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Grade 4 Pre-Colonial Period
Who were the first people to live in New Jersey?
  1. Dutch
  2. Swedes
  3. Finns
  4. The Delaware
  5. The Cherokee
  6. Paleo Indians
Grade 4 Pre-Colonial Period
                was the name of the large Indian town.
  1. Jamestown
  2. Werowocomoco
  3. Richmond
  4. Powhatan
Grade 4 Pre-Colonial Period
How long ago did the Paleo-Indians live in the Utah area?
  1. 2,000 years ago
  2. 1,000 years ago
  3. 12,000 years ago
  4. 100,000 years ago
Grade 4 Pre-Colonial Period
How did the Indians get their food in the winter?
  1. They fished and picked berries
  2. They hunted and trapped animals
  3. They harvested crops
  4. They planted corns, beans, and squash
Grade 4 Pre-Colonial Period
What two tribes were known as mound builders?
  1. Woodland and Mississippians
  2. Archaic and Paleo
Grade 4 Pre-Colonial Period
Eastern Woodland Indians lived by farming, hunting, and gathering.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 4 Pre-Colonial Period
A settlement is a village built by people from another place.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 4 Pre-Colonial Period
                such as arrowheads, pottery, and other tools that have been found tell us a lot about the Indians who lived in Virginia.
  1. Tools
  2. Language groups
  3. Traditions
  4. Artifacts
Grade 4 Pre-Colonial Period
Which of these people were nomads?
  1. Fremont Indians
  2. Paleo Indians
  3. Anasazi Indians
  4. All of the above
Grade 4 Pre-Colonial Period
The Inuit tribe of the United States are also known as Eskimos who live in igloos. They previously lived a nomadic lifestyle in a constant search for food. What does nomadic mean?
  1. To live in no man's land.
  2. To move from place to place.
  3. To stay in one place and settle in a permanent village.
  4. To be adventurous and carefree.
Grade 4 Pre-Colonial Period
What is a reservation?
  1. Iroquois Trail
  2. desert area
  3. land set aside by the government for Native Americans
Grade 4 Pre-Colonial Period
What are the names of the six Iroquois tribes?
  1. Oneida, Onondaga, Tuscarora, Seneca, Cayuga, Mohawk
  2. Hiawatha, Seneca, Sequoya, Wenonah, Merrimac, Tamarac
  3. Seneca, Sagamore, Cayuga, Mohawk, Oneida, Waverly
Grade 4 Pre-Colonial Period
Most Iroquois lived in a                Long house.                
Grade 4 Pre-Colonial Period
The colonists on Roanoke disappeared and were never found despite search efforts. What may have happened to them?
  1. Indians may have kidnapped them
  2. They moved to another island
  3. They were taken to outer space by aliens
  4. They dug their way to China
Grade 4 Pre-Colonial Period
Which Tennessee Indian tribe was the largest?
  1. Shawnee
  2. Chickasaw
  3. Cherokee
  4. Creek
Grade 4 Pre-Colonial Period
This tribe had lots of salmon and roots and berries for food.
  1. Nez Perce
  2. Hopi Tribe
  3. Inuit Tribe
  4. Seminole Tribe
Grade 4 Pre-Colonial Period
What time period did the Lost Colony of Roanoke happen?
  1. 1530's-1540's
  2. 1590's-1600's
  3. 1587-1590
  4. 1578-1580
Grade 4 Pre-Colonial Period
These Indians are natives of northwestern Arizona, where their ancestors have been living for thousands of years.
  1. Seminole Tribe
  2. Hopi Tribe
  3. Pawnee Tribe
  4. Kwakiutl Tribe
Grade 4 Pre-Colonial Period
Which of these were the first people to occupy what is now called Utah?
  1. Desert Gatherers
  2. Navajo Indian
  3. Fremont Indian
  4. Paleo Indian
Grade 4 Pre-Colonial Period
Why was the Iroquois League formed?
  1. To allow families to be closer together
  2. To encourage peace among the tribes
  3. To make it easier to fight each other
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