How's your Native American History? Take the quiz

[CatWoman]

Native American History
Celebrate Native American heritage while testing your knowledge of the indigenous peoples of North America. How much do you know about these famous Native Americans?

1
Sacagawea, who appears on the gold-colored U.S. dollar coin, became famous for
a) Receiving a royal welcome from the English during her trip to London
b) Her work in the fight to get women the right to vote
c) Her role in the Lewis and Clark Expedition


2
In the 1870s the United States government attempted to annex Sioux lands and force the Sioux people onto reservations. Who led the Sioux’s resistance of this effort?
a) Wovoka
b) Sitting Bull
c) Chief Black Hawk


3
What city is named in honor of Chief Sealth?
a) Sausalito
b) Seattle
c) Cheyenne


4
A monument, which is expected to be almost 180 m (600 ft) high upon completion, is being carved out of a mountain in South Dakota. Who does this monument memorialize?
a) Uncas
b) Chief Joseph
c) Crazy Horse


5
Who is credited with unifying the Five Nations of the Iroquois against the Algonquin people in the 1500s?
a) Hiawatha
b) Cochise
c) Captain Jack


6
According to legend, Pocahontas, daughter of Chief Powhatan, saved the life of an English captain. Captured by the English in 1612, she later converted to Christianity and married an English colonist. What was his name?
a) John Smith
b) John Rolfe
c) John Alden


7
Geronimo was famous for his resistance to forced reservation life. Captured by American military troops, he said, ''Once I moved like the wind. Now I surrender to you, and that is all.'' The next day he escaped from military custody. To what tribe did he belong?
a) Comanche
b) Cherokee
c) Apache


8
Which of the following chiefs is known for siding with the British in the American Revolution?
a) Philip
b) Joseph Brant
c) John Ross


9
Who helped the Pilgrims at Plymouth Colony survive by teaching them to fish and grow corn?
a) Squanto
b) Powhatan
c) Cornplanter


10
In the mid-18th century, who united various indigenous peoples in the Great Lakes region and the Ohio and Mississippi river valleys to fight against the British and reestablish Native American autonomy?
a) Tecumseh
b) Pontiac
c) Osceola

on line quiz and answers here: http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/Features/Quiz/Quiz.aspx?QuizID=27

[LynneSin]

1. 8/10

I screwed up the John Smith one

Go figure, I trusted a Disney Movie

:shrug:

[CatWoman]

2. *snarf*

me too!!!!

:hi:

[Larry Gude]

3. 60%...

...Had no idea about Seattle, guessed it right, so, I'm more like 50%

Humbling.

[Warpy]

7. Humbling is right

I always get screwed up between Rolfe and Alden, and I even knew a John Alden, not far from where the whole thing had happened 350 years earlier.

No excuse.

[FarLeftRage]

13. Same here

I said John Smith too...

Otherwise 9 out of 10 correct.

[Avalux]

4. got 8 out of 10

Missed #3 and #6. :bounce:

[Maddy McCall]

5. I'm not bragging...;-)

but, 100%. After all, this is what I do for a living.

Wish there was a quiz on 20th century American INdian history.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

11. What do you do, JChild?

I've long been drawn to Native American culture, both past and present.

One of the reasons I'm so opposed to the Iraq conflict is because I see too many parallels between land greed/railroads of the 19th century and the oil greed/pipelines of this one...and a race of people doomed to cultural oblivion at stake.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

6. I got 10/10

but I had a few lucky guesses...

[RebelOne]

8. Boy, I thought I was knowledgeable about Native American history

But I only got 6 out 10 correct. Bad, bad!!!

[xchrom]

9. 8 out of ten

i wasn't paying attention when pocahantas married john rolfe, i guess.
and i can't believe i missed the joseph brant.
i knew i was wrong when i hit phillip.

[Spirochete]

27. I missed the same two

I guessed Philip, too.

[CatWoman]

10. HEY!! Where's Zomby??

nobody knows history like the Big Z!!

[Zomby Woof]

23. damn right!

See below!!! 100%!!! ZombyCoffee makes me smart! :donut:

[supernova]

12. 8/10 for me

not too shabby. :D N.A. history fascinates me.

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

14. 9/10 I did not know about the monument being built

That is gonna be really cool.

Hoka Hey.

[Undemcided]

15. 7/10 - Not bad for a Brit!

n/t

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

16. probably better than I could do on a history of Celts and Brittons

[Undemcided]

18. Strange

But I never really took an interest in history until I left school. There are so many programs on these days that present it in an entertaining manner.

[BringEmOn]

17. 7/10

and I'm native :shrug:

[catmandu57]

19. 10/10

Where's my scalping knife, and get out of my country paleface. I guess the NA genes are coming out.

[happyslug]

20. I Failed, missed one.

I saw "who united various indigenous peoples in the Great Lakes region and the Ohio and Mississippi river valleys" and missed reading "Against the British" and "Mid-18th Century" so I put down Tecumseh instead of Pontiac. So read them more carefully.

