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Native American History and Culture

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which were part of the Three Sisters

a)

squash

b)

beans

c)

corn

d)

peas

2.

What were wampum used for?

a)

Growing food

b)

Building homes

c)

Trading and keeping records

d)
  • Making tools

3.

A person who kills animals and collects nuts, berries, and other resources in order to survive is known as a _______________.

a)

hunter-gatherer

b)

teacher

c)

native

d)

squirrel-man

4.

What was The Iroquois Confederacy?

a)

a religious group of Native American shamans.

b)

a political alliance of Native American tribes

c)

a cultural festival held annually.

d)

a military organization of European settlers.

5.

How many nations were in the Haudenosaunee originally?

(a)  

6.

A (a)   is a family group within a Native American nation.

7.

This tribe lived in the Northestern part of the US in what today would be New York.

a)

Mayan

b)

Aztec

c)

Inca

d)

Iroquois

8.

The Iroquois Confederacy started a

a)

dimension

b)

dictatorship

c)

democracy

d)

demogorgon

9.

wigwam

a)

a house made of stone

b)

a dome-shaped hut made bark over a framework of poles

c)

a very large house that many families lived in

d)

Native American medicine man

10.

The Iroquois term for chief is

a)

sachem

b)

wampum

c)

ramapough

d)

sacagawea

11.

What materials did Native Americans use for clothing?

a)

rocks

b)

animal skins

c)

yarn

d)

cotton

12.

What are the beads of a wampum belt made out of?

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13.

What do the houses of the Haudenosaunee look like?

14.

Which materials did Native Americans use to make tools?

a)

shells

b)

rocks

c)

bones

d)

all of the above

15.

Algonquian men fished, hunted, and

a)

trapped

b)

took care of the children

c)

made clothing

16.

The Iroquoian nations that formed the Haudenosaunee League were the

a)

Oneida, Cayuga, Seneca, Mohawk, Onondaga

b)

Mohawk and Oneida

c)

Lakota, Comanche, and Taino

17.

Name four things that we have or use today that were started with the Native Americans.

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18.

Which of the following was one of the original nations of the Iroquois Confederacy?

a)

Cherokee

b)

Cayuga

c)

Seminole

d)

Apache

19.

Which of the following nations was added to the Iroquois Confederacy last?

a)

Seneca

b)

Onondaga

c)

Mohawk

d)

Tuscarora

20.

What was the Iroquois Confederacy also known as?

a)

The Three Nations

b)

The Six Nations

c)

The Seven Nations

d)

The Eight Nations