Choctaw Farming and Culture Quiz

Who are the Choctaw?

• a group of six Native American tribes who live in New York and Canada

• a Native people from the southeast region of the United States

• a Native people living on the North American Great Plains

• a Native people who live in Black Mesa, Arizona in the United States

What main plant did the Choctaw domesticate long before they started growing corn, squash, and beans?

• potatoes

• cranberries

• avocados

• bottle gourd

What conclusion can you draw from this evidence?

• The earliest Choctaw ancestors used to farm but they changed to hunting and gathering as their land changed.

• Farming is so important to the Choctaw that it has become part of many other areas of their life.

• The Choctaw are most famous for their skills in growing corn, squash, and beans until today.

• The Choctaw call the sun Hvshtahli and offer gifts to it to show that they appreciate its role in farming.

How did the traditional Choctaw farming model bring the Choctaw together?

• The Choctaw would all farm in a shared field and use the crops to help the larger community survive.

• The Choctaw would take turns watching their crops at night to protect them from being eaten by animals.

• The Choctaw would sell crops from their individual fields and use the money to improve their community.

• The Choctaw would assign members to specialize in farming so they could all grow better crops.

What is the main idea of this text?

• The Choctaw domesticated the bottle gourd crop over time by keeping the qualities they liked and getting rid of the qualities they didn't like.

• Choctaw Pecan Farms is a successful farm and business in Oklahoma today that produces and sells pecans throughout the state.

• Eventually, the Choctaw started to grow corn, squash, and beans, and these crops became part of many of their dishes.

• The Choctaw are a Native people who were successful early farmers, and whose farming practices impact their spirituality and sense of community.

As used in this excerpt, what does the word 'diversity' most closely mean?

• busy and energetic

• common or shared

• different types

• an area or section