Indigenous Cultures Quiz

A mass movement of people from one homeland to another is called a:

• charter

• artifact

• migration

What was so unique about the dwellings of the ancient Anasazi  tribe?

• The built longhouses

• They were built on the side of cliffs

• The homes were made of mud.

It is believed that ancient Americans migrated from Asia to America via what is now known as the

• Bering land bridge

• Asian land route

• Alaskan crossing

A ___ is a group of people or community which share a common culture and land.

• tribe

• nomad

• citizens

Which settlement was the largest of the Mound Builders?

• the Hohokam

• The Mississippian People

• the Inca

An artifact is?

• ancient stone tools, weapons, baskets and carvings

• the study of ancient peoples

• a painting based on a true story

The study of ancient peoples:

• paleontology

• biology

• archeology

The Iroquois were a League or __________________of tribes in the Northeastern part of America.

• Confederacy

• Group

• Company

The five tribes were :

•  the Cayuga, Onondaga, Mohican, Seneca, and Oneida.

• the Cayuga, Olmec, Mohawk, Seneca, and Oneida.

•  the Cayuga, Onondaga, Mohawk, Seneca, and Oneida.

The Iroquois called themselves the Haudenosaunee which means:

• “People of the Loghouse”

• “People of the Longhouse”

• “People of the Wronghouse”