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5th grade · Social Studies · Unit 1 of 8

Native Nations & Encounters

Native nations and the meeting of worlds

What your child practices

Native nations of North America since time immemorial, how they lived in different regions, and how European contact and settlement affected their lands. Native nations are living communities today.

Washington State Learning Standards learning standard: G2.5.1; G3.5.1; H1.5.2; H2.5.2 · Native nations before and after European contact, and the impact of European settlement on their lands

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    Which animal did Europeans bring to the Americas?

    • Bison
    • Horses
    • Llamas
    • Turkeys

  2. Question 2

    The Haudenosaunee Confederacy is an example of…

    • A trading company from Europe
    • Nations agreeing to govern together
    • A desert city
    • A colony ruled by England

  3. Question 3

    Which crop from the Americas spread to Europe in the Columbian Exchange?

    • Wheat
    • Rice
    • Potatoes
    • Oats

  4. Question 4

    Pocahontas was the daughter of the leader of which group of nations in Virginia?

    • The Aztec
    • The Inca
    • The Powhatan
    • The Sioux

  5. Question 5

    What did many Native nations trade with each other long before Europeans came?

    • Goods such as shells, copper, food and furs
    • Paper money from banks
    • Telephones
    • Cars and trucks

  6. Question 6

    How did the fur trade change life for some Native nations?

    • It had no effect
    • It made them move to Europe
    • They traded furs for metal tools, cloth and guns, which changed how they lived and hunted
    • It ended all hunting

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