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Quiz about Igloos and Tipis and Wampum oh my
Quiz about Igloos and Tipis and Wampum oh my

Igloos and Tipis and Wampum, oh, my! Quiz


Can you identify the following types of Native American houses and other artifacts? Good luck and have fun!

A multiple-choice quiz by shvdotr. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
shvdotr
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
362,193
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
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Avg Score
7 / 10
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Question 1 of 10
1. This traditional Navajo home has been built in the past as round or five-sided structures, with the doorway always facing east. What do we call it today? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. The next traditional lodge was the standard for western semi-nomadic Apaches of the drier Southwest. Generally round and domed, it was composed mostly of larger sticks covered with brush. What is this house called? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Heading into the Northeast Woodland culture area, specifically the area between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi, we find Ojibways and Sac and Foxes. What type of domed, bark-covered lodge did these peoples use? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Our next lodge is the traditional home of nomadic Plains tribes like the Lakota, Cheyenne, and Comanche. It is cone-shaped and covered by bison hide. Name it. Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Originally developed in the Southwest from pit houses by the Anasazi, these are still used today by such peoples as the Hopi and Zuni and others. Often having the characteristics of modern apartment buildings, some of these hold an entire village in one large structure of adobe and stone. Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. The Iroquois and other New York and New England area tribes used beads woven into belts to serve as memory and ritual aids, since they had no writing. What term, mistakenly used as a synonym for money, was applied to these beads? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Early Native Americans were not the only people to use a tool which helped them impart greater velocity to their spears when throwing them. The Australian aboriginal name for this tool is "woomera." What is the Nahuatl (Aztec) term most often used in America for this spear-throwing tool? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. In many Native American cultures, tobacco was a sacred plant and the act of sharing it through smoking was a solemn ceremony. Whites often referred to pipes used for smoking as "peace pipes," but by what term, from Norman-French, is more properly used for these native pipes, and more specifically, the red pipestone bowl used to burn the tobacco used in these pipes? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Among the Hopi and other pueblo peoples of the US Southwest, dolls are carved which represent various spirits of their traditional religions. What term refers to these dolls? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Among the most common Native American artifacts in museums, antique stores, or flea markets, are arrowheads, or "projectile points". What style of projectile point, named for a town in New Mexico near where they were originally found, is generally considered to be the oldest in the United States? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. This traditional Navajo home has been built in the past as round or five-sided structures, with the doorway always facing east. What do we call it today?

Answer: hogan

Six-sided hogans appeared around the turn of the nineteenth to twentieth century, and even eight-sided hogans have been built. Some songs say that coyote built the first Hogan with the help of the beavers.
2. The next traditional lodge was the standard for western semi-nomadic Apaches of the drier Southwest. Generally round and domed, it was composed mostly of larger sticks covered with brush. What is this house called?

Answer: wickiup

Wickiups were small and could often be erected within a couple of hours if enough sticks and brush were available. Often they were used only for sleeping.
3. Heading into the Northeast Woodland culture area, specifically the area between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi, we find Ojibways and Sac and Foxes. What type of domed, bark-covered lodge did these peoples use?

Answer: wigwam

Along the Atlantic coast, the wigwam-type dwellings of the Wampanoag were called wetus. Wigwams closely resemble Apache wickiups, but are more sturdy and more permanent, as well as having heavier bark or hide coverings.
4. Our next lodge is the traditional home of nomadic Plains tribes like the Lakota, Cheyenne, and Comanche. It is cone-shaped and covered by bison hide. Name it.

Answer: tipi

Easily put up and taken down, the tipi (also called teepee) was an ideal lodge for the nomadic Plains lifestyle. When traveling, Plains peoples used the lodge poles and hide covering from the tipi to make travois, which could be dragged by dogs or, later, horses, and could carry the possessions of each band.
5. Originally developed in the Southwest from pit houses by the Anasazi, these are still used today by such peoples as the Hopi and Zuni and others. Often having the characteristics of modern apartment buildings, some of these hold an entire village in one large structure of adobe and stone.

Answer: pueblo

Among the 21 pueblos in the United States today, perhaps the best known are Acoma and Taos. Acoma may be the oldest continuously-inhabited city in the USA.
6. The Iroquois and other New York and New England area tribes used beads woven into belts to serve as memory and ritual aids, since they had no writing. What term, mistakenly used as a synonym for money, was applied to these beads?

Answer: wampum

Originally among the Iroquois, wampum beads came in two basic colors. Dark purple beads were made from the shell of the quahog clam, the word "quahog" coming from the Narragansett language. White beads came from whelk shells. Both the quahogs and whelk were also used as food.
7. Early Native Americans were not the only people to use a tool which helped them impart greater velocity to their spears when throwing them. The Australian aboriginal name for this tool is "woomera." What is the Nahuatl (Aztec) term most often used in America for this spear-throwing tool?

Answer: atlatl

Spear throwers are still used in remote and traditional societies, and have also been revived for sport use. Wapiti is a term for elk from the Shawnee and Cree languages, while qiviut is an Inuit word for the wool from musk oxen and quipu is a Quechua (Inca) term for a set of knotted strings the Inca used to keep records.
8. In many Native American cultures, tobacco was a sacred plant and the act of sharing it through smoking was a solemn ceremony. Whites often referred to pipes used for smoking as "peace pipes," but by what term, from Norman-French, is more properly used for these native pipes, and more specifically, the red pipestone bowl used to burn the tobacco used in these pipes?

Answer: calumet

Calumet bowls can be made of several materials, one of the best known of which is catlinite, named after artist George Catlin, who visited the site in Minnesota where Pipestone National Monument is located today. Only enrolled Natives can use the stone from this quarry.

Although it is no longer used, there is also a quarry of catlinite located at the Pipestone River in Ontario, Canada. Catlinite comes in different varieties, including colors of yellow, red, and black.
9. Among the Hopi and other pueblo peoples of the US Southwest, dolls are carved which represent various spirits of their traditional religions. What term refers to these dolls?

Answer: kachina dolls

Kachina dolls represent spirits known as kachinas. In Hopi belief, for example, Kachinas were the spiritual beings who taught the Hopis how to live after their original emergence from their origin under the earth's surface. The dolls are used in religious rituals as well as simply as instructional tools in teaching the pueblo religions to children. During religious celebrations, kachina dancers also perform.
10. Among the most common Native American artifacts in museums, antique stores, or flea markets, are arrowheads, or "projectile points". What style of projectile point, named for a town in New Mexico near where they were originally found, is generally considered to be the oldest in the United States?

Answer: Clovis points

Clovis points have been found throughout most of the United States, as well as in Mexico and Central America. Clovis culture was superseded by Folsom culture, which was also named after a New Mexico town. Plano and Eden points were found primarily on the Great Plains, with Eden points being the most common arrowhead to be found today. Elf-arrows are ancient arrowheads found in the British Isles and in Europe generally.
Source: Author shvdotr

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