war with others.
It was their tradition.
Scarce resources like water and good soil for growing crops.
They grew tired of being in one place for too long.
The Western Kansas Tribes could not cultivate, or grow, crops. How did they get crops when they needed them?
They never needed crops.
They would move east and farm for awhile.
They would steal from other tribes.
They traded buffalo meat to get it.
Which was NOT a reason given for Indian Removal?
The Native American tribes wanted to move to preserve their way of life as the cities were growing up too quickly around them.
As population increased, so did the desire for land.
Much of the American economy was based on agriculture, and they needed the land to farm.
President Jackson did not see the tribes as separate nations, so the United States had a right to take their land through eminent domain.
The U.S. government's policy of relocation was hard on the Indians forced to move to Kansas
because:
there were many Americans that were against it.
many of them had already adopted the customs of Americans.
living conditions in Kansas were unfamiliar and this made their traditional way of life
difficult.
so many Americans had already moved here that there was little room.
The United States government said that Native Americans did not have to move if they were willing to do what?
Teach the Americans how to successfully cultivate the land.
to adopt the American way of life.
Not leave their houses
The description of Kansas as “The Great Desert” led Americans to think that Kansas would be:
a difficult place for Americans to settle but a good place to relocate Indian tribes.
a great place to vacation.
good land for a buffalo reserve.
land that could be sold back to the Europeans.
How did the United States acquire the land that is now Kansas?
They took it from the Native American tribes living here.
The bought it from the Spanish in the Kansas Purchase.
They bought it from the French in the Louisiana Purchase.
The tribes wanted to become a part of the United States, so they gave the land to the US.
Under the Indian Removal Act, the native tribes could choose between which two things?
Assimilate
Become part of the US government and make changes
Move to new land west of the Mississippi
Buy the land they were living on currently.
What was the goal of the mission schools?
to teach them the importance of the treaties they signed.
to teach them the history of the United States
to teach them how to hunt and bake.
to change the culture of the students and to "Americanize" the Indians
What was the one law the US passed in regards to the Indian reservations was what?
The Native Americans were in charge of everything.
The only non-Indians legally allowed to live in Kansas during the period had to work for the US government or travel with the tribes.
The United States was not allowed to expand west of the Mississippi river.
Everyone had to speak English.
What were some of the causes of the Dust Bowl? (Mark all that apply.)
Static electricity
Farmers plowing up too much land
The dry and windy climate of the area
The government encouraging farmers to grow more wheat.
What was one of the worst man-made ecological disasters?
The Ice Age
The F5 tornado that went close to Mrs. Stangl's house
The Dust Bowl
The Indian Removal Act
Which animal was very important to the Plains Indians because it provided food, shelter, clothing, and materials for tools?
Deer
Horses
Bison
Cows
Which tribe hunted buffalo, but didn't take tipis because they followed the Black Dog Trail , which had framed structures along the way for them to stay in?
Osage
Comanche
Wichita
Kiowa
What type of housing did the Western Tribes of Kansas use?
Grass lodges
Earth homes
Tipis
Bark homes
Which explorer described Kansas as "The Great Desert," which then affected the United States policy going forward?
Long
Lewis & Clark
Coronado
Du Tisne
Some tribes chose to __________ the white American way of life in order to try to keep their land.
assimilate to
make fun of
break from
listen to
Explorers from which country were the first to visit the land that would become Kansas?
Spain
England
France
United States
