Category 1: Native Americans and European Colonists
1. When did Europeans come to North America?
A) Early 1200s
B) Late 1400s
C) Early 1600s
D) Late 1700s
3. What animals did Europeans bring to North America?
A) Bears and wolves
B) Horses and sheep
C) Deer and buffalo
D) Goats and chickens
8. How many states are there in the United States?
A) 48
B) 49
C) 50
D) 51
7. What harmful thing did Europeans bring with them?
A) Music
B) Games
C) Diseases
D) Art
9. Where did many Native Americans go after losing their land?
A) South
B) North
C) East
D) West
Where did Europeans first build their communities?
A) West Coast
B) South America
C) East Coast
D) Central America
4. How did horses help Native Americans?
A) They were used to make clothing
B) They helped with fishing
C) They made hunting easier
D) They were used for planting corn
6. What did Native Americans teach Europeans to do?
A) Build ships and roads
B) Fish and plant corn
C) Make clothes and tools
D) Ride horses and sheep
8. What happened to Native Americans when Europeans took their land?
A) They built new cities
B) They were forced to move away
C) They stayed in their homes
D) They became rulers
10. What happened as Europeans moved west?
A) They helped Native Americans get their land back
B) They traded and also displaced more tribes
C) They stayed near the ocean
D) They stopped exploring
1. The Chinook lived near which natural feature?
A) Deserts
B) Forests and rivers
C) Plains
D) Mountains
What did the Chinook people trade with other Native American groups?
A) Corn and beans
B) Salmon and decorative shells
C) Horses and sheep
D) Buffalo and fur
How did the Yaqui people keep cool in hot weather?
A) They lived in stone houses
B) They lived in houses with open sides covered with cane mats
C) They moved to the mountains
D) They slept outside
17. The Grand Canyon is in which state?
A) Utah
B) Arizona
C) Nevada
D) Colorado
What did the Ute people make from mud and clay?
A) Toys
B) Houses
C) Ovens to cook food
D) Canoes
2. The Ute tribe lived mostly in what type of region?
A) Hot desert and mountains
B) Cold snowy plains
C) Rainy forest
D) Ocean coast
1. What do you think life in North America was like 600 years ago?
At that time, many Native American groups, or __________, lived across the continent.
A) explorers
B) settlers
C) tribes
D) farmers
2. They were each surrounded by different types of air, water, soil, and living things — or a different __________.
A) environment
B) country
C) village
D) mountain
Each tribe made goods from their environment. They could then __________ the goods they made with other tribes to get things they normally could not make.
A) eat
B) throw
C) trade
D) hide
5. How many people could live in one Chinook longhouse?
A) About 10
B) About 20
C) More than 50
D) Just one family
The Seminole tribe lived in which part of the U.S.?
A) Northwest
B) Southwest
C) Southeast (Florida)
D) Northeast
What did Native Americans use to make their blankets, coats, and clothing?
A) Leaves and tree bark
B) Animal skins and furs
C) Grass and flowers
D) Feathers and shells
5. What did Europeans and Native Americans trade?
A) Toys and tools
B) Gold and silver
C) Fur and other goods
D) Jewelry and clothes
What kind of houses did the Seminoles build to live in the swamps?
A) Tipis
B) Longhouses
C) Wigwams
D) Chickees
What animal was an important part of the Sioux people’s life?
A) Deer
B) Bear
C) Bison
D) Horse