Mound Builders
The name of the primary group of Mound Builders that lived between 500-300 BC to 400 AD.
Hopewell
The dominant theory is that American Indians came to America across the _____________________.
Bering Land Bridge (on foot, over the ice, from Asia to Alaska)
Haudenosaunee means:
People of the Longhouse/People Who Build
Some Northeast Woodland Tribes lived in ______________.
Wigwams
Mounds were used as what?
Many tribes believe they originated where?
What did the tribes bury underneath the tree of peace?
Their weapons
Various tribes played a stickball game similar to modern _____________.
Lacrosse
The Hopewell had what type of weapons (i.e. the material)?
Metal (copper, iron, etc.)
America/the world
Dekanawida, or Deganawidah, is known as the _______________.
Great Peacemaker
Name the "Three Sisters" or "Three Sacred Sisters"
Corn, squash, and beans
The Hopewell built sophisticated _______________ to defend themselves in war.
Fortifications. Hilltop fortresses. Forts with moats. Wooden walls with towers. Etc.
Apart from the land bridge theory, what is one additional theory (supported by Indian oral tradition) about how Indians peopled America?
Arrived by boat. Placed here by the gods. Created here. Fell from the sky.
_____________ was made from shells and sometimes used as money, in storytelling, or as a calendar.
Wampum
In most tribes, men ______________________ while women _______________________________.
Hunted/fought
did everything else (built the homes, cooked, made clothing, foraged, etc.)
Jehovah
Most American Indian tribes were not sedentary. They were ___________________.
Name the five tribes originally in the Confederacy.
Seneca, Cayuga, Onondaga, Oneida, Mohawk
Name the states where the Cherokee originally lived (there are 8 - list at least two for credit).
North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, and Alabama