Tecumseh - Shawnee - Lead Indians from Fallen Timber (1795) to Thames. Moraviatown (1814, both names are used for that battle). Died at the battle of the Thames, buried in sight of the American camp, but his grave has never been found. With his Brother the Prophet lead the Indian Opposition to American Westward Expansion. In 1812 the US went to War with Britain to kill him (official excuse was to protect American Sailors, but every New England Congressmen voted against the war, and every Congressmen from west of the Appalachians voted for the War. Almost all American Sailors were New Englanders at that time).

The US Governors for the North West Territories (present day Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Michigan) and Tecumseh played out this political/ war fight for almost 20 years. The British backed Tecumseh, more to prevent American Expansion than to truly help the Indians. It was this Support that the US wanted to End when it declared war on Britain in 1812.

The war would last till 1815 (a year which saw the Attack at Ft McHenry, the Burning of the US Capital, and the Battle of New Orleans) but it really ended with Tecumseh’s death in the Battle of the Thames in 1814. With his death Indian opposition to American West ward expansion would end (Indians Wars would continue till the 20th Century but these were more of a clean up wars, or wars where the tribe involved where trying to see what they will be in the United States. The end of the Indian War really ended with Geronimo’s surrendered in 1889, but you did have Wounded Knee in 1892 and the US Army was sent in to quite the Chippewas in 1909).

Pontiac on the other hand was an Ottawa who lead the Indians against the British in 1763. The British had just drove out the French and the Indians no longer had the ability to play the French and British interest against each other thus the Indians knew who the true loser of the French and Indian War was (and it was not the French). He was able to destroy every British Fort west of Pittsburgh (except for Detroit) but lost the war when his forces were defeated in the Battle of Bushy Run (Today a Pennsylvania State Park, through changed greatly since 1763, it was stripped mined in the early 20th Century).


For more on Pontiac see:
http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/ohc/history/h_indian/people/pontiac.shtm1
http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h598.html

For more on Tecumseh and the Prophet see:

http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/ohc/history/h_indian/people/tecumseh.shtml

http://gateway.tippecanoe.com/tec_hist.html

http://dagwood.wvec.k12.in.us/battle/tecumseh.html

Here is a site that claims they do have Tecumseh’s body:
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~ksands/War.html
For information on Little Dove see (He was the main Indian Leader between Pontiac and Tecumseh) :
http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/ohc/history/h_indian/people/lturtle.shtml

[CatWoman]

21. Now, you're just a fountain of information

thanks!!

:hi:

Didn't Tecumseh have a brother called "Lawyer?"

[happyslug]

26. Here some more information on Native Americans:

I always like the fact the one of the few reminding graves in Downtown Pittsburgh is the Shawnee chief Red Pole.

http://www.post-gazette.com/columnists/20000309walk.asp

http://www.shawnee-traditions.com/Names-5.html

As to one of the Indians that were mentioned, here is the bio of Cornplanter:
http://college.hmco.com/history/readerscomp/naind/html/na_008700_cornplanter.htm

For some general information on Indians History this is a very site, through it has a very Indian bias. I have seen no untruths in it, just things taken out of context, both historical and literal, things spined to show a very pro-Indian and anti-white bias, but if you keep those bias in mind, a good source for information on Indian history (the bias is like how the Republicans re-writing of history to defame Democrats and praise Republicans, if you can read such GOP nonsense and get good information, you can do the same with this site).
http://www.telusplanet.net/public/dgarneau/indian-a.htm

For information on the Shawnee see:
http://www.shawnee-tribe.org/

Here is a good story of a Person trying to undo a Confusion caused by two people being given the same or similar Indian name. You have to remember Indians rarely went by their given name.
It was considered bad luck if an enemy would use one’s real name in a curse, so Indians tended to go by Nick-Names. Further confusion is caused for it was not unusual for Native Americans to change nick-names after certain points or events in their life. In this case, two people, one a white captive, the other a full blood Indian Chief had been given the same nick-name, Blue Jacket by two different branches of the same tribe thus leading to confusion as to which Blue Jacket did what:
http://www.shawnee-tribe.org/Bluejacket_Folders/Chronology_of_BJ.htm

[Zomby Woof]

22. ok!

1. c.
2. b.
3. b. (duh! ;-) )
4. c.
5. a.
6. b. (Smith was the guy she allegedly rescued, not married)
7. c.
8. b.
9. a.
10. b.

100%! :D

[CatWoman]

29. that's my Zomby

I have the smartest big brother in the world!!!

:loveya:

[Vitruvius]

24. 10/10

n/t

[hlthe2b]

25. 9/10

I didn't know Joseph Brant

[happyslug]

30. Didn't Know Joseph Brant?

Here is some Information on Joseph Brant:

http://earlyamerica.com/review/1998/brant.html

http://www.indians.org/welker/brant.htm

Some information on his opposition in the Iroquois Confederacy among the Onieda:

http://www.oneida-nation.net/facts/oriskany.html

Here is a report on the Battle of Oriskany, the Bloodest battle per participate of the Revolution. Of the “Winning” American/Onida side casualties were 650 out of 800 men engaged, the British/Mohawk side was worse, and Joseph Brant was in the middle of the Fight with his fellow Mohawks:
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/79oriskany/79oriskany.htm

[VOX]

28. 9/10. Slipped up on John Rolfe-John Smith.

Read about the monument to Crazy Horse this summer.

Cool quiz -- thanks for posting, CatWoman!

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