Native American Cultures Quiz

Grade 5 · Social Studies · Quiz

How much do you know about the many Native peoples who called North America home?

Questions

1. Which Native American peoples are known for building multi-story adobe homes in the dry Southwest?

   1. Lakota
   2. Pueblo peoples
   3. Tlingit
   4. Iroquois
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   Answer: Pueblo peoples

2. Plains peoples relied heavily on buffalo for food, shelter, and clothing.

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   Answer: True

3. Pacific Northwest peoples carved elaborate __________ poles to honor their ancestors and tell family stories.

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   Answer: totem

4. The Iroquois Confederacy was made up of how many original nations?

   1. 3
   2. 4
   3. 5
   4. 6
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   Answer: 5

5. Adobe is a type of sun-dried clay brick used as a building material in the Southwest.

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   Answer: True

6. Which Native peoples were nomadic hunters who lived in tipis on the Great Plains?

   1. Hopi
   2. Cherokee
   3. Lakota
   4. Chinook
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   Answer: Lakota

7. Passing down history and traditions through stories rather than writing is called __________ tradition.

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   Answer: oral

8. North America's Native peoples all shared the same language and culture.

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   Answer: False

9. Which region's peoples were known for fishing salmon and building cedar longhouses?

   1. Great Plains
   2. Southwest
   3. Pacific Northwest
   4. Southeast
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   Answer: Pacific Northwest

10. What three main crops (called the 'Three Sisters') did many Eastern Woodland and Southwest peoples grow together?

    1. Wheat, rice, and barley
    2. Corn, beans, and squash
    3. Potatoes, tomatoes, and peppers
    4. Oats, rye, and millet
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    Answer: Corn, beans, and squash

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