Grade 4 Social Studies: Native Americans

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