Native Americans

Question 1

The first people in North America are the _____________________of present-day Native Americans.

Answer 1

ancestors

Question 2

According to one _________________________ , those people crossed Beringia from Asia to reach North America.

Answer 2

theory

Question 3

When they got there, many people __________________ giant animals.

Answer 3

hunted

Question 4

In about ___________________, Native Americans began planting seeds and growing crops.

Answer 4

3,000 B.C.

Question 5

The _________________ lived near the Great Lakes, in what is now Pennsylvania, New York, and the Lake Ontario region of Canada.

Answer 5

Iroquois

Question 6

In the 1500s, the Iroquois formed a _________________________
to settle their disputes.

Answer 6

confederation

Question 7

The _______________________ lived on the Coastal Plain.

Answer 7

Algonquians

Question 8

Because of the plentiful supply of fish near the coast, the ___________________ Tribes relied less on
growing crops.

Answer 8

Algonquian

Question 9

Plains Indians all hunted __________________, but they had varied ways of life.

Answer 9

buffalo

Question 10

Some Plains Indians built lodges covered with _______________________ .

Answer 10

sod

Question 11

Some Plains Indians used buffalo skins to make tents called ________________________.

Answer 11

teepees

Question 12

The Cheyenne leaders gathered as a _________________ to make decisions that all Cheyenne followed.

Answer 12

council

Question 13

_____________________ were the main source of food for all the Native American groups that lived
on the Great Plains.

Answer 13

Buffalo

Question 14

Among the Lakota Tribe, each group made its own ___________________.

Answer 14

choices

Question 15

The people of the Southwest and the West had to adapt to their ________________________.

Answer 15

environment

Question 16

The Southwest people grew their __________________ foods,

such as corn, beans, and squash.

Answer 16

staple

Question 17

Because the Southwest people’s land was so dry, they had to collect water and store ____________________ food.

Answer 17

surplus

Question 18

People of the West depended on rivers and oceans for __________________.

Answer 18

food

Question 19

Some Native Americans formed _____________________ to meet their needs.

Answer 19

trade networks

Question 20

In the Northwest, the members of a _________________ lived in the same longhouse.

Answer 20

clan

Question 21

To meet their needs, the clans _______________________ for goods at trading centers, such as The Dalles.

Answer 21

bartered

Question 22

In the Arctic, people lived in _______________________ made of ice.

Answer 22

igloos

Question 23

The people of the _________________ hunted whales and seals for food and clothing.

Answer 23

Arctic