Q 01/05

How many federally recognised tribal governments are there in the United States?

A) 574

B) 612

C) 703

D) 1,048

Answer · why

A) 574

There are also 326 Indian reservations; Virginia had no federally recognised tribes at all until 2017.

Q 02/05

Roughly how many people reported Cherokee ancestry in the US census, the largest self-reported tribe?

A) About 1.45 million

B) About 435,000

C) About 295,000

D) About 4 million

Answer · why

A) About 1.45 million

About 1.45 million people report Cherokee ancestry; the Navajo are the largest if only single-race respondents are counted.

Q 03/05

The Navajo Nation occupies parts of Arizona, New Mexico and which third state?

A) Nevada

B) Texas

C) Utah

D) Colorado

Answer · why

C) Utah

It is bigger than ten US states, with its capital at Window Rock, Arizona; the 1868 Treaty of Bosque Redondo established it.

Q 04/05

The pre-Columbian city of Cahokia sat across the Mississippi from which modern city?

A) Memphis

B) Minneapolis

C) New Orleans

D) St. Louis

Answer · why

D) St. Louis

Its 120 mounds make it the largest earthen construction north of Mexico and one of the 26 UNESCO World Heritage Sites in the US.

Q 05/05

Colorado's Mesa Verde takes its name from Spanish words meaning what?

A) Green table

B) Sacred cliff

C) High valley

D) Stone village

Answer · why

A) Green table

The park, created in 1906, holds more than 5,000 sites including 600 cliff dwellings; Cliff Palace is the most famous.