Background Quiz
The following is a list of statements which are either True or False. When
you take the quiz,
you will have 10 of these statements, chosen at random. You may take the
quiz up to five times; your average score will be recorded in the Gradebook.
Apply
the 80% RULE when you are taking quizzes for these classes.
In other words: don't stress about trying to get 100% on these quizzes. The
quizzes are here to make sure you are ready to go on to the next activity. If
you get 80% or better, you are ready to proceed. If you get less than
80% you need to go back and do the reading again (read more slowly, take notes)
and take the quiz again, aiming for at least 80%.
T
or F ? The southern Paiutes live in Nevada, Utah, and northern
Arizona. - T or F ? The
Hopi are the second largest Indian population in the United States.
- T or F ? The
New Mexico state flag is based on a Sia (Zia) Indian sun symbol design.
- T or F ? The
Navajo served as "code talkers" in World War II.
- T or F ? The
Shasta are the second largest Indian population in California.
- T or F ? The
"River People" live along the Gila and Salt Rivers near Phoenix,
Arizona.
- T or F ? The
Zuni are a Pueblo Indian people who live in New Mexico.
- T or F ? Judson
removed ceremonial details from the stories out of respect for sacred traditions.
- T or F ? Walpi
is a Hopi settlement near Flagstaff, Arizona.
- T or F ? The
Miwoks of Yosemite were forcibly removed to Fresno in the early 20th century.
- T or F ? The
Pima Indians call themselves "The River People".
- T or F ? The
Karok (Karuk) people live along the Klamath River in northern Arizona.
- T or F ? The
Northern Paiutes live in Nevada, California, Oregon and Idaho.
- T or F ? The
Navajo live primarily in northern California and Oregon.
- T or F ? The
Yokuts and the Nishinam (Nisenan) lived in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada.
- T or F ? The
Navajo language is an "isolate," not related to any other known
languages.
- T or F ? The
Hopi village Walpi was first settled around the year 1840.
- T or F ? The
Tolowa people lived in redwood forests in northern New Mexico.
- T or F ? The
Navajo call themselves "Dineh", meaning "The People."
- T or F ? The
name "Pima" was given to the Zia Indians by the Spanish.
- T or F ? Katharine
Berry Judson worked for the Smithsonian Institute in Washington.
- T or F ? In
the 1740's the Navajo were imprisoned in Fort Sumner, New Mexico.
- T or F ? There
are still Paiutes living on the Kern River near Mt. Whitney in California.
- T or F ? Judson
wanted to create a scholarly collection of stories strictly for ethnologists.
- T or F ? The
Snake Dance is a Hopi religious ritual performed at the Walpi village.
