CRCT Review
Review 1 - Early Cultures

Explore the Native American Nations
Seminole
Innuit
Hopi
Pawnee

How did early Native American cultures develop in North America?
1. The Native Americans of North America used the natural resources around them to provide food, shelter, and clothing materials.
2. They adapted to their environments, and their culture grew from those adaptations.
3. Just as the climate and geography of North
America varies tremendously, so too did the cultural groups that scattered across our great continent.

Inuit
Kwakiutl
How did early Native American cultures develop in North America?
Nez Perce
Pawnee
Hopi
Seminole
* USGS Map
Inuit

• Lived in the extreme arctic climate of Northwest Canada
• Traveled and fished along the ocean and seashore every season.
• Built “igloo” homes out of ice and snow
• Wore thick clothing made from caribou (reindeer) and seal hides
Photograph courtesy The National Archives

Kwakiutl of the Northwest
Photograph courtesy The Library of Congress
• Lived near the Pacific coast.
• Built large homes from cedar trees.
• Caught a surplus of salmon , which they dried and ate yearround

Nez Perce of the Northwest
• Lived in the plateaus and the valleys of what is now known as
Idaho, Oregon, and Washington.
• Shelters were houses shaped like an A-frame and covered with mats.
Photograph courtesy of : http://www.nezperce.org/History/FrequentlyAsk edQ.htm#what
• Traveled and fished for salmon along their many rivers every season.
• Migrated to hunt and gather nuts, roots, and berries during summer and fall.

Photograph courtesy The Library of Congress
• Grew corn, squash, and beans half of the year
• Hunted buffalo during the other half of the year and lived in teepees
• Built permanent lodges using bark, earth, and grass

Seminoles of the Southeast
Photograph courtesy The Library of Congress
• Lived in what is now known as Florida
• Wore light clothing made of grass and thin cloth
• Built roundhouses made of wooden poles covered with clay and bark, sometimes without walls called chickees

1. The American Indian people known as the Hopi settled in
A.Florida
B. The Arctic
C. The Southwest
D.The Great Plains

1. The American Indian people known as the Hopi settled in
A.Florida
B. The Arctic
C. The Southwest
D.The Great Plains

2. Which of the following activities was a MAIN reason for cooperation between European explorers and
Native Americans?
A.Shipbuilding
B. The fur trade
C. Woodworking
D.Joint land ownership

2. Which of the following activities was a MAIN reason for cooperation between European explorers and
Native Americans?
A.Shipbuilding
B.The fur trade
C. Woodworking
D.Joint land ownership

3. Which of the following provided food, clothing, and shelter for the
Pawnee Indians?
A.Bear
B. Buffalo
C. Walrus
D.cayote

3. Which of the following provided food, clothing, and shelter for the
Pawnee Indians?
A.Bear
B.Buffalo
C. Walrus
D.cayote

4. Which statement about the Nez
Perce Indians is TRUE?
A. They didn’t settle in permanent villages
B. They herded sheep.
C. They built their villages near streams where they fished for salmon.
D. They built igloos for shelter.

4. Which statement about the Nez
Perce Indians is TRUE?
A. They didn’t settle in permanent villages
B. They herded sheep.
C. They built their villages near streams where they fished for salmon.
D. They built igloos for shelter.

5. Which of the following provided food for the Inuit?
A.Buffalo and deer
B. Rabbits and squirrels
C. Seals, whales, and caribou
D.Corn and beans

5. Which of the following provided food for the Inuit?
A.Buffalo and deer
B. Rabbits and squirrels
C. Seals, whales, and caribou
D.Corn and beans

6. Which of the following was herded by the Hopi?
A.Sheep
B. Horses
C. Buffalo
D.Goats

6. Which of the following was herded by the Hopi?
A.Sheep
B. Horses
C. Buffalo
D.Goats

7. In what type of shelters did Pawnee build?
A.longhouses
B. chickees
C. Teepees and earth domes
D.Igloos and bark houses

7. In what type of shelters did Pawnee build?
A.longhouses
B. chickees
C. Teepees and earth domes
D.Igloos and bark houses

8. Where did the Seminole settle?
A.Southern Mississippi
B. Western North Carolina
C. Northern Florida
D.Central Nebraska

8. Where did the Seminole settle?
A.Southern Mississippi
B. Western North Carolina
C. Northern Florida
D.Central Nebraska

9. Among the American Indian peoples who settled in the Pacific Northwest?
A.Seminole
B. Hopi
C. Kwakiutl
D.Pawnee

9. Among the American Indian peoples who settled in the Pacific Northwest?
A.Seminole
B. Hopi
C. Kwakiutl
D.Pawnee

10. The Pawnee Indians were nomadic because they…
A. Were always looking for better land
B. Needed to locate rivers
C. Had to follow the buffalo for food
D. Followed religious beliefs

10. The Pawnee Indians were nomadic because they…
A. Were always looking for better land
B. Needed to locate rivers
C. Had to follow the buffalo for food
D. Followed religious beliefs