Regions
This region is known for dry farming and houses carved into cliff sides / ravines
What is the Mesa/Desert?
This is the reason Hiawatha was so against war
What is Hiawatha's family all died from either disease or war?
The harsh environment of the rainforest led to the peoples of Mesoamerica worshiping these kinds of gods / goddesses
What are harsh / strict gods / goddesses?
This is one way archaeologists build a timeline when they begin to dig
Why do they study the layers of the earth?
These connected tribes / nations that were thousands of miles apart
What are trade routes?
This area was very difficult to live in due to the frigid climate and lack of farming.
What is the arctic?
This was the present that Hiawatha gave to the Peacemaker
What is a string of wampum beads?
(double points if you can name the color & reason)
This is how many Native Americans viewed the land they lived on
Why is the land considered alive?
This discovery led to historians now thinking Native Americans may have been in the Americas around 23,000 years ago
What is the ancient muddy footprints?
People who don't have one perminate home and move every few months
What are nomads?
This area was known as the main trading hub of North America due to its flat terrain
What are the Great Plains?
These three people traveled to the nations around them to create the Great Law of Peace
Who are Hiawatha, Jigonsaseh, and the Peacemaker?
This is what the peoples of the Mesa / Desert worshiped due to their environment
What is the Sun, Moon, and weather?
These three things were used to estimate the age of the footprints
What is ancient pollen, seeds, and mud?
The people of the mesa / desert made these to help with farming
What is irrigation (or trenches)?
This area was known for dense jungles and was home to some of the most famous Native American Nations
What is Mesoamerica?
This is the offer that they gave Tadodaho to get him to join the confederacy
What is the option to hold the last veto on the council as well as the top leadership position?
This legend was passed down to teach Native Americans never to eat other humans
What is the legend of the Wendigo?
These were not found near the footprints and due to this some archaeologists still question the validity of the footprints
What are human artifacts?
A type of government where multiple nations, countries, tribes, or states group up under one central government while keeping some of their independence
What is a confederacy?
This area was known for its large forests and was home to some Native Nations with complex political structures
What is the Northeast Forrest's / Woodlands?
The Peacemaker did this to show how strong these nations could be as a combined nation and how weak they were as single units
Why did he break one arrow easily, but then failed to break five arrows were bundled together?
This is why Native Americans often passed their history down orally rather than writing it down
Why did they want their history to be a "living" history? (changed over time)
These are the two theories that explain how humans got to the Americas around 20,000 years ago
What is the Island hopping and Land Bridge theories?
The practice of worshiping multiple gods / goddesses
What is Polytheism?