Grades 3–5 · American history
This quiz helps revise “First Americans: Native nations before 1492” in American history for grades 3–5. It has 25 questions in five categories: Homelands, Food and Farming, Buildings and Boats, People and Stories, Clues from the Past. Questions get harder as the points go up, from 100 to 500.
The 100- and 200-point questions are open here. The rest show only their first words, and there are no answers: all of that is in the game itself.
Which continent includes today's United States and was home to many Native nations before 1492?
The Hopi mesas in Arizona are in which U.S. region?
Which ocean borders Native…
In the gameWhat region of broad…
In the gameWhich desert is shown…
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What is this crop with ears of kernels, grown by many Native farmers?
What is this shaggy grassland animal that provided food and hides for many Native nations?
In a Three Sisters…
In the gameWhat fish returning from…
In the gameWhat did ancestral farmers…
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What is this cone-shaped shelter of poles and hides that some families used while traveling?
What is this shared, bark-covered home used by Haudenosaunee families?
What is this boat…
In the gameWhat is a round…
In the gameWhich round home, built…
In the gameWhat do many Native communities call respected older members who teach young people their histories?
In Hidatsa communities, histories were passed through spoken stories. What is this way of sharing knowledge called?
In Cherokee society, what…
In the gameWhat building at the…
In the gameIn precontact Cherokee communities…
In the gameWhat do we call a scientist who studies objects and building remains to learn about people long ago?
What is a human-made object from the past, such as a clay pot, called?
What is this design…
In the gameWhat are these raised…
In the gameWhich Colorado national park…
In the gameAll 25 questions and the answers are in the game. Invite your class or friends with a link — guests need no account.