Native Americans in NY
Native Americans in NY
Native Americans in NY
Native Americans in NY
Native Americans in NY
100
A group of families that are related to one another.
What is a clan?
100
Native American word meaning "chief."
What is sachem?
100
TRUE or FALSE: The Wappinger tribe is part of the Algonquian.
What is TRUE?
100
This land is set aside by the government for the Native Americans.
What is a reservation?
100
A group of people who share the same language, land, or leaders.
What is a tribe?
200
The beginning of this was when early people began to plant seeds and grow food.
What is agriculture?
200
To work at ONE kind of job that is done well.
What is specialize?
200
A loosely united group of governments working together.
What is a confederacy?
200
This caused early Native Americans to STAY in ONE PLACE rather than move around.
What is the start of agriculture/farming?
200
This Native American group made birchbark canoes.
Who are the Algonquians?
300
This Native American group mainly lived in the southeastern part of NY.
Who are the Algonquians?
300
Iroquois built these to protect their villages.
What are palisades?
300
The Iroquois used this method to clear the land for farming.
What is kill the trees and then burn them?
300
The average time between the birth of parents and the birth of their children.
What is a generation?
300
The 3 crops that made up the "Three Sisters."
What are corn, beans, and squash?
400
These help archaeologists by giving clues about people's way of life in the past.
What are artifacts?
400
The 5 largest Iroquois tribes formed this group.
What is the Iroquois League?
400
A story handed down by a group of people over time.
What is a legend?
400
The part of NY where the Iroquois lived.
What is northern and western NY?
400
Iroquois lived in these long, narrow shelters with curved roofs.
What are longhouses?
500
TRUE or FALSE: Native Americans taught European settlers how to make metal tools.
What is FALSE?
500
A way of life that has been passed down from one's relatives/ancestors.
What is heritage?
500
A round, dome-shaped shelter covered in bark.
What is a wigwam?
500
A group that makes laws.
What is a council?
500
This group of Native American women did the farming.
What are the Algonquians?
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