Eastern Woodlands
Plains
Southwest
Multiple Choice
100

What two ways did they get from one place to another?

Canoes and walking
100

Name the animal they primarily hunted.

Bison

100

What is the only way they got from one place to another?

Walking

100

Which region depended most on bison for food and resources? 

A. Plains

B. Eastern Woodlands

C. Southwest

A. Plains

200

Name a type of food that they hunted or farmed for.

Deer, corn, beans, fish

200

Which of the following describes the climate in the Plains?

A. Hot/humid summers and a mild winter

B. Hot summer and harsh winter and they followed animal herds

C. Hot days/cold nights and barely any rainfall

B. Hot summer and harsh winter and they followed animal herds

200

Which of the following is a type of home the Southwest people lived in?

A. Longhouse made of bark and trees

B. Tipis

C. Pueblos made of clay

C. Pueblos made of clay

200

How were homes in the Plains different from homes in the Southwest?

A. Clay pueblos were found in the Plains and tipis were found in the Southwest.

B. Tipis in the Plains could move, clay pueblos in the Southwest stayed in one place.

C. Longhouses were found in the Plains, canoes were found in the Southwest.

B. Tipis in the Plains could move, clay pueblos in the Southwest stayed in one place.

300

What type of home did they live in?

A. Tipis

B. Pueblos (clay homes)

C. Longhouses made out of bark and trees

C. Longhouses made out of bark and trees

300

Name the two ways they would get from one place to another.

Horses and walking

300

Which of the following describes the climate in the Southwest?

A. Hot/humid summers and a mild winter

B. Hot summer and harsh winter and they followed animal herds

C. Hot days/cold nights and barely any rainfall

C. Hot days/cold nights and barely any rainfall

300

Which two regions grew both corn and beans for food? 

A. Eastern Woodlands and Plains

B. Eastern Woodlands and Southwest

C. Plains and Southwest

B. Eastern Woodlands and Southwest

400

What is the climate of the region like?

A. Hot/humid summers and a mild winter

B. Hot summer and harsh winter and they followed animal herds

C. Hot days/cold nights and barely any rainfall

A. Hot/humid summers and a mild winter

400

Name the two jobs of the Plains people.

Horsemen and hunters

400

What was their job?

Farmer

400

Which of these best shows tribal sovereignty?

A. The United States government tells a tribe what rules they must follow. 

B. A teacher makes a rule for the classroom. 

C. A tribal government makes laws for its people and land.

D. A child wants to grow up to be the next president. 

C. A tribal government makes laws for its people and land.

500

Name the three jobs of the Eastern Woodland people.

Farmers

Fishermen

Hunters

500

WHY did the Plains people use tipis as their homes?

They used tipis because they are easy to pack up and travel with to follow herds of bison.

500

Name the 3 crops that the Southwest people primarily grew.

Corn

Beans

Squash

500

Indigenous Peoples are...

A. The first people to live in North America

B. People who only live in Virginia

C. People who left Europe to establish colonies in North America

D. People who used to live in North America, but left many years ago

A. The first people to live in North America

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