Vocabulary
A council meeting held to solve a problem or make a decision
What is a pow wow?
What the Iroquois called themselves
What is Haudenosaunee?
Corn, Squash, and Beans
What are the "Three Sisters?"
The oldest woman in a clan.
What is clan mother?
A game that we play today.
What is Lacrosse?
A dome shaped hut or tent made by fastening mats, skins, or bark over a framework of poles, used by some North American people.
What is a wigwam?
This person was sent to league council meetings.
Who is the chief?
Name two ways the Iroquois used water.
What is for drinking and cooking.
(also washing and growing crops)
A leader of each tribe
Who is the chief?
Food we eat today.
What is popcorn?
(also, manioc, potatoes, sweet potatoes, peanuts, squashes and pumpkins, tomatoes, papayas, avocados, pineapples, guavas, chili peppers, chocolate (cacao), and many species of beans)
Flat shoes made of soft leather
What are moccasins?
Long rectangular buildings made with wood frames and covered with bark. They were sometimes over 100 feet long.
What is a longhouse?
Name two ways the Iroquois used soil.
What is planting and making cement.
The responsibilities of the Iroquois children
What is cooking, cleaning, farming, and helping their parents
What was farmed.
Native Americans were the first to raise turkeys, llamas, guinea pigs, and honeybees for food.
A person or group believes to be right or wrong, good or bad behavior
What is values?
Two or more longhouse families.
What is a clan?
Name two ways the Iroquois used plants.
What is food and medicine.
(also to build their homes)
What were the responsibilities of Iroquois women?
What is tending to the gardens, collecting food, and preparing meals?
(They also made many household objects for the longhouses, such as: baskets, pottery, clothing, storage items, and cradleboards.)
Plants of great importance developed by Native Americans.
What is cotton, rubber, and tobacco.
A belt used by the Iroquois to trade goods and tell stories.
What is a wampum belt?
The 5 tribes that made up the Iroquois Confederacy.
Who are The Seneca, Cayuga, Onondaga, Oneida, and Mohawk?
Name two uses for corn.
What is food and making dolls?
What were the responsibilities of Iroquois men?
What is storytellers, warriors, tradesmen, and hunters.
The way they governed.
What is the federal and state level of government.
(The United States government is based on such a system, whereby power is distributed between a central authority (the federal government) and smaller political units (the states).)