Grade 4 Social Studies: Native Americans

The land where the Sioux Indians lived looked like _________.
1. rolling hills, prairies, and plains
2. sea coasts and rolling hills
3. high flat prairies
4. coasts and tall mountains
What was NOT a contribution of American Indians?
1. compass and fireworks
2. respect for nature
3. jewelry
4. farming
5. stories and legends
The Southwest American Indians are known as _________.
1. Pueblo
2. Sioux
3. Powhatan
4. Navajo
If you were a Pueblo Indian, what type of work would you do?
1. farmer
2. warrior
3. fisherman
4. hunter
If you met a Virginia American Indian long ago, he was probably from the __________ tribe.
1. Powhatan
2. Sioux
3. Pueblo
4. Navajo
Who probably used the canoe as the best way to travel from place to place?
1. Powhatan Indians
2. Pueblo Indians
3. Cherokee Indians
4. Sioux Indians
The Powhatan Indians lived in a _____________.
1. longhouse
2. tepee
3. barn
4. mud hut
The Sioux Indians used a _______________ for their home.
1. tepee
2. longhouse
3. adobe
4. cliff caves
The Indians that were famous for fishing and hunting were the ______________.
1. Eastern Woodland Indians
2. Southwestern Indians
3. Plains Indians
4. Rocky Mountain Indians
The Pueblo Indians lived in this type of home.
1. adobe
2. longhouse
3. tepee
4. caves
Which Native American tribe lived on the plains and hunted the buffalo?
1. Sioux Indians
2. Cherokee Indians
3. Powhatan Indians
4. Pueblo Indians
Pottery and rugs made these native Americans famous.
1. Southwestern Indians
2. Eastern Woodland Indians
3. Plains Indians
4. Pacific Coast Indians
Who would you most likely see in a birch bark or dugout canoe?
1. Eastern Woodland Indians
2. Plains Indians
3. Rocky Mountain Indians
4. Southwestern Indians
These Native Americans rode horses and used a travois to carry their belongings.
1. Plains Indians
2. Southwestern Indians
3. Eastern Woodland Indians
4. Pueblo Indians
The Native Americans that lived in our part of Virginia were____________.
1. Powhatan Indians
2. Pueblo Indians
3. Sioux Indians
4. Navajo Indians
Who was Pocahontas's father?
1. Chief Powhatan
2. Chief Rolfe
3. Captain Krunch
4. Chief Poquoson
What crop did the Indians teach the early settlers to grow?
1. corn
2. peas
3. wheat
4. grapes
What were totem poles used for?
1. to scare away evil spirits
2. to hold up the tepee canvas
3. decorations
4. to welcome visitors
Who was the tobacco farmer who married Pocahontas?
1. John Rolfe
2. John Smith
3. Johnny Appleseed
4. Firth Holloway
What was Pocahontas's Christian name?
1. Rebecca
2. Victoria
3. Mary
4. Priscilla
When settlers moved west, they settled near this type of transportation.
1. railroads
2. rivers
3. seaports
4. Indian paths
What is climate?
1. the kind of weather of a region over a long, long time
2. the weather for one day
3. a feeling
4. what you do to Coach Bush's rock wall
What were the Powhatan homes made of?
1. wood and bark
2. sticks and stones
3. buffalo skins
4. dry grass and mud
How did the Plains Indians mainly get from one place to another?
1. They walked.
2. They paddled a canoe.
3. They rode horses.
4. They rode wheelbarrels.
What was the weather like where the Southwest Indians lived?
1. hot days and cold nights with little rainfall
2. mild winters with hot, humid summers
3. 4 separate seasons
4. hot summers and harsh, cold winters
If I lived where the weather was hot in the summer and cold and harsh in the winter I was a ______________ Indian.
1. Plains
2. Eastern Woodland
3. Southwestern
4. Rocky Mountain
The Indians of the Eastern Woodlands enjoyed what kind of weather during the year?
1. mild winters and hot, humid summers
2. little rainfall, hot days and cold nights
3. hot summers, and cold harsh winters
4. 4 pleasant seasons
What animal was most important to the Powhatans?
1. the deer
2. the buffalo
3. the wild turkey
4. ducks
What is the name of the ocean closest to where Powhatan Indian tribes lived?
1. Atlantic
2. Pacific
3. Arctic
4. Indian
What was the name of the Indians, and the name of the their Chief, who lived in Virginia when Jamestown was settled?
1. Powhatan
2. Chickahominy
3. Rappahannock
4. Seminole
What did the Powhatan's call their homes?
1. yehakins
2. tepees
3. longhouses
4. adobes
What is true about the written language of the Powhatan Indians?
1. They had no written language.
2. They invented their own alphabet.
3. They used dots and dashes scratched in the sand.
4. They only used sign language because they couldn't speak.
Where did the Eastern Woodland Indians come from?
1. They were already here when the explorers arrived.
2. They came from England.
3. They came from France.
4. They came from Spain.
Long ago, Native Americans in Virginia ____________________.
1. lived in tepees and ate buffalo
2. lived in houses and ate steak
3. lived in longhouses and ate deer, fish and corn
4. lived in adobe homes and herded sheep
A time when the country honors the Pilgrims and the contributions of the Native Americans is called ________________?
1. Thanksgiving
2. Independence Day
3. Arbor Day
4. Flag Day

Grade 4 Social Studies: Native Americans

Multiple-Choice ExerciseContent © 2002 Tami Maloney; Author of Activity: Tami Maloney; All rights reserved. No commercial, for-profit use of this material is allowed. E-mail comments and questions to Tami Maloney.

Multiple-Choice Exercise
Content © 2002 Tami Maloney; Author of Activity: Tami Maloney; All rights reserved. No commercial, for-profit use of this material is allowed. E-mail comments and questions to Tami Maloney.