Other Native Cultures - Comprehension Questions

After reading the first paragraph of the lesson, you get the idea that -

• nobody settled in Nevada

• every culture spoke the same language

• lack of food and water made living in Nevada very difficult

• there was plenty of food in Nevada

After studying the map on the first page of the lesson, you can tell that - F) the Western Shoshone lived in western Nevada G) the Northern Paiute lived east of the Western Shoshone H) the Western Shoshone lived in the southeastern corner of Nevada J) the Northern Paiute lived west of the Western Shoshone

• the Western Shoshone lived in western Nevada

• the Northern Paiute lived east of the Western Shoshone

• the Western Shoshone lived in the southeastern corner of Nevada

• the Northern Paiute lived west of the Western Shoshone

The Northern Paiute used duck decoys. Decoys make it easier to

• eat ducks

• fool ducks

• hide ducks

• raise ducks

Which of Nevada's Native cultures did not live in the Great Basin region?

• Washoe

• Mojave

• Western Shoshone

• Southern Paiute

The map on the second page of the lesson shows that the Southern Paiute lived

• A) west of the Washoe

• B) north of the Northern Paiute

• C) northwest of the Western Shoshone

• D) southeast of the Washoe

If you grew up in the Mojave Desert, you probably - F) used an umbrella most of the time G) didn't worry about having enough food to eat H) helped your parents shovel snow J) ate grasshoppers

• used an umbrella most of the time

• didn't worry about having enough food to eat

• helped your parents shovel snow

• ate grasshoppers

The Washoe people lived in

• the Sierra Nevada region

• underground sagebrush huts

• the Great Basin Region

• the Mojave Desert