Migration
What two continents were connected by the land bridge during the Ice Age?
Asia and North America
What is the environment?
The natural surroundings of a place, including its land, water, climate, plants, and animals.
Which region of North America was home to the Iroquois?
The Northeast / Eastern Woodlands
What is another name for the Iroquois Confederacy?
The Haudenosaunee (also called the League of Five Nations historically).
What does democracy mean?
Rule by the people; people have a say in their government.
What was the name of the land bridge that early people crossed to reach North America?
Berginia
What are natural resources? Give one example.
Materials found in nature that people use, such as wood, water, clay, or animals.
Which Native American group depended heavily on buffalo for survival?
The Plains tribes, including the Sioux.
What was the main reason the original five Iroquois nations joined together?
To create peace and cooperation among the nations.
What is representative government?
A system in which chosen leaders speak and make decisions on behalf of the people.
What is migration?
The movement of people from one place to another.
Why did different Native American cultures develop across North America?
Different regions had different environments and natural resources.
What type of home did many Iroquois people live in?
A longhouse (wigwam also accepted, as listed in the study guide).
What was the name of the set of laws and principles that guided the Iroquois Confederacy?
The Great Law of Peace.
Give one example of how the Iroquois Confederacy practiced representative government.
Leaders from member nations served on the Grand Council and made decisions for their people.
Give the major reason why early people migrated into North America.
To follow animals for food or find new resources.
Why did Native American groups use different materials to make clothing?
They used natural resources available in their environments, such as animal skins or cotton.
What type of home did the Hopi build in the Southwest?
Adobe pueblos.
What was the purpose of the Grand Council?
Leaders representing the nations met to make decisions for the Confederacy and maintain peace.
What is the major similarity between Iroquois Confederacy and the U.S. Government?
Both use representative government, with leaders making decisions on behalf of the people.
How did the Ice Age made it possible for early people to migrate from Asia to North America?
Sea levels were lower because water was frozen in glaciers, exposing the land bridge called Beringia. People could cross from Asia to North America.
Explain how geography influenced the way Native American groups lived. Give one specific example.
Geography influenced food, housing, and clothing. For example, Plains tribes used buffalo for food, clothing, shelter, and tools.
Explain two ways the buffalo helped Native American tribes of the Great Plains survive.
The buffalo provided food, hides for clothing and shelter, and bones for tools.
Name the five original nations of the Iroquois Confederacy?
Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, and Seneca.
Compare a Hopi pueblo and a Sioux tipi. Explain how the environment influenced the construction of each home.
Hopi pueblos were permanent adobe structures made with materials available in the dry Southwest. Sioux tipis used poles and animal hides and could be moved as people followed buffalo across the Plains.