Test on Native Americans
(56 questions)

Directions: Click or type the answer to each question. Your answer will be graded immediately and cannot be changed.

Part 1 Homes

Name these homes.

 

   1. tipi.gif (5732 bytes)

   2. longhouse.gif (6717 bytes)

   3. igloo2.gif (3023 bytes)

   4. thatchwiki.gif (4817 bytes)

   5. chickee.gif (4125 bytes)

   6. pueblo3.gif (4628 bytes)

Match the home with the Native American group. Select name of the home before each Indian group.

   7.   Algonquian and Great Lake Tribes

   8. Iroquois

   9.    Cherokee

   10.    Seminole

   11.    Navajo

   12.    Apache

   13. Northwest

   14. Inuit

   15. Plains

Part 2 Art Work

Fill in the blanks.

   16. The Navajo made paintings from to help cure the sick.

   17. The Algonquian Indians made to help their children have good dreams.

   18. The Seminole women wore many . She received a new one each birthday until she turned 40.

   19. The Northwest Coastal Indians built tall and placed them in front of their homes.

   20. The Pueblo Indians made dolls of their gods called and gave them to the children to play with so they would not be afraid.

   21. The Inuit made carvings from .

   22. The Plains Indians made just about everything from .

   23. The Eastern Woodland Indians beaded and filled them with herbs for curing the sick.

   24. The Northeast Indians made containers from .

   25. The Plains Indians were the only group to wear . The chief wore this when he went into battle.

   26. were musical instruments made from turtle shells.

   27. were another musical instrument. They were usually made from a hollow log.

   28. The Iroquois made masks from .

Part 3 Location

Can you name the region of North America where the tribes or groups listed below lived?

   29. Navajo

   30. Seminole

   31. Algonquian and Great Lake Tribes

   32. Apache

   33. Iroquois

   34. Inuit

   35. Cherokee

   36. Pueblo

   37. Northwest Coastal Tribes

Which region does this describe?

   38. area from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains and from Canada to Mexico

   39. area that is now Alaska along the Pacific Ocean down to Northern California

   40. covers the area which in now Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona

   41. the area from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico and from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mississippi River

Part 4 Clothing

Fill in the blanks with a Native American group. (Note some items below may have more than one answer. You need to name only one.)

Which Native American group wore clothes made from:

   42. siouxindian.jpg (2919 bytes)buffalo hides

   43. seminolewoman.jpg (2843 bytes)plant fibers

   44.   pueblowoman.jpg (2366 bytes)cotton or wool

   45. algonquianbrave.jpg (2397 bytes) The Algonquian and this group made their clothes from elk or deer hides.

   46.   The Navajo and this group copied clothes of the Mexicans.

 

   47. haida.jpg (3113 bytes) wood fibers

   48. inuitindian.jpg (3025 bytes) caribou or seal skins

   49. cherokeeman.jpg (3031 bytes)deer hides and woven plants

Part 5 Food

Name the group.

   50. The raided other tribes for food.

   51. ate otters, walruses, seals, and caribou.

   52. The ate salmon, whales, bear, caribou, deer, elk, and moose as well as roots and berries, gathered from the forests.

   53. were desert farmers. They grew alot of corn.

   54. ate buffalo.

   55. ate beans, squash, and corn which they named The Three Sisters. They also hunted for deer, bears, caribou, elk, moose, wild duck, geese, partridge,beavers, and other game.

   56. were hunters and farmers. Much of their diet was wild rice.

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