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Native Americans Test

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are customs?

a)

a special way of doing something

b)

American Indians

c)

to work together

d)

a goal or reason

2.

Describe a longhouse

a)

long homes that could fit as many as 10 families

b)

a wide house

c)

a home made of bricks

d)

a home that fits only 2 people

3.

What is a confederacy?

a)

A disagreement between people

b)

a challenge

c)

a formal agreement between groups to work together.

4.

Where did the Iroquois settle?

a)

in the forest of what is now central and northern NY and southern Canada

b)

In California in the dessert

c)

Michigan

5.

What does it mean to cooperate

a)

to work together

b)

to work separate

c)

to work by yourself

6.

What does purpose mean?

a)

a challenge

b)

a disagreement

c)

a goal or reason

7.

Describe a reservation

a)

land that the US government set aside for the American Indians years ago

b)

a place that you can build on and is yours

c)

land for all the Americans

8.

What is a government?

a)

a rule

b)

a system of ruling people

c)

a group of presidents

9.

What is tradition?

a)

a special way that a group does something that is passed down

b)

a special job

c)

different clothing

10.

Describe generation

a)

someone younger than you

b)

someone older than you

c)

people born and living around the same time

11.

TRUE OR FALSE: American Indians lived in all regions throughout North America.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

12.

TRUE OR FALSE: Cherokees settled here for rich soil, rivers and trees.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

13.

TRUE OR FALSE: The Great Law of Peace OR The Great Binding Law said that all decisions had to be done NOT peacefully. THEY CAN FIGHT.

a)

FALSE

b)

TRUE

14.

Why did the Iroquois settle where they were?

a)

They settled for the other tribes around them to help them

b)

They settled here for the geography because it had many plants and animals and they used the rivers for fishing and traveling. 

c)

They settled for the soil and for the grass.

15.

Where did the Cherokee's settle?

a)

Lived in the North East. They lived by the water

b)

Lived in the southeastern United States. Their land was in the Appalachian Mountains

c)

Lived near California for fishing.

16.

TRUE OR FALSE: The Cherokee's were famous for their written language.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

17.

TRUE OR FALSE:American Indians taught the first settlers of England how to plant crops and fish.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

18.

TRUE OR FALSE: The US government and tribal government creates the laws on American Indian reservations.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

19.

They believed in someone called “The Great Spirit.” If you did something bad it would be returned back to you.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

20.

TRUE OR FALSE: Sequoyah, a famous Cherokee, invented the writing system for their language. There are 86 symbols that they read and learned.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE