Three Native Nations Comprehension Questions

What are the three sisters?

• A woman from the Sioux, Haudenosaunee, and Pueblo people

• Corn, squash, and beans

• Three roads that meet between three tribes

• Three rivers that combine

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.4.4

The Haudenosaunee lived in what type of house?

• Wigwam

• Teepee

• Longhouse

• Brick pueblos

The Haudenosaunee had lacrosse which was...

• played with 12-100 players with sticks with nets and you could not touch the ball with your hands.

• played with long sticks and only girls could play.

• played with hoops and balls but many players.

• a war strategy invented by the Spanish and was used to fight the white man.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.4.3

Tantanka was what to the Sioux?

• The Creator in the form of an eagle

• The Great Spirit in the form of an antelope

• A Holy Spirit in the form of a buffalo

• A legend of a man from Sioux people

Before horses the Sioux used what to carry their teepees?

• They always had horses

• Buffalo attached to wagons

• Cows that pulled cars

• People and dogs with travois

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CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.4.3

The Sioux were what kind of people?

• Warriors and fighters

• Peaceful and lazy

• Farmers

Where do the Pueblo people call home?

• Montana, Idaho, Colorado

• New Mexico, Arizona, Mexico and Texas

• Florida, Louisiana, South Carolina

• Washington, Oregon, California

What is a kiva for the Pueblo people?

• A type of farming technique

• A form of pottery making

• A ladder

• An underground room used for religious ceremonies

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CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.4.4

What is a treaty?

• An agreement between two tribes or groups of people

• People with a common ancestor

• softened deerhide used to make clothing

• something that is respected

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CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

The Sioux was made up of many tribes that were in an alliance. What is an alliance?

• Streams that flow into rivers

• A method of bringing water to crops

• When two groups support each other in a war

• different forms of language

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CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.4.4