WorksheetsNative American Cultures and Civilizations
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 25mins
From where did the original inhabitants of North America come?
Beringia
Sahara Desert
Andes Mountains
Himalayan Plateau
What were the classifications of Indians based on? ________
Linguistics and culture areas
Economic status and wealth
Political affiliations
Geographical boundaries
What is a similarity among Native American cultures? ________
Great Spirit
Totem Poles
Buffalo Hunting
Pueblo Architecture
What were the Pueblo Indians known for?
Being farmers
Building pyramids
Inventing the wheel
Being nomadic hunters
What did Plains Indians use every part of? ________
The bison (buffalo)
The horse
The eagle
The deer
Name two groups of Mound Builders.
Adena and Hopewell
Mississippian and Anasazi
Iroquois and Cherokee
Sioux and Apache
What were the Five Civilized Tribes?
Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole
Apache, Navajo, Sioux, Comanche, and Hopi
Iroquois, Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, and Seneca
Blackfoot, Crow, Cheyenne, Arapaho, and Pawnee
What was the League of Six Nations?
Mohawk, Oneida, Seneca, Cayuga, Onondaga, and Tuscarora
Cherokee, Creek, Seminole, Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Natchez
Apache, Navajo, Hopi, Zuni, Pueblo, and Ute
Sioux, Cheyenne, Arapaho, Crow, Blackfoot, and Assiniboine
What type of society did the Eastern Woodlands Indians have?
Matriarchal Society
Patriarchal Society
Feudal Society
Nomadic Society
What are the three periods of Mayan history?
Preclassic, Classic, and Postclassic
Ancient, Medieval, and Modern
Bronze Age, Iron Age, and Stone Age
Early, Middle, and Late
What city was significant during the Mayan Classic Period?
Chichén Itzá
Teotihuacan
Tenochtitlan
Machu Picchu
What did the Mayas not have in their calendar? ________
A leap year
A solar year
A lunar month
A week
What does the East symbolize in Mayan culture?
Rebirth
Death
Wisdom
Strength
What did the god represented by the Sun require?
Sacrifices
Prayers
Offerings of water
Songs
What was Tenochtitlán known as?
The Venice of the New World
The City of Gold
The Land of the Sun
The Pearl of the Americas
What was the Triple Alliance?
Tenochtitlán, Texcoco, and Tlacopan
Machu Picchu, Cuzco, and Lima
Chichen Itza, Uxmal, and Tulum
Teotihuacan, Cholula, and Monte Albán
What did Aztec religion say about the five gods?
They sacrificed themselves for man to live
They ruled the underworld
They created the stars
They punished humans with floods
What was the name of the precise Mayan calendar?
Long Count
Short Count
Solar Cycle
Haab
What did the Mayans believe supported the sky?
The ceiba tree
The jaguar
The pyramid
The serpent
What system did the Incans use to record data? ________
Quipu (or khipu)
Hieroglyphics
Cuneiform
Rosetta Stone
What was the Incan Empire's zenith period?
Between 1380 and 1570
Between 1200 and 1300
Between 1600 and 1700
Between 1000 and 1100
What was the role of children of conquered leaders in the Incan Empire?
They were sent to Cuzco to be educated
They were made slaves in distant lands
They were forced to join the Incan army
They were kept as hostages in remote villages
What was the Incan road system's extent?
Up to 14,000 miles
Up to 2,000 miles
Up to 5,000 miles
Up to 20,000 miles
The famous deity from Aztec (Nahuatl) tradition. His name means "feathered serpent" ________
Quetzalcoatl
Huitzilopochtli
Tezcatlipoca
Tlaloc
What groups of Indian languages are believed to have had a single ancestral language?
Language families
Dialects
Scripts
Regions
What Southwestern tribe was known for its peaceful culture?
Hopi
Apache
Navajo
Comanche
What wide and dispersed group of Indians are believed to be united by trade?
Hopewell
Iroquois
Apache
Sioux
What Southwestern Indians are known as "cliff dwellers"?
Pueblo Indians
Navajo Indians
Apache Indians
Hopi Indians
What group of Indians established agricultural communities in the Southeast?
Eastern Woodlands Indians
Plains Indians
Northwest Coast Indians
Great Basin Indians
Cahokia Indians were a large part of which group? ________
Mississippian Indians
Iroquois Confederacy
Pueblo Indians
Sioux Nation
Which of the following is NOT a way to classify Indian groups?
Steles
Language
Geography
Culture
Which of the following was NOT part of the Triple Alliance?
Mayans
Aztecs
Texcoco
Tlacopan
Which group of Indians built an extensive trade network?
Mound Builders
Plains Indians
Iroquois
Apache
Which group of Indians was known for hunting bison?
Plains
Eastern Woodland
Pacific Northwest
Southwest
Which of the following was NOT a reason for the decline of Mayan civilization?
Strong adapting rulers
Environmental degradation
Warfare
Drought
What is the name of the Indian god whose worshipers believed that he would return one day?
Quetzalcoatl
Kalki
Vishnu
Shiva
Which system was used for trade in the Inca empire?
Barter
Currency
Credit
Banking
Which Indian group lived in large dome-shaped structures?
Adena
Cherokee
Sioux
Navajo
Which term refers to a wide and dispersed group of Indians believed to be united by trade?
Hopewell
Mississippian
Anasazi
Mogollon
Which Indian group was known for their matriarchal society?
Eastern Woodlands
Plains
Southwest
Great Basin
Which Indian group built villages out of sun-dried brick?
Pueblo
Cherokee
Sioux
Iroquois
Which Indian group was known for its peaceful culture?
Hopi
Apache
Comanche
Sioux
Which term refers to an upright stone slab or column carved with inscriptions?
Stele
Obelisk
Menhir
Totem
Which of these is a famous landmark in southern Ohio?
Great Serpent Mound
Mount Rushmore
Golden Gate Bridge
Statue of Liberty
Which term refers to collections of knotted strings used for accounting and recording data?
Quipu
Abacus
Papyrus
Codex
Which of these was known as 'the Venice of the New World'?
Tenochtitlán
Machu Picchu
Cuzco
Chichen Itza
What was the name of the possible ice or land bridge connecting America and Asia?
Beringia
Atlantis
Panama Canal
Siberia
Which Indian group rejected Quetzalcoatl as a god?
Toltecs
Aztecs
Mayans
Olmecs
What Indian civilization settled in Cuzco?
Inca
Maya
Aztec
Olmec
Which culture developed a precise calendar?
Mayan
Roman
Egyptian
Chinese
