Knowledge
Tribes and Regions
Vocabulary and grammar
Vocabulary and grammar 2
100
Why did the Native Americans live a migratory life?
a. to avoid war
b. to find food
c. to explore the world
b. to find food
100
Which region was known for being hot and dry and difficult to farm?
a. southeast
b. southwest
c. northeast
b. southwest
100
Which word means "moving from place to place to live?"
a. kachina
b. teeming
c. migratory
c. migratory
100
Which word best completes this sentence:
The girl smiled ___________ as she was introduced to her new class.
a. nervously
b. crazily
c. goofily
a. nervously
200
What allowed tribes to stay in one place?
a. building homes
b. forming a government
c. developing farming practices
c. developing farming practices
200
Which region was known for its warm temperatures and fertile soil?
a. southwest
b. southeast
c. central plains
b. southeast
200
The (coat of the bear) was rough and bristly.
Rewrite the sentence with the correct possessive noun.
The bear's coat was rough and bristly.
200
Which describes something "ceremonial?"
a. My family and I hang our stockings on the fireplace every year at Christmas time.
b. My grandpa takes me to McDonalds every Sunday.
c. I went on vacation to the beach this summer.
a. My family and I hang our stockings on the fireplace every year at Christmas time.
300
How did the Native Americans likely migrate from Asia?
a. a bridge across Beringia
b. swimming across Beringia
c. across frozen Beringia or the ice-free corridor
c. across frozen Beringia or the ice-free corridor
300
Which Native Americans are known as "mound builders?"
a. Ancestral Pueblo
b. Inuit
c. Mississippians
c. Mississippians
300
Fill in the missing adjective:
This group of students is the __________ class in the whole school.
a. smarter
b. more smart
c. smartest
c. smartest
300
Which sentence uses the word "teeming" correctly?
a. The city was teeming with busy people, rushing around to get to work.
b. My brother was teeming to go to the store to look for Pokemon Cards.
c. After the finished teeming the baseball players, they got to try on their uniforms.
a. The city was teeming with busy people, rushing around to get to work.
400
How did the Native Americans in the desert areas meet their needs for food in such a hot, dry enviornment? (Choose 2)
a. finding ways to divert streams to water their crops
b. traveling in the winter months to hunt elsewhere
c. moving to plateaus and mesas
a and c
400
What types of animals did the Central Plains people follow to hunt?
a. mammoths
b. bison
c. plants
b. bison
400
Which word means detailed and complex?
a. intricate
b. kachina
c. teeming
a. intricate
400
Replace the nouns in this sentence with the appropriate possessive pronoun:
Greyson, Kadeem, and McKenzie's group was working hard to finish their project.
Their group was working hard to finish their project.
500
Which region is known for its cold, harsh weather conditions?
a. Northeast
b. Southwest
c. Arctic/Subarctic
c. Arctic/Subarctic
500
Why did the Inuit and Thule people migrate east?
a. there were no whales to hunt
b. it was too hard to farm in a rocky environment
c. war with neighboring tribes
a. there were no whales to hunt
500
What does the word "inhospitable" mean?
a. sick and deadly
b. luxurious and comfortable
c. harsh and difficult to live in
c. harsh and difficult to live in
500
Which word can be used to describe Native American dolls that are spiritual and are said to bring gifts?
a. intricate
b. kachina
c. teeming
b. kachina
600
Name the numbered regions:
southeast, southwest, arctic/subarctic, northeast
1- arctic/subarctic
2- northeast
3- southeast
4- southwest
600
Match the tribe to their homes:
1. Inuit
2. Pueblo
3. Iroquois
A. longhouses or wigwams
B. shared homes made of clay
C. individual family homes made of ice
1C, 2B, 3A
600
What was is the food that Native Americans eat that is made of ground meat and fat?
a. wampum
b. kachina
c. pemmican
c. pemmican
600
Fix this sentence:
mrs. keller and her class decided that Mrs. Keller and her class would work extra hard to be the kinder students in the whole school.
Mrs. Keller and her class decided that they would work extra hard to be the kindest students in the whole school.