Question

1: Why did some Native Americans oppose the scientific study of Kennewick Man?
A) Native Americans believe Kennewick Man is an ancestor they need to bury.
B) Native Americans want archaeologists to remove bones and artifacts from their burial places.

2: How many leaders do the Native American tribes normally have?
A) One
B) Multiple

3: Concerning the land bridge theory, which 2 statements are true?
A) It is a scientific theory.
B) It tells the story of Coyote, the trickster.
C) It is a Native American theory.
D) It offers an explanation of when Washington’s First People came to be here.

4: The longhouse in the picture below was used by which tribes: Coastal or Plateau?
A) Coastal
B) Plateau

5: What does the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act require of archaeologists and museums?
A) to abandon all archaeological digs on tribal lands so that human remains are not disturbed
B) to return Native American cultural items and human remains to their tribes

6: Why was it difficult to determine who should have Kennewick Man?
A) It was unclear until recent genetic testing whether Kennewick Man was of Native American ancestry.
B) It was unclear until recent state judges’ rulings which museum should conduct scientific studies on the bones.

7: What might account for the many differences between the Coastal and Plateau tribes?
A) They lived in regions where climate was markedly different.
B) They competed for the same hunting and fishing areas.

8: Which statement best describes how Native Americans provided food for their families?
A) The women grew crops and preserved them and the men traded skilled crafts for food.
B)The women gathered plants, nuts, and berries, and the men hunted and fished.

9: How do Native Americans from Coastal tribes honor their ancient heritage and culture today?
A) by showing their prowess as horsemen in the Okanogan Stampede
B) by joining with tribes in British Columbia for the annual canoe journey

10: Scientists can determine what 2 things studying ancient bones or teeth?
A) why the person or animal migrated
B) what the person or animal thought
C) when the person or animal lived
D) what age the person or animal was at death

11: Which of the following ceremonies would result in a leader losing possessions but gaining respect and esteem from the other members of the tribe?
A) a rite of passage ceremony
B) the potlatch ceremony

12: How did Native Americans obtain the right to practice the religion of their culture?
A) with ratification of the United States Bill of Rights in 1791
B) with the passage of the American Indian Religious Freedom Act in 1978

13: Why do scientists believe the discovery of the Clovis spear points in Washington is significant?
A) They support the claim that humans lived in the area at the end of the last ice age.
B) They show that ancient hunters used metal weapons to hunt mastodons.

14: Looking at the map below which tribes lived on the Eastern side of WA: Coastal or Plateau?
A) Coastal
B) Plateau

15: True or False: Negotiations between the US and Native American Tribes were successful because they were able to communicated well.
A) True
B) False

Answer 1

1: A
2: B
3: A and D
4: A
5: B
6: A
7: A
8: B
9: B
10: C and D
11: B
12: B
13: A
14: B
15: B (False)