Native American History Quiz

When did people first arrive in the Americas?

• 12,000 years ago

• 15,000 years ago

• 1776

• 1492

What major crop was domesticated in Mexico around 5000 BCE?

• Rice

• Barley

• Wheat

• Maize

How did Native American groups in the Great Plains adapt to the dry climate?

• Fishing in the Pacific Ocean

• Hunting bison

• Creating complex irrigation projects

• Three-sister farming

What type of dwellings did Native American groups in the Great Plains use?

• Igloos

• Cave complexes

• Teepees

• Large settlements

What was the primary source of food for Native Americans in the Northwest?

• Three-sister farming

• Fishing in the Pacific Ocean

• Hunting bison

• Farming

What allowed the Mississippian peoples to develop large settlements like Cahokia?

• Hunting bison

• Farming

• Fishing in the Pacific Ocean

• Three-sister farming

What is the name of the farming method where corn, beans, and squash are planted together?

• Three-brother farming

• Three-sister farming

• Three-friend farming

• Three-cousin farming

How long had native societies been evolving by the time Europeans arrived in the late 1400s?

• 5,000 years

• 1,000 years

• 500 years

• over 14,000 years