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Native American Culture and Geography

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was used by both the Eastern Woodlands people and people of the Pacific Northwest?

a)

plank houses

b)

canoes

c)

baskets

2.

What type of food did Eastern Woodlands people and people of the Pacific Northwest eat?

a)

pizza

b)

bison

c)

fish

3.

What kind of buildings did Eastern Woodlands people live in?

a)

mansions

b)

longhouses

c)

teepees

4.

What type of weather did the Ancestral Pueblo people believe Kokopelli would bring?

a)

rain

b)

clouds

c)

sun

5.

What did the Pacific Northwest people make their canoes out of?

a)

metal

b)

trees

c)

animal skins

6.

What was carved on the Pacific Northwest people’s totems?

a)

faces

b)

shapes

c)

animals

7.

How did Native Americans of the Eastern Woodland region get food?

a)

Farmed corn, beans, and squash.

b)

Mostly fished salmon.

c)

Mostly hunted deer and turkeys.

8.

How did Native Americans of the Pacific Northwest region get food?

a)

Farmed corn, beans, and squash.

b)

Mostly hunted deer and turkeys.

c)

Mostly fished salmon.

9.

How did Native Americans of the American Southwest region get food?

a)

Mostly hunted deer and turkeys.

b)

Mostly fished salmon.

c)

Farmed corns, beans, and squash.

10.

Which two Native American groups lived in houses made of wood? Choose two answers.

a)

Eastern Woodlands

b)

American Southwest

c)

Pacific Northwest

11.

Which two Native American groups made totems that told stories about the tribe’s history? Choose two answers.

a)

American Southwest

b)

Pacific Northwest

c)

Eastern Woodlands

12.

Which Native American group honored the god of rain because they relied on farming to survive?

a)

Pacific Northwest

b)

Eastern Woodlands

c)

American Southwest

13.

How did Native Americans use baskets?

a)

to create canoes

b)

to store food

c)

to transport tools

14.

Why did Pacific Northwest peoples preserve salmon?

a)

to store and eat in winter

b)

to make fish sticks

c)

to give to other tribes

15.

What are the “Three Sisters”?

a)

deer, turkey, fish

b)

trees, grass, mud

c)

corn, beans, squash

16.

How did Native Americans use natural resources to survive? Choose two answers.

a)

Some Native Americans used rivers and oceans to fish for food.

b)

Some Native Americans used animal bones to make tools and weapons for hunting.

c)

Some Native Americans believed in a rain god.

17.

Why did Native Americans move during different times of the year?

a)

They moved to escape the cold weather.

b)

They moved to take land from other tribes.

c)

They moved to find food.

18.

The first peoples to live in North America were known as:

a)

Vikings

b)

Native Americans

c)

Explorers