Understanding Native American Reservations
This worksheet introduces Grade 7 students to the concept of Native American reservations, their history, and their significance.
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Understanding Native American Reservations
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your knowledge. Some questions may require you to recall information about Native American history and geography.
1. What is the primary purpose of a Native American reservation?
To serve as tourist attractions.
To preserve Native American cultures and sovereignty.
To provide land for farming only.
To establish military outposts.
2. Which historical act led to the significant establishment of Native American reservations in the United States?
The Civil Rights Act of 1964
The Indian Removal Act of 1830
The Homestead Act of 1862
The Voting Rights Act of 1965
3. Native American reservations are lands managed by Native American tribes under the U.S. Department of the .
4. The concept of reservations emerged from treaties and federal policies designed to Native Americans onto specific land areas.
5. Life on reservations is uniformly the same across all tribes in the United States.
True
False
6. Native American tribes on reservations have a degree of self-governance.
True
False
7. Describe one challenge faced by Native American communities living on reservations today.
Use the words below to complete the sentences.
8. Many reservations were established through between Native American tribes and the U.S. government.
9. Preserving is a vital aspect of life on Native American reservations.