WHO ARE WE?
This is the name the people historically called the Iroquois use for themselves, often translated as "People of the Longhouse."
Who are the Haudenosaunee?
A group of separate nations that join together for common purposes is called this
What is a CONFEDERACY?
This system of laws and principles helped unite the Haudenosaunee nations.
What is the GREAT LAW of PEACE?
Several related Haudenosaunee families could live together in this large dwelling
What is a longhouse?
In GRAPES, the letter G represents this.
What is GEOGRAPHY?
This is the historical name commonly used by Europeans for the Haudenosaunee peoples.
Who are the Iroquois?
This male political leader represented his nation in the Confederacy's council
What is a sachem? (pronounced sa-sheem)
These important female leaders helped select and advise political leaders.
What are CLAN MOTHERS?
These carefully arranged shell beads could preserve agreements, messages, relationships, and important events.
What is WAMPUM?
Government, leadership, laws, and decision-making belong under this GRAPES category.
What is POLITICAL?
Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca, and Tuscarora are collectively known by this name.
Who are the SIX Nations? (Will also accept Iroquois Confederacy).
Instead of simply taking a majority vote, Haudenosaunee leaders worked toward this type of agreement.
What is CONSENSUS?
In this type of society, clan identity and family relationships are traced through the mother's family line.
What is a MATRILINEAL SOCIETY?
Name the Holy Man who taught the Haudenosaunee about peace?
Who was Degadawida?
Trade, resources, jobs, and how people obtain goods belong under this GRAPES category.
What is ECONOMICS?
This nation is especially important to Western New York and is the westernmost of the original Five Nations.
Who are the Seneca? (Keeper's of the Western Door)
This term means that a nation has the authority to govern itself and make decisions for its own people
What is sovereignty?
Several related families belonged to one of these important Haudenosaunee social groups
What is a clan?
Name the Great Chief who helped Degadawida convince the Iroquois forming a confederacy was a good idea?
Who was Hiawatha?
Clan Mothers, clans, families, and the organization of society fit particularly well under this GRAPES category.
What is SOCIETY or SOCIAL STRUCTURE?
This nation joined the original Five Nations, causing the Confederacy to become known as the Six Nations.
Who are the Tuscarora?
The Haudenosaunee practice of leaders representing their communities provides a useful comparison to this feature of American government.
What is REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY?
Complete the structure: Families -> Clans -> ______ -> Confederacy
What are NATIONS?
What is hunted and gathered?
Name all six GRAPES categories.
GEOGRAPHY
RELIGION / BELIEFS
ACHIEVEMENTS
ECONOMICS
ECONOMICS
SOCIAL STRUCTURE