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Review-Wars for West 1

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which was not a Plains Indian nation?

a)
Comanche
b)
Cheyenne
c)
Iroquois
d)
Sioux
2.

Which two groups of people came to the Great Plains in the mid-1800s?

a)

Cowhands

b)

Settlers

c)

Miners

d)

Ranchers

3.

Which two animals did the Plains Indians depend on?

a)

Horse

b)

Deer

c)

Fish

d)

Buffalo

4.

How did Native Americans who spoke different languages communicate with each other?

a)

Music/songs

b)

Written letters

c)

Signs and gestures

d)

Dance

5.

Which was not a use for buffalo?

a)

Meat for food

b)

Bones for tools

c)

Skins for shelters

d)

Milk to drink

6.

Which was the first major treaty between the United States government and Plains Indians?

a)
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
b)

Treaty of Nebraska

c)

Treaty of Fort Laramie

d)

Treaty of Medicine Lodge

7.

What is a reservation for Native Americans?

a)
A cultural festival for Native American tribes.
b)
A financial aid program for Native Americans.
c)
A designated area of land for Native American tribes.
d)
A type of government program for Native Americans.
8.

What did the U.S. government expect Native Americans to do once they moved to reservation lands?

a)
Maintain their nomadic lifestyle and resist change.
b)
Engage in warfare against the U.S. government.
c)
Return to their ancestral lands and continue traditional practices.
d)

Stay on the reservation and become Americanized

9.

What could Native Americans not do while living on the reservation?

a)

Teach their customs

b)

Trade

c)

Hold festivals

d)

Hunt buffalo

10.

What is the name of the trail that ran through Sioux hunting grounds?

a)
Oregon Trail
b)

Chisholm Trail

c)
Bozeman Trail
d)
Santa Fe Trail
11.

Which Native American leader fought back, ambushing the U.S. army and killing 81 soldiers?

a)

Chief Joseph

b)
Crazy Horse
c)
Geronimo
d)
Sitting Bull
12.

Which treaty did the Native Americans sign, agreeing to live on reservation land?

a)

Treaty of Bozeman Trail

b)

Treaty of Medicine Lodge

c)

Treaty of Fort Sill

d)

Treaty of Fort Laramie

13.

Which two groups could not defeat the Comanche until they took some drastic steps?

a)

U.S. Army

b)

Texas Rangers

c)

Buffalo Soldiers

d)

Sioux

14.

What did the Texas Rangers and U.S. Army do in order to win their battle with the Comanche?

a)

They killed all of the buffalo in the area

b)

They killed all of the Comanche

c)

They made alliances with the Comanche's enemies

d)

They took away the Comanche's ability to get food and water

15.

Crazy Horse was a leader of the ___.

a)

Sioux

b)

Nez Perce

c)

Arapaho

d)

Navajo