Indigenous People Test

Social Studies Test: “Indigenous people of Chile”

Name: ____________________________________________________

Grade: _______ Date: ________________________________________

Remember: read carefully the instructions before choosing or writing your answer.

I. Match the phrases with their definitions. (5 points)

II. True or false? Write a T for the true statements and an F for the false statements and then correct the false sentences writing it down. (14 points)

1. Which is the primary characteristic of a sedentary way of life?

a) Living in a hut that is easy to move.

b) Living in the same place for a long time.

c) Moving constantly from one place to another.

2. What is the primary difference between the nomadic and sedentary ways of life?

a) Nomadic people live alone, but sedentary people live with their pets.

b) Nomadic people make tools and sedentary people make tools.

c) Sedentary people live in the same place for a long time, but nomadic people change their location constantly.

3. Which of the following people lived in the Near North region of Chile?

a) Altiplano

b) Aonikenk

c) Diaguita

4. What characterized the Atacama way of life?

a) They lived in canoes for a great part of each day.

b) They cultivated land on hills by constructing terraces.

c) They traveled on the northern coast looking for sea creatures.

- Read the following text and answer questions 5 and 6.

5. What way of life did the Pewenche have?

a) Nomadic.

b) Sedentary.

c) Semi-sedentary.

6. What characteristic allow us to know the Pewenche’s way of life?

a) Their language.

b) Their location in the Central region.

c) Their housing characteristics.

7. What characteristic did the Pikunche and Mapuche have in common?

a) They spoke Mapuzungun.

b) They lived off the collection of fruits.

c) They lived in tents made with leather and branches.

8. What is the main characteristic of the Mapuche?

a) They have a nomadic way of life.

b) One of their most ceremonies was the nguiillatun.

c) During war, their communities were ruled by one lonko.

9. What concept is defined in this phrase:

“Chiefs from various lof or mapuche communitie”

a) Machi.

b) Toqui.

c) Lonko.

10. Which indigenous people constructed these sculptures?

a) Rapa Nui.

b) Yaganes.

c) Mapuches.

11. Why did the Kawesqar and the Yaganes cover their bodies with fat and skin?

a) For camouflage

b) To protect

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