WorksheetsUnit 1 Test - the First Nations
Total questions: 31
Worksheet time: 16mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
True or False: Native American tribes have a government-to-government relationship with the United States.
a)
True
b)
False
2.
True or False: Christopher Columbus discovered America
a)
True
b)
False
3.
True or False: signed treaties have allowed indigenous tribes to sue the U.S. government if the treaty was broken
a)
True
b)
False
4.
True or False: Casinos have made native tribes rich and saved them from poverty
a)
True
b)
False
5.
True or False: the Sioux nation won $1 billion in a lawsuit over Mount Rushmore and used that money to improve the lives of their people
a)
True
b)
False
6.
True or False: the Supreme Court ruled that the U.S. government did NOT have the ability to control native tribes and force them off their land
a)
True
b)
False
7.
True or False: Pocahontas was a real person
a)
True
b)
False
8.
True or False: It is acceptable to call people who first inhabited North America, Indians
a)
True
b)
False
9.
True or False: reservations today are fully equipped to provide their people with plenty of food, water, and healthcare
a)
True
b)
False
10.
inappropriate or unacknowledged adoption of an element or elements of one culture or identity by members of another culture or identity
a)
sovereignty
b)
cultural appropriation
c)
racism
d)
discrimination
11.
Which of the following is NOT a challenge commonly experienced by indigenous communities today?
a)
loss of traditional lands
b)
cultural preservation
c)
access to education
d)
These are all challenges faced by indigenous communities
12.
Who was accidentally killed while the military police tried to arrest him for allegedly practicing ghost dances?
a)
Sitting Bull
b)
Red Cloud
c)
Crazy Horse
d)
Chief Powhatan
13.
Took place in December 1866 in which Sioux warriors killed Captain William Fetterman and 80 soldiers in Wyoming
a)
Sand Creek Massacre
b)
Fetterman Massacre
c)
Wounded Knee Massacre
d)
Custer's Last Stand
14.
Which of the following is the BEST explanation of what the Dawes Act did?
a)
Forced Native American children into boarding schools
b)
Made it illegal for any Native American to practice the ritual, ghost dance
c)
Took Native land and offered it back to them if they registered themselves with the U.S. government
d)
Forced Native Americans off their land in Georgia and move to a reservation in Oklahoma
15.
Which of the following is the BEST example of forced assimilation?
a)
The U.S. government seizing tribal land through treaties
b)
Boarding schools requiring men to have short hair, forcing Natives to cut theirs off
c)
The Trail of Tears, forced removal of Natives and into reservations
d)
The U.S. government breaking their treaty agreements with indigenous tribes
16.
Who united Lakota, Cheyenne, and Arapaho tribes to fight back against the U.S. military on the Great Plains?
a)
Sitting Bull
b)
Red Cloud
c)
Crazy Horse
d)
Chief Powhatan
17.
Col. Chevington surprise attacked peaceful Natives, killing around 150 Cheyenne and Arapaho women, children and the elderly
a)
Sand Creek Massacre
b)
Fetterman Massacre
c)
Wounded Knee Massacre
d)
Custer's Last Stand
18.
What did Thomas Jefferson believe about assimilation?
a)
It would never truly allow Natives to become equal with Europeans
b)
It was the only path to equality for Natives
c)
It was an outdated practice that should not be used anymore
d)
It worked for Africans so it could work Native Americans
19.
Which president signed off on the Trail of Tears?
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
Andrew Johnson
c)
John Adams
d)
Andrew Jackson
20.
Mass killing by U.S. soldiers of as many as 300 unarmed Sioux at Wounded Knee, South Dakota, in 1890
a)
Sand Creek Massacre
b)
Fetterman Massacre
c)
Wounded Knee Massacre
d)
Custer's Last Stand
21.
The Indian Removal Act
a)
gave the government power to force Natives off their land and move them out west
b)
gave the government power to force Natives off their land and move them out east
c)
gave the government power to force Natives off their land and move them down south
d)
gave the government power to force Natives off their land and move them up north
22.
Which tribal nation made up the majority forced to walk what is known as the Trail of Tears?
a)
Iroquois
b)
Apache
c)
Cherokee
d)
Potawatomi
23.
What saved the first settlers at Jamestown?
a)
Themselves
b)
The Cherokee
c)
The Powhatans
d)
The Sioux
24.
Why did the settlers at Jamestown need saving?
a)
They were fighting amongst themselves
b)
They were too busy looking for gold than preparing for survival
c)
The slaves from Africa got delayed so no one was around to farm
d)
Terrible storms and weather destroyed their settlement and food supply
25.
All of the following are ways settlers treated the Natives EXCEPT for which one?
a)
Convert them to Christianity
b)
Tried making them slaves
c)
Cheated them with treaties
d)
Gave them the option to live like Englishmen
26.
Which of the following BEST summarizes the relationship between early Native American tribes and the 13 colonies?
a)
friendly
b)
civil
c)
destructive
d)
political
27.
Why did Europeans colonize the Americas?
a)
They wanted the natural resources
b)
They were looking for a group of people to enslave
c)
They knew it was there so they bought it
d)
All of the above
28.
All of the following were ways Natives were negatively impacted by European colonizers EXCEPT for which one?
a)
Diseases
b)
War
c)
Trade agreements
d)
Loss of resources
29.
Click on the example of assimilation.
A
B
C
30.
The westward expansion of white Americans forced the Native populations to move (a)
Choose from the below words
west
south
north
east
31.
Which action did the US government take in 1924 to expand the rights of American Indians?
a)
Granting citizenship to American Indians.
b)
Establishing private schools for American Indian Children.
c)
Providing retirement benefits to American Indians.
d)
Guaranteeing jobs for American Indians in urban areas.
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