The Native American Way Of Life And Religion

Question 1

What does ‘nomadic’ mean?

Answer 1

A life of continual wandering

Question 2

Which of these is not a reason why Native Americans lived a nomadic life?

Answer 2

The central event in Native American life being the buffalo hunt

Question 3

Which of these was not a reason for Native American sport?

Answer 3

Competitiveness

Question 4

Which of these was not an advantage of the tipi?

Answer 4

Static

Question 5

What was the main currency of the Native Americans?

Answer 5

Horses

Question 6

What was the main job of women in a Native American tribe?

Answer 6

Looking after the children

Question 7

What was one name for the Great Spirit?

Answer 7

Wakan Tanka

Question 8

What is ‘animism’?

Answer 8

The belief that spirits live in inanimate things

Question 9

In Native American society, what did a medicine man do?

Answer 9

Cured illnesses and appeased the spirits

Question 10

Why did the Native Americans believe it was wrong to sell the land?

Answer 10

It belonged to all creatures