European Conquest
True or False
Government
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Before the European Conquest, approximately how many tribes inhabited what is now the United States?
What is 500?
100
Pocahontas is the only Native American whose portrait is painted in the rotunda of the U.S. Capitol building.
What is True
100
Are reservations completely sovereign?
What is : No. They are still overseen by the Department of the Interior.
200
. The present population of Native Americans in the United States is:
What is . Census Bureau figures report that the Native American population in the United States is slightly above 2 million, or 1 percent of the total U.S. population.
200
Many European colonists objected to the Native's use of water for bathing and drinking.
What is True. According to European religious beliefs prior to the time of the Crusades, bathing with water was considered an act of temptation causing sexual arousal. As a result, bathing was outlawed in many areas of Europe. When European colonists arrived in America and saw the Native Americans openly bathing with water, they objected to the practice and pronounced the Native Americans "heathens." The importance of bathing for hygienic purposes was foreign to Europeans until crusading soldiers, returning from the Middle East, adopted the idea of the public bath. However, use of public baths was not widespread; to the contrary, it was reserved for the elite, who were few in number.
200
The founders of the United States assumed the national symbol of the bald eagle from
What is The founders of the United States adopted the Iroquois Nation's symbol, the bald eagle, instead of the turkey, as Franklin had proposed.
300
In most Native American societies, women have traditionally played a central role in
What is Native women have traditionally performed central roles in both domestic and public decision making.
300
A sachem is a woman who represents her people as a leader in governmental or ceremonial affairs.
What is True
300
The concept of a unified, representative government for the people was recommended to the founders of the United States by:
What is Canassatego, the leader of the Iroquois Confederacy, urged Benjamin Franklin to encourage the other colonial leaders to form a unified, representative government, modeled after the government of the Iroquois Nation At Franklin's urging, the Continental Congress approved "a more perfect union" fashioned after the Iroquois model which was said to have been in existence for thousands of years.
400
Approximately how many words were contributed to the English language by Native American cultures?
What is Approximately 2,200 words from Native languages are contained in the English language.
400
By 1993, Native Americans convinced President George Bush to sign an executive order declaring Native American tribes to be considered by the U.S. Government as sovereign "Domestic Governments" with the ability, among other state functions, to issue passports
What is False. President Clinton signed this executive order.
400
The victory of the Allies over the Axis Powers in World War II was due, in part, to the use of a Native American language as a secret code. Which language served as that code?
What is The Navajo language proved to be an unbreakable code against the Japanese in World War II.
500
Native American Heritage month is in August.
What is False-November
500
. The U.S. Marine Corps Memorial Statue in Washington, D.C., honors a once-famous World War II hero of Native American descent. What is his name?
Who is: Ira Hayes, a member of the Pima tribe, fought on the Pacific island of Iwo Jima during World War II. Despite heavy enemy fire, Hayes and five other marines raised the U.S. flag atop the summit of the island. An Associated Press reporter captured this moment on film. The film became perhaps the most memorable of World War II.
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