AS2 Quiz 7

The way native Americans lived (their cultures) varied according to their … .

• personalities
• environments
• educations

Native Americans lived by various means, including … .

• agriculture
• fishing
• hunting and gathering
• raising animals

The first Europeans to land in the Americas thought that they had reached … .

• the Arctic
• California
• India

The first Europeans to settle in the northeast region (from present-day Québec to Virginia) were the … .

• French and English
• Portuguese and Spanish
• Dutch and Germans

The native Americans in the plains lived mainly by hunting … .

• whales
• bear
• buffalo

At first, the Europeans depended on the native Americans for … .

• weapons and tools
• assistance and trade
• advice about politics and religion

Conflicts became more frequent several years after the first contacts between Europeans and Americans. The main reason was that … .

• the number of settlers increased and Europeans demanded more territory
• the native Americans disliked the European culture
• the Europeans were afraid of the native Americans

A native American once said to an English governor, ‘Since you are here strangers, and come into our country, you should rather … , than impose yours upon us.’

• teach us how to live in your culture
• conform yourselves to the customs of our country
• go back to where you came from

Native Americans often gave up their land in treaties, and had to move … .

• overseas
• to the cities
• to reservations

From the 1880s to the 1920s, many native American children were forced to go to boarding schools, so that they would learn the …, …, and … of white (European) society.

• customs
• language
• technology
• values