Native Americans - Multiple Choice Exercise

Native Americans came to the New World
1. during the last Ice Age
2. after Columbus made his first voyage
3. when European navigators started looking for a passage to India
Indians made their meat last longer
1. by drying it in the sun
2. by cooling it in rivers
3. by hanging it in tepees
Indians of the Great Plains region got meat and clothes from
1. buffaloes
2. deer
3. bears
The most common weapon the Native Americans had was
1. the bow and arrow
2. the gun
3. the big stone
Indians believed in
1. a single god
2. higher spirits
3. a holy buffalo
Some tribes organized dances
1. to make it rain
2. to stop the rain
3. to cure diseases
When gold was found in California
1. many Indians were forced out of their land
2. many Indians became rich
3. many Indians started selling their land to white settlers
Indians and the first white settlers celebrated
1. Thanksgiving together
2. Easter together
3. Halloween together
The Pueblo Indians lived in
1. cliff dwellings
2. modern tents
3. wigwams covered with leaves
The Spanish tried to
1. convert Indians to Christianity
2. make them Protestants
3. build churches for them
Pocahontas was
1. the daughter of a tribal leader
2. the wife of a French colonist
3. a famous British settler
At the beginning of the 20th century the American government
1. started putting Indians in special reservations
2. started moving Indians to California
3. bringing Indians to cities