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Grade 3 Pre-Colonial Period
The                 was a portable home for wandering Indians.
  1. teepee
  2. longhouse
  3. pueblo
  4. hogan
Grade 2 Pre-Colonial Period
Which animal was most important to Plains Indians?
  1. cow
  2. dog
  3. deer
  4. buffalo
Grade 8 Pre-Colonial Period
What monarch(s) chartered Christopher Columbus to find a new route to Asia?
  1. King Ferdinand & Queen Isabella
  2. King James IV
  3. Napoleon Bonaparte
  4. none of the above
  5. He wasn't chartered. He did it during his free time.
Grade 5 Pre-Colonial Period
The dry, desert environment--
  1. was home to the Eastern Woodlands Indians.
  2. required the Southwest Indians to adapt their entire way of life to it, planting crops such as corn and storing the surplus.
  3. resulted in the need for extensive trading networks, which used a language developed by the Chinooks.
  4. led archaeologists to develop the land bridge theory of migration.
Grade 5 Pre-Colonial Period
Arctic tribes hunted                 .
  1. seals
  2. whales
  3. walruses
  4. all of the above
Grade 4 Pre-Colonial Period
Continent that is responsible for the settlement of the New World.
  1. North America
  2. Asia
  3. Europe
  4. Australia
Grade 1 Pre-Colonial Period
Who were the first people to live in North America?
  1. Pilgrims
  2. Settlers
  3. Native Americans
Grade 4 Pre-Colonial Period
This Native American tribe lived in the Arctic (Alaska).
  1. Kwakuitl
  2. Inuit
  3. Nez Perce
Grade 4 Pre-Colonial Period
What area did the Iroquois make their home in?
  1. The Great Plains
  2. The Pacific Northwest
  3. The Eastern Woodlands
Grade 8 Pre-Colonial Period
How is it theorized that Native Americans first traveled to the Americas?
  1. By Boat
  2. By Plane
  3. By Catapult.
  4. By Car
  5. By land bridge
Grade 4 Pre-Colonial Period
Why did some Native American groups form permanent villages while others moved around?
  1. Some groups liked to travel and others did not.
  2. Some tribes preferred to stay close to their family in permanent villages rather than move from place to place.
  3. Some groups traveled around for religious purposes.
  4. Some had to move to follow the food they needed to eat or because the weather changed at certain times of the year.
Grade 8 Pre-Colonial Period
A two word definition for Conquistador would be...
  1. African Warrior
  2. American Astrologist
  3. Portuguese Farmer
  4. Spanish Explorer
Grade 8 Pre-Colonial Period
This was the major native american group in Florida
  1. Cherokee
  2. Navajo
  3. Seminole
  4. Caddo
Grade 4 Pre-Colonial Period
The first English settlement in America was called what?
  1. Johnstown
  2. Jamestown
  3. Jimtown
  4. Janetown
Grade 4 Pre-Colonial Period
De Soto discovered the                  .
  1. Mississippi River
  2. Colorado River
  3. Arkansas River
  4. American River
Grade 2 Pre-Colonial Period
Native Americans got their shelter, food, and clothing from:
  1. store
  2. natural resources
  3. Wal Mart
  4. friends
Grade 1 Pre-Colonial Period
Which of the following was the most important animal to the Sioux
  1. Deer
  2. Elephant
  3. Beaver
  4. Buffalo
  5. Prairie dogs
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