QUIZ:
1) The Pomo Basket is a story nearly lost to history but is one that is instructive in understanding traditional Native cultural practices. For Indian girls to learn how to weave a basket is to learn a marketable craft.
T or F
2) At the time of Columbus’ arrival in America, there were approximately 100 million Native Americans. The 2000 figures show the Native populations in the United States at about:
a) 10 million c) 4 million
b) 6 million d) 2 million
3) During the treating making period between 1776 and 1871, the United States entered into well over_________treaties with Native American tribes and nations.
a) 100 c) 300
b) 200 d) 400
4) In the case of the Plains Indians, what finally caused defeat was:
a) Killing of the buffalo
b) The strength of the military
c) The killing of their leaders
d) Building fences along the rivers
5) In the 1970s, Congress heard testimony of the work of American drug companies who used Indian school children to test new drugs before marketing.
T or F
6) There are 562 federally recognized tribes or nations in the United States.
7) Many of the problems Native Americans struggle with are the result of poverty. Alcoholism is ___% higher than national average and diabetes is _____% higher.
a) 200 c) 600
b) 350 d) 950
8) All Native American tribes have Powwows.
T or F
9) _________has the largest number of tribes. __________has the largest population of Native people.
a) Alaska b) South Dakota
c) North Carolina d) Oklahoma
10) One in four (25%) of American Indian women in the U.S. live in poverty.
T or F
11) Only 83% of Native American mothers begin prenatal care in the first trimester of pregnancy.
T or F
12) Native American women in Oklahoma are twice as likely to experience domestic violence as the average American woman.
T or F
