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Curriculum & Standards
History-Social Science Fifth Grade
Chapter 2 Assessment:
American Indians
SAMPLE
What did Arctic peoples use as fuel for fires?
A.
wood
B.
sod
C.
seal blubber
D.
buffalo chips
A.
B.
C.
D.
History-Social Science Fifth Grade
Chapter 2 Assessment
Which feature of their environment most affected
the lives of all the Pueblo and Navajo peoples?
A.
B.
C.
D.
mountainous land
a dry climate
forested land
a cold climate
corn
barely
carrots
wheat
Trade played a major role in the economy of the Pacific
Northwest Indians.
What does the word economy mean in the
previous sentence?
C.
D.
a loose group of governments
the way people use resources to meet their
needs
a system for deciding what is best for a group
of people
the use of knowledge and tools to make or do
something
Which of the following was an important part of
Navajo religious ceremonies?
A.
B.
C.
D.
kachina dancers
potlatches
sandpaintings
totem poles
buffalo
fish
grasses
trees
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igloo, tent, sod house
Southwest
hogan, pueblo
Eastern Woodlands
Pacific Northwest
Plains
longhouse, wigham
longhouse
lodge, tepee
In which two regions did American Indians live in
longhouses?
Eastern Woodlands and Plains
Pacific Northwest and Southwest
Southwest and Arctic
Eastern Woodlands and Pacific Northwest
How did a person become a chief of a Plains Indian
group?
A.
B.
C.
D.
The chief owned the most land.
The chief served as a religious leader.
The chief was chosen by the people.
The chief was born into a ruling family.
What is the main basis used to group Eastern
Woodlands peoples as Iroquois or Algonquian?
A.
B.
C.
D.
the crops they grew
the types of homes they built
the systems of government they used
the languages they spoke
Many American Indians had to __________ their
life ways to meet the challenges of the
environment.
adobe
adapt
surplus
division of labor
Which of the following was not hunted by Arctic
peoples?
A.
B.
C.
D.
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Shelters
Arctic
A.
B.
C.
D.
Which was the most important natural resource
for Great Plains Indians?
A.
B.
C.
D.
AMERICAN INDIAN SHELTERS
A.
B.
C.
D.
Use the boxed information to answer question #3.
A.
B.
Use the table to answer question #6.
Region
Which of the following crops was a staple food that
most Pueblo Indians farmed?
A.
B.
C.
D.
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caribou
foxes
buffalo
seals
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History-Social Science Fifth Grade
Chapter 2 Assessment
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What was one major purpose of the Iroquois
League?
Why did Indians of the Pacific Northwest carve
totem poles
A.
B.
C.
D.
A.
B.
C.
D.
to trade goods
to lead religious ceremonies
to resolve conflicts among people and groups
to establish a common language for
communication
Which of the following is one example of how the
Inuit peoples adapted to their environment?
A.
B.
C.
D.
for religious ceremonies
to tell their history
to protect their people
none of the above
Use the map to answer questions 18, 19, and 20.
They used irrigation to grow their crops.
They used blocks of ice to build their homes.
They used dried buffalo dung to fuel their fires.
They used large tree trunks to make their
boats.
The ______________ in Hopi society meant that
important jobs were divided between men and
women.
A.
B.
C.
D.
adobe
surplus
adapt
division of labor
Which tribe lived farthest west?
What four ways did the Plains Indians use buffalo
to survive?
A.
B.
C.
D.
used the meat for food.
used the skins to make clothing and blankets
used the bones and horns to make tools
all of the above
What did Arctic people most often use to build
their homes?
A.
B.
C.
D.
stones
ice
adobe
wood
A.
B.
C.
D.
Seneca
Cayuga
Oneida
Mohawk
Which tribe controlled the least amount of land?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Seneca
Cayuga
Oneida
Mohawk
Which Iroquois tribe held the most land?
For which American Indian groups were trees and
abundant resource?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Eastern Woodlands and Pacific Northwest
Desert Northwest and The Plains
The Arctic and Pacific Northwest
Eastern Woodlands and Desert Northwest
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A.
B.
C.
D.
Seneca
Cayuga
Oneida
Mohawk
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