Name: _________________________________________

Date:______________

Unit 2 Test (Answer Key)

Directions: Read the instructions for each section. Complete the test and hand it into your teacher when
you are finished, good luck!!
Multiple Choice: Circle the correct letter choice to answer the question.
1. Adapt means to _________.
A. Farm
B. Change
C. Help
D. Teach
2. What did the Yurok hold very sacred to them?
A. Land
B. Bison
C. Painting
D. Farming
3. A custom handed down from generation to generation is a:
A. History
B. Tradition
C. Game
D. Peidmont
4. What president put in place the Indian Removal Act forcing the Cherokee out of their
land?
A. George Washington
B. Andrew Jackson
C. Abraham Lincoln
D. John F. Kennedy
5. The Pilgrims started what holiday?
A. Christmas
B. Halloween
C. Thanksgiving
D. 4th of July
True or False: Circle the word TRUE if the statement is correct and circle the word FALSE if the
statement is incorrect.
6. True or False: The Yurok used bills and coins for money when trading.

7. True or False: The Spanish were on the East Coast

8. True or False: Democracy is a government where people govern themselves or
government by the people or their elected.
9. True or False: After traveling thousands of miles, the Cherokee ended up in what is now
Oklahoma.
10. True or False: Heritage is history, ideas, and beliefs that people receive from the past
true
11. True or False: Symbols DONT ever represent or stand for something else FALSE
Fill in the blank: Use the words below to answer the questions, write the answer in the blank provided
for numbers ?-?
THE MAYFLOWER
HOGANS
BURIED THEIR GUNS

CALIFORNIA
THE SPANISH

TO BE

12. What were Navajo houses called _____________________? Hogans

13. One way the Haudenosaunee eliminated violence was __________? Buried their guns
14. The Yurok live in what state? ______________________California
15. Freedom from being controlled by other people is called ______? To be independent
16. The Pilgrims sailed over in 1620 on a ship called ____________? The Mayflower
Short answer: Answer in complete sentences the following questions.
17. What is the difference between Bartering and Trading?
Bartering is exchanging goods for other goods. Trading is exchanging money for goods.

18. What two languages do the Cherokee speak?

English and their native Cherokee language

19. What was the main point of The Declaration of Independence?

To explain why America should be free from British rule

20. .How has voting changed over history, give an example?

More people have been allowed the right to vote (example: women, different races)

21. What are the three main heritages that are part of Canada?
British, French, and Indian

22. Name one Navajo Nation.

Mohwak, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca