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Native Americans

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 55mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What color is North America on the continent map?

a)

Red

b)

Purple

c)

Golden Yellow

d)

Green

2.

What do we call the first people who lived on the continent of North America?

a)

Patriots

b)

Native Americans

c)

Settlers

d)

European Explorers

3.

What did the first Americans use to meet their basic needs of food, shelter and clothing?

a)

Items from the local supermarket

b)

They went without food, clothing and shelter

c)

They stole these items from their neighbors

d)

From their environment

4.

What does the word CULTURE mean?

a)

A person’s physical surroundings

b)

How people think, act, celebrate and make rules

c)

To move from one area to another

5.

What does the word MIGRATION mean?

a)

A person’s physical surroundings

b)

How people think, act, celebrate and make rules

c)

To move from one area to another

6.

What does the word ENVIRONMENT mean?

a)

A person’s physical surroundings

b)

How people think, act, celebrate and make rules

c)

To move from one area to another

7.

The different Native American groups do not have anything in common with each other.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

Each Native American group had its own language, customs, religious beliefs, festivals and rules.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

Native Americans still live in the United States today.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

Which of the following did the Native Americans use buffalo for?

a)

Making shelters

b)

Food

c)

Tools

d)

All

11.

What did most Native American groups use to make clothing?

a)

tree bark

b)

animal skin

c)

adobe

12.

What was the main reason for Native Americans in the Plains region to build teepees?

a)

To easily move and follow buffalo herds

b)

To store food

c)

To put their horses in

13.

What was the primary food source for Native Americans living in the Plains region?

a)

Fish

b)

Buffalo

c)

Whale

d)

Elephant

14.

What tool did the Northeast Indians use for hunting?

a)

tomahawk

b)

bow and arrow

c)

fishing poles

15.

What was a common method of transportation for Native Americans in the Plains region?

a)

Horses

b)

Canoes

c)

Buffalo

16.

Moccasins were made from ______________________ .

a)

tree branches

b)

animal skins

c)

grasses

17.

Native Americans ________________________________ .

a)

respected nature and worked hard.

b)

respected nature, but were lazy.

c)

respected nature and worked little.

18.

The North & Southeast are represented by which two colors?

a)

Yellow and Pink

b)

Yellow and Blue

c)

Pink and Purple

d)

Orange and Green

19.

What were early indigenous peoples in search of when they spread across the Americas at the End of the Ice Age?

a)

ice

b)

food

c)

cars

d)

silver

20.

What influenced where and how Native Americans lived?

a)

natural resources

b)

jobs

c)

freedom

21.

What does it mean to be "nomadic"?

a)

stay in one place at all times

b)

go to school and learn

c)

moving from place to place without a permanent home

22.
They used the buffalo for:
a)
playing, eating, petting
b)
food, clothing, shelter
23.
The Plains Indians did not stay and live in one place. This is called 
a)
staying
b)
solitary
c)
alone
d)
nomadic
24.
Men in this tribe 
a)
cooked,took care of family life
b)
hunted and defended the home and tribe
25.
The women in this tribe 
a)
hunted and defended the home and tribe
b)
took care of children and cooked food
26.

What did all Native Americans have in common?

a)

They all lived in teepees

b)

They all lived off the land

c)

They all hunted buffalo

d)

They didn't have anything in common

27.

What is a group of Native American peoples based on their culture and language usually called?

a)

Tribe

b)

Country

c)

Clan

d)

Empire

28.

This house was called a ________.

a)

longhouse

b)

plank house

c)

adobe

d)

wigwam

29.

This house was called a _________.

a)

longhouse

b)

plank house

c)

adobe

d)

wigwam

30.
All Native American depended on ____________    _____________ to survive.
a)
honey bees
b)
natural resources
c)
cold weather
d)
grocery stores
31.
What  common trait did all Native Americans have about living on the earth?
a)
They all dressed alike.
b)
They spoke the same language.
c)
They had the same type of houses.
d)
They respected and cared for the environment.
32.
What types of transportation did the Native Americans have long ago?
a)
buses, cars, trains
b)
large boats
c)
canoes and horses
d)
donkeys and cows
33.

Most tribes wore what on their feet?

a)

moccasins

b)

sandals

c)

boots

34.
The Plains Native Americans lived in 
a)
teepees
b)
adobe
c)
long houses
35.
They used the buffalo for:
a)
playing, eating, petting
b)
food, clothing, shelter