Test Questions 1-5
1. What caused a land bridge to form between Asia and America? (p. 8)
Sea levels dropped during the Ice Age
6. Why were the Apache people not often liked by other villages? (p. 24)
Because they would raid villages and had a reputation for being war like
13. Which tribe used every part of the whales they killed? (p.31)
The Makah
14. Which Native American Indian people group lived in hogans? (p. 23)
The Navajo
14. Which Native American Indian people group lived in wattle-and-daub homes? (p. 43)
The Cherokee
2. There are two customs of the Maya people that showed they valued religion. What were these two things. (p. 12 and 13)
They built great palaces and huge pyramid temples
Their cities were ruled by kings who claimed that Maya gods had chosen them.
7. Why did European settlers respect Chief Seattle and what did they do to honor him? (p. 30)
He tried to make peace between tribes and the settlers. The Europeans named the city of Seattle after him.
13. Which tribe let land rest for several years before replanting it? (p. 40)
The Eastern Woodlands people
14. Which Native American Indian people group lived in teepees? (p.36)
The Plains Indians
11. Why were women important in Iroquois society? (p.45)
They were clan leaders, they decided how land would be used and who would use it. Women made all the important decisions
3. What were the two Native American Indian cultures with the biggest cities? (p.12 and p.17)
The Maya and the Cahokia
8. Why did the Tlingit carve totem poles? (p. 31)
To preserve their family history.
13. Which tribe held ceremonies to restore hohzo or harmony with the Earth? (p. 23)
The Navajo
14. Which Native American Indian people group lived in wickiups? (p. 25)
The Apache
12. What does the word "endeavor" mean? (p.46)
To try
4. What was the main purpose of Kivas? (p. 18)
They were special below-ground rooms used for rituals and ceremonies.
9. Besides using them to hunt buffalo, in what other important way did Plains Indians most clearly use horses? (p.37)
To carry their stuff.
13. Which tribe cut down only as many trees as needed to continue their way of life? (p. 30)
The Pacific Northwest Indians
14. Which Native American Indian people group lived in longhouses? (p.45)
The Iroquois
13. Which tribe prepared for buffalo hunts with special ceremonies and used every part of the buffalo they killed? (p. 34)
The Plains People
5. How did the Hopi grow crops? (p. 20)
They used dams and irrigation and used the moisture from sand dunes.
10. What did People of the Southeast Woodlands wear for warm weather and for cold weather? (p. 42)
For colder weather - leg pants and a breech cloth, women wore a deerskin top and skirt. and moccasins.
For hotter areas - little clothing and tattooed their bodies.
13. Which tribe celebrated kachinas to bring rain and the growing season? (p. 21)
The Hopi
14. Which 2 Native American Indian people groups lived in pueblos? (p. 20)
The Zuni and the Hopi
15. What did all of these Native American tribes have to rely on in order for them to survive?
The natural resources - water, different food, shelter, their environment.