Test Your Native American History Knowledge!

Question 1/40

What was George Washington's vision for the Native American population?

Assimilate them and have them become U.S. citizens
Have them moved to another continent
Ignore them and hope they would go away

Question 2/40

Disease was a major contributing factor to the decrease in population of Native Americans when the Europeans settled in North America. Which of the following diseases did Europeans bring with them?

Smallpox
Anthrax
Ebola

Question 3/40

The terms "Native American" and "American Indian" are used in the United States. What term besides "Native Americans" is used in Canada to refer to Native Americans?

First Nations
Native Canadians
Canadian Indians

Question 4/40

Where did the term "Indian" come from?

The first settlers were from India
Christopher Columbus thought he had landed in the East Indies
Explorers thought the native peoples looked like they were from India

Question 5/40

Which tribe helped Lewis and Clark on their journey to explore the Northwest Territory?

Nez Pierce
Pueblo
Sioux

Question 6/40

About how many Native Americans served during WWI despite not being U.S. citizens?

100
500
8,000

Question 7/40

What was the Ghost Dance?

A ritual dance intended to restore the way life was before white settlers
A dance that summoned spirits of ancestors
A ritual that helped to prepare warriors for fights against the U.S. military

Question 8/40

What tribe was Geronimo from?

Apache
Sioux
Choctaw

Question 9/40

Who did Sacajawea help to guide through the Northwest Territory?

Lewis and Clark
Henry Hudson
Jacques Cartier

Question 10/40

Which of the following animals did Europeans bring to the Americas that the Native Americans had not seen before?

Buffalo
Elephants
Sheep

Question 11/40

Which tribe lived in longhouses?

Algonquin
Pueblo
Cherokee

Question 12/40

What is Sitting Bull famous for?

He married the sister of Martha Washington
He founded the first Indian reservation
He had a vision that led to the defeat of George Custer

Question 13/40

What President oversaw the Trail of Tears?

Thomas Jefferson
Abraham Lincoln
Andrew Jackson

Question 14/40

How did European settlers use germ warfare against the Native Americans?

They gave Native Americans blankets infected with smallpox
They used crude chemical bombs during battles
They refused to treat sick Native Americans in their hospitals

Question 15/40

What were the Five Civilized Tribes?

Five tribes that adopted white culture and were considered more civilized
Five tribes that spoke only English
Five tribes granted permission to keep their ancestral lands

Question 16/40

Which tribe did the settlers at Plymouth Rock meet?

Massasoit
Crow
Sioux

Question 17/40

Who was Pocahontas?

She is credited with saving Captain John Smith's life
She led Lewis and Clark on their North American exploration
She helped facilitate the Louisiana Purchase

Question 18/40

What is Tecumseh famous for?

He fought as an ally of the British in the War of 1812
He fought in the Battle of Little Bighorn
He led an attack on William Tecumseh Sherman's troops

Question 19/40

Which of the following tribes fought on the side of the British during the Revolutionary War?

Sioux
Pueblo
Seneca

Question 20/40

Where did the Pueblo Indians live?

Southwest
Great Plains
Northwest Territory

Question 21/40

Which of the following states does not have a name rooted in a Native American language?

Illinois
Michigan
New York

Question 22/40

Which of the following tribes did Christopher Columbus meet on his first voyage?

Taino
Aztec
Inca

Question 23/40

What form of communication did Plains Indians use to communicate with other tribes and pass down stories?

Sign language
English
French

Question 24/40

Great Plains Indians hunted which of the following game?

Buffalo
Whales
Polar bears

Question 25/40

What were tomahawks NOT used for?

Skinning animals
Hand-to-hand combat
Cooking

Question 26/40

South American tribes used poison from what animal to fortify their weapons?

Poison dart frog
Tarantulas
Blue-ringed octopus

Question 27/40

During the Colonial wars, officials from Connecticut and Massachusetts offered bounties for the heads of indigenous people. Later, the bounty was offered for what part of the body?

Hand
Scalp
Foot

Question 28/40

Where were Spanish horses first introduced in the Americas?

Mexico
Chile
Canada

Question 29/40

A Native American wrote the terms of surrender between the United States and the Confederate States. What was his name?

Ely S. Parker
Sitting Bull
Charles Eastman

Question 30/40

What did Warren G. Harding do after the end of WWI?

Offered citizenship for Native Americans who served
Promised to return ancestral lands back to Native Americans
Offered an apology for the Trail of Tears

Question 31/40

Why did a group of native Americans take over Alcatraz prison?

The Treaty of Fort Laramie stated out-of-use federal land was to be returned to Native Americans
They were protesting incarceration rates of Native Americans
They hoped to create a community center in the abandoned prison

Question 32/40

What role did the Navajo Code Talkers play in WWII?

They created a code used by the armed forces that could not be cracked
They translated commands to Native American troops
They served as air traffic control tower workers during the war

Question 33/40

Charles Eastman was one of the first Native Americans to become certified as what?

A doctor
A financial planner
Accountant

Question 34/40

Where did the term Buffalo Solder come from?

Native Americans gave the term to African American regiments fighting in the Civil War
It referred to warriors who war buffalo headdresses
It was a term used for people who hunted buffalo

Question 35/40

Where was the Black Hawk War fought?

Illinois and Michigan Territory
The Great Plains
New Mexico

Question 36/40

Which of the following are not considered to be Alaskan Natives and not Native Americans?

Aleut
Iroquois
Coeur D'Alene

Question 37/40

The Indian Appropriations Act authorized the creation of Indian reservations in what year?

1851
1812
1847

Question 38/40

How did the Homestead Act impact the Native Americans?

Tribes were forced off their ancestral lands to make room for homesteaders
Native Americans were given small business loans to open shops in areas where homesteaders settled
Native Americans were given free land to farm

Question 39/40

What is Crazy Horse known for?

Led the victory at the Battle of Little Bighorn
Led a surprise attack at the Alamo
Helped fight banditos at the Mexican border

Question 40/40

Before his famous last stand, George Custer served in what war?

War of 1812
American Revolutionary War
Civil War

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