1. The term "dual citizenship" for an American Indian means they are a member of which two groups?
- A. Their state and their city
- B. Their tribal nation and the United States
- C. The United States and another country like Canada
- D. Their school community and their neighborhood
2. An American Indian person is a citizen of the United States. What other community are they also a citizen of?
- A. The state where they were born
- B. Their own tribal nation
- C. The county where they live
- D. Any other country they choose
3. If a person is a member of the Pala Band of Mission Indians and also votes for the President of the United States, what is this an example of?
- A. Sovereign government
- B. Dual citizenship
- C. A state constitution
- D. A local election only
4. Having dual citizenship means an American Indian person has rights and responsibilities in which two communities?
- A. Their city and their county
- B. Their home state and the federal government
- C. Their tribal nation and the United States
- D. The United States and the United Nations
5. What does it mean for a tribal nation to have its own government?
- A. It means they use the same leaders as the state government.
- B. It means they can make some of their own laws and choose their own leaders.
- C. It means they do not have to follow any United States laws.
- D. It means they are not part of the United States at all.
6. What was a key purpose of early American Indian governments?
- A. To build large palaces for every family in the community
- B. To make rules for the group
- C. To learn how to write a constitution
- D. To elect a president to send to Washington D.C.
7. In many early American Indian communities, who was often chosen to be a leader?
- A. The person who had the most money
- B. The youngest and strongest warrior
- C. A respected elder with experience
- D. A visitor from another land
8. The governments of early American Indian nations were often based on what?
- A. The laws and books written by European thinkers
- B. The results of a single election held every four years
- C. Family ties and group traditions
- D. A system of money and collecting taxes from everyone
9. If two people in an early American Indian community had a disagreement, what was one role of the tribal government?
- A. To ask European settlers for help
- B. To help the community solve the problem
- C. To ignore the problem until it went away
- D. To sell the land the people were arguing about
10. What was the main goal for leaders of early American Indian governments when they made decisions?
- A. To become wealthy and powerful
- B. To do what was best for the entire group
- C. To make rules that only benefited their own family
- D. To prepare to move to a new land