Teepee, Longhouse, and Pueblo Homes Quiz Questions

1. What home shaped like an upside down cone did the Native Americans from the Great Plains use?

A Teepee B Plank house C Longhouse D Pueblo

2. What did the pueblo homes use for walls?

A Cedar planks B Pieces of bark C Bison hides D Hardened clay bricks

3. Which type of home was built by the Hopi tribe in the Southwest?

A Plank house B Pueblo C Longhouse D Wigwam

4. From where did longhouses get their name?

A From the long pieces of bark that they used to cover the walls B From being durable and lasting a long time C From taking so long to build and construct D From being very long and narrow houses

5. In what area of the country did Native Americans build longhouses?

A Southeast B Great Plains C Southwest D Northeast

6. What did the Hopi tribes need to do each year to keep their homes strong?

A They burnt the old homes down and built new ones B They added in additional long poles to reinforce the aging poles C They covered the walls with a new layer of clay D Nothing, their homes were built strong and would stand for hundreds of years

7. How did the owners of pueblo homes keep unwanted people from entering their homes at night?

A They had dogs guarding the doors B They removed the ladders that allowed people to climb to higher floors C They had doors with locks D They closed off the windows and doorways with large rugs

8. What Native American tribe also went by the name Haudenosaunee, which meant ” people of the longhouses ”?

A Hopi B Navajo C Cherokee D Iroquois

9. True or False: It usually took around two days to build a teepee after the tribe arrived at a new spot?

A FALSE B TRUE

10. Which of the following is true about the group of people that lived in a longhouse?

A There were often several families living in one longhouse B There were often as many as 20 people living in one longhouse C They were sometimes called a clan D All of the above