Chapter 3 Assessment
The 7 Cultural Regions of the
Native Americans
1. An object made and used by people
is called____________.
A.
B.
C.
D.
a mesa
a culture
an artifact
a gorge
1. An object made and used by people
is called
C. an artifact
2. A group is called nomadic if it
A.
B.
C.
D.
lives in an isolated area.
owns very few possessions.
moves from place to place.
makes war on its neighbors.
2. A group is called nomadic if it
C. moves from place to place.
3. Which feature of the CaliforniaIntermountain environment best
explains the Pomos’ use of clamshells
for jewelry?
A.
B.
C.
D.
ocean
mountains
high desert
redwood forest
3. Which feature of the CaliforniaIntermountain environment best
explains the Pomos’ use of clamshells
for jewelry?
A. ocean
4. What is a pueblo?
A. a hill with a flat top and steep sides
B. a basket woven from colorful plants
C. an apartment building made of stone and
adobe
D. a ceremony at which a teen becomes an
adult
4. What is a pueblo?
C. An apartment building made of
stone and adobe
5. American Indians of the Plateau
region got water from
A.
B.
C.
D.
heavy rainfall.
community wells.
cactus stalks.
large rivers.
5. American Indians of the Plateau
region got water from
D. large rivers.
6. Which animal - used for shelter,
clothing, and shields – was so
important to the Western Sioux that
they considered it sacred?
A.
B.
C.
D.
buffalo
eagle
horse
bear
6. Which animal - used for shelter,
clothing, and shields – was so
important to the Western Sioux that
they considered it sacred?
A. buffalo
7. Wigwams in the Eastern Woodlands
were made from
A.
B.
C.
D.
animal skins and poles.
underground holes and grass.
rocks and clay bricks.
small trees and bark or mats.
7. Wigwams in the Eastern Woodlands
were made from
D. small trees and bark or mats.
8. Why did the Seminoles of southern
Florida wear deer-hide leggings?
A.
B.
C.
D.
to trap alligators for their skins
for protection from sharp saw grass
to show their success hunting deer
for warmth during the cold winters
8. Why did the Seminoles of southern
Florida wear deer-hide leggings?
B. For protection from sharp saw
grass
9. Which natural resource of the
Northwest Coast did the Makahs use
to make canoes and totem poles?
A.
B.
C.
D.
shells
seals
trees
bamboo
9. Which natural resource of the
Northwest Coast did the Makahs use
to make canoes and totem poles?
C. trees
10. The five tribes in the League of the
Iroquois agreed
A.
B.
C.
D.
to let men make all the decisions.
to avoid war among themselves.
to move to the Great Plains.
to live together in log homes.
10. The five tribes in the League of the
Iroquois agreed
B. to avoid war among
themselves.