North American Studies Questions

"The Coahuiltecans ate many things. They ate snakes, lizards, armadillos, worms, snails, spiders, and insects. When times were especially difficult, they even resorted to eating rotten wood." What does this quotation tell us about the Coahuiltecan people?

Based on their locations, which Plains culture do you think had the most contact with the Atakapans?

What was the purpose of the tool shown in this photograph (the atlatl)?

What determined the borders of the territories occupied by the Atakapan, Caddo, and Witchita people?

Supporters of the Dawes Act said the act would help American Indians to

In the reservation system, American Indian tribes were confined to assigned land with

The number of federally recognized tribes in the U.S is:

Mesoamerican influences on Native North America did NOT include

The low estimate for pre-contact Native American populations proposed by Europeans:

Corn agriculture (Formative Period) was introduced to Native North America:

Of the ten culture areas considered by the Smithsonian Handbook of North American Indians, the two that used to be covered with temperate forest are:

The Native American population today in the US is

Many Plains Indians had trouble living on reservations because they were

As white settlement increased, the government began to set aside land called _____________for American Indian groups.

The names we have for Native American peoples seldom come from:

Which of the following describes an effect of the allotment system?

President Andrew Jackson ignored which Supreme Court Case?

Which president signed the Indian Removal Act on May 28, 1830?

Which states were the Native Americans relocated to?

Who was the Judge for the Worcester vs. Georgia Supreme Court Case?