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Which of the following tribes is NOT one of the three tribes that collectively make up the Sioux Nation?
1. Lakota
2. Dakota
3. Rahkota
4. Nakota
Buffalo ribs were used to make ____________________ for Sioux children.
1. vehicles
2. tools
3. sleds
4. guns
Buffalo meat was dried and pounded into _________________, a kind of Sioux beef jerky.
The Sioux Indians mostly lived ....
1. In New England
2. In California
3. In the Great Plains
4. In the Desert
Which of the following is NOT true about the tepee?
1. It was durable
2. It had two smoke flaps
3. It was portable
4. It was hard to move from place to place.
Sioux Warriors massacred General George Custer and the 7th Cavalry at the Battle of _______________________________
1. Wounded Knee
2. Little Big Horn
3. Red Clouded
4. Ghost Dancers
The spirit of the White Buffalo Calf appeared to the Sioux as a ___________ but was actually a buffalo calf.
1. adult buffalo
2. wolf
3. human
4. deer
Which of the following would probably NOT be found in a Sioux Medicine Bundle?
1. A token representing a guiding spirit.
2. A special rock handed down from father to son.
3. An eagle feather representing bravery.
4. A container of water to drink from.
The Navajo Indians refer to themselves as ....
Which of the following did the Navajo NOT farm?
1. corn
2. beans
3. squash
4. raisins
A Navajo Hogan is closest to which of the following structures?
1. longhouse
2. plankhouse
3. tepee
4. hut
The door of a Navajo Hogan always faced ________________ to greet the rising sun.
1. north
2. west
3. east
4. south
Navajo warriors sometimes attacked White settlers on the ________________ Trail.
1. Oregon
2. Mormon
3. Santa Fe
4. Cimarron
The most sacred place in Navajo culture was known as.....
1. Fort Defiance
2. Canyon de Chelley
3. Canyon Bonito
4. Fort Lyon
In 1863, James Carleton put _________________ ____________________ in charge of driving the Navajo from their desert homeland.
1. Maneulito
2. Kit Carson
3. George Custer
4. Edward Canby
Today, the Navajo is the _________________ tribe in America.
Which of the following was NOT something mentioned as Navajo artwork or decorations?
1. ketohs
2. blankets
3. jewelry
4. moccasins
____________________ were the most important food to the Chinook tribe.
1. Salmon
2. Trout
3. Whales
4. Deer
The Chinook occupied the land known as the ________________ ___________________.
1. Pacific Northwest
2. Eastern Seaboard
3. Great Plains
4. Gulf Coast
The Chinook people lived in ____________________.
1. Longhouses
2. Tepees
3. Plankhouses
4. Hogans
The Chinook often held _____________________, ceremonies in which the host gave away most or many of his possessions.
1. potlatches
2. giving ceremonies
3. blessingways
4. vision quests
Rather than totem poles, the Chinook made _______________ _____________________.
The Chinook were prolific _____________, and even evolved a special language known as Chinook _______________.
1. hunters; syllabary
2. traders; syllabary
3. hunters; jargon
4. traders; jargon
The Cherokee grew three kinds of corn.....
1. one for roasting, one for popping, and one to grinding into flour.
2. one for decorating, one for boiling, and one for grinding into flour.
3. one for roasting, one for boiling, and one for grinding into flour.
4. one for roasting, one for decorating, and one for grinding into flour.
Which of the following weapons was probably not used by Cherokee hunters to kill their prey?
1. blow darts
2. hooks
3. bows and arrows
4. clubs
The Cherokee practice a sport that evolved into modern-day _____________.
Which of the following was NOT a Cherokee clan?
1. Wild Potato
2. Deer
3. Long Hair
4. Old Man
In which of the following places would a Cherokee village have been unlikely to be located?
1. Georgia
2. South Carolina
3. Kentucky
4. Texas
In 1838, the Cherokees were forced to walk the Trail of Tears from _______________ to ____________________. 4,000 died.
1. Oklahoma; Georgia
2. Oklahoma; North Carolina
3. North Carolina; Georgia
4. Georgia; Oklahoma
The Lenni-Lenape wigwam was most similar to which other dwelling?
1. Hogan
2. longhouse
3. plankhouse
4. tepee
Lenni-Lenape Indians sold the parcel of land to White settlers that would later become....
1. Delaware
2. New York City
3. Boston
4. Washington DC
The Treaty of Friendship signed between the Lenni-Lenape and the Quakers of Philadelphia is generally credited to ________________, a Lenni-Lenape chief known for his peaceful ways.
The word "Iroquois" means real adders, or real _____________.
Which of the following was not part of the original Iroquois Confederacy?
1. Cayuga
2. Mohawk
3. Oneida
4. Haudenosaunee
As many as _____________families could live in an Iroquois longhouse.
1. 5
2. 10
3. 50
4. 20
Which of the following states was NOT inhabited by the Iroquois?
1. New York
2. Pennsylvania
3. Ohio
4. Arkansas

